#californianativeplants — Public Fediverse posts

Some other early blooming #CaliforniaNativePlants on the homestead!
Ceanothus thysiflorus cross "Concha" (often called California lilacs, they have no relation to lilacs at all), and here comes the Blue-Eyed Grass! (Sisyrinchium bellum).

Pacific Glasswort (Salicornia pacifica) thrives where few plants can—using saltwater as its main source of water. It tucks excess salt into tiny vacuoles at the tips of its stems. When those fill up, the segments turn red and fall off, taking the salt with them.

#Pickleweed #SaltMarsh #CaliforniaNativePlants #EstuaryLife #CoastalEcosystems #Nature #Wildlife

Pacific Glasswort (Salicornia pacifica) thrives where few plants can—using saltwater as its main source of water. It tucks excess salt into tiny vacuoles at the tips of its stems. When those fill up, the segments turn red and fall off, taking the salt with them.

#Pickleweed #SaltMarsh #CaliforniaNativePlants #EstuaryLife #CoastalEcosystems #Nature #Wildlife

Pacific Glasswort (Salicornia pacifica) thrives where few plants can—using saltwater as its main source of water. It tucks excess salt into tiny vacuoles at the tips of its stems. When those fill up, the segments turn red and fall off, taking the salt with them.

#Pickleweed #SaltMarsh #CaliforniaNativePlants #EstuaryLife #CoastalEcosystems #Nature #Wildlife

Pacific Glasswort (Salicornia pacifica) thrives where few plants can—using saltwater as its main source of water. It tucks excess salt into tiny vacuoles at the tips of its stems. When those fill up, the segments turn red and fall off, taking the salt with them.

#Pickleweed #SaltMarsh #CaliforniaNativePlants #EstuaryLife #CoastalEcosystems #Nature #Wildlife

Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus betuloides) gets its name from the Greek kerkos (“tail”) and carpos (“fruit”)—a nod to the fruit’s long, feather-like style that dries into a distinctive, twirled shape.

#ChaparralPlants #californianativeplants #nature #wildlife #california

Dodder (Cuscuta species) seeds germinate near the soil surface and quickly start seeking a host. Using chemosensory cues, they grow toward nearby green plants—but if they don't latch on within 5 to 10 days, the seedlings die.

#ParasiticPlants #californianativeplants #nature #california #wildlife

Western Water Hemlock (Cicuta douglasii) is considered the most violently toxic plant in North America. Its carrot-scented roots contain cicutoxin, a powerful neurotoxin that can cause seizures and death with very small amounts.

#neurotoxins #californianativeplants #wildlife #nature #california

Romneya keeps defying the urban heat island. This stem is 15+ feet up.

#BloomScrolling #CaliforniaNativePlants

Poppy found some refuge under a canopy of drying stems from blooms that came before it

Eschscholzia californica

#BloomScrolling #CaliforniaNativePlants

Oregon Woodsorrel (Oxalis oregana) thrives in deep shade, photosynthesizing with just 1/200th of full sunlight. When hit by direct sun, its leaves fold downward—then reopen when the shade returns.

#californianativeplants #wildlife #nature #california

Behold the incredible tap roots of California poppies, Eschscholzia californica

Normally, I clear dry material by cutting at the soil line. I try not to disturb soil when I can. Today I had a small patch to clear where I am putting in my pumpkin seedlings on makeshift clay pot ollas 🤞

#gardening #poppies #CaliforniaNativePlants

Evergreen Huckleberries (Vaccinium ovatum) may go by "huckleberry," but they’re actually a type of wild blueberry—part of the same genus (Vaccinium) as both commercial and wild blueberries.

#berries #nature #wildlife #california #californianativeplants

Golden Chinquapin (Chrysolepis chrysophylla) is a chestnut relative with spiny husks that hide tasty nuts—said to taste like hazelnuts. They're a favorite snack for squirrels and chipmunks.

#nature #wildlife #california #californianativeplants

California Buckeye (Aesculus californica) is summer deciduous—its leaves turn brown and drop in late spring or early summer to conserve water during our dry season.

#nature #wildlife #california #californianativeplants

Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) has soft, flat needles that encircle the branch—a handy ID tip. In dense forests, they often shed their lower limbs, with foliage starting as high as 110 feet above the ground.

#nature #wildlife #california #californianativeplants

If you live in the West and catch a whiff of skunk on the trail, take a look down—you might’ve found Skunkweed (Navarretia squarrosa), a low-growing plant with a surprisingly pungent scent.

#wildflowers #nature #wildlife #california #californianativeplants

In times like these, it's wise to have in focus what carries you

Like these wild bee's wings, where the macro focused in the brief moment the bee was visiting

Habropoda (?) on Eriogonum cinereum

#NativeBees #Bees #CaliforniaNativePlants

Common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Some cavity-nesting birds line their nests with it, and research suggests yarrow helps inhibit parasite growth.

#wildflowers #wlidlife #nature #california #californianativeplants

Deerweed (Acmispon glaber) is both winter- and drought-deciduous. When it is without its leaves, its green stems continue to photosynthesize.

#legumes #wildflowers #nature #wildlife #california #californianativeplants

Clarkia flowers are usually protandrous—meaning the stamens (male parts, bottom flower) mature before the pistil (female part, top flower). This helps reduce interference between pollen release and reception, making it less likely that the stigma gets clogged with the plant’s own pollen.

#wildflowers #clarkia #nature #wildlife #californianativeplants

California Mugwort (Artemisia douglasiana) supports wildlife in many ways: birds eat its seeds, small animals find shelter in its foliage, native bees use its fibers for nesting, and several butterfly and moth larvae feed on the leaves.

#nature #wildlife #california #californianativeplants

Yerba Buena (Clinopodium douglasii) once grew so thick around the old Spanish settlement that they named the place after it—before it eventually became San Francisco.

#sanfrancisco #nature #wildlife #california #mints #californianativeplants

Look under the leaves of coffee ferns (Pellaea andromedifolia) and you’ll see curled-up edges hiding clusters of sporangia—tiny sacs that split open to launch microscopic spores into the wind.

#ferns #spores #wildlife #nature #california #californianativeplants

All ~75 species of Calochortus—including mariposa lilies, globe lilies, and star tulips—are native to western North America and Central America. About 40% grow on or are endemic to serpentine soils, which are especially abundant in California.

#calochortus #wildflowers #californiaendemics #nature #wildlife #californianativeplants #california

Chaparral pea (Pickeringia montana) is a paleoendemic—an ancient species once widespread, now found only in California. A living relic of a subtropical past, it’s also one of the few native legumes in the chaparral.

#legumes #wildflowers #nature #wildlife #californianativeplants #california #californiaendemics

If you’re wildly sensitive to poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum), like me, you’re not alone. In California, poison oak causes more lost work hours from dermatitis than any other plant—making it, technically, the state’s most hazardous plant.

#hazardousplants #californianativeplants #nature #wildlife #california

Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon californicum) has long been used for healing—its leathery leaves treating colds, asthma, wounds, and more. The Amah Mutsun continue to share this knowledge, keeping ancestral traditions alive.

#wildflowers #nature #wildlife #california #amahmutsun #californianativeplants

Yellow Clustered Broomrape (Aphyllon franciscanum) is a root parasite that doesn’t photosynthesize. It survives by tapping into the roots of host plants like wild buckwheats and stealing their nutrients.

#nature #wildlife #wildflowers #california #californianativeplants #parasiticplants

My Matijila Poppy bloomed this morning!

These flowers bring me joy.

#MatilijaPoppy #BloomScrolling #CaliforniaNativePlants

California Poppies are blooming!

#CaliforniaPoppy #CaliforniaNativePlants #Napa #California #spring #flowers #Blooms #Blossoms #BloomScrolling

Spent the weekend pulling a dense hundred foot stretch of scotchbroom ( scorparius) growing along a road berm, in a watershed that until recently has been remarkably free of invasive plants. Scotchbroom is not only a fire hazard, invasive, poisonous to live stock, (deer are smart enough not to eat it) it also messes with the soil pH. It makes soil in my area so acidic almost nothing but moss will grow. After eradication, soil can take years to recover. It screws up phosphate availability, and i suspect it puts out allopathic chemicals in it roots to deter other plants. I eradicated a patch 20 years ago, and today the only thing growing there is moss.
Scotchbroom removal can be daunting, especially using an old school, clunky, extremely heavy weed wrench. Id been thinking about what to try planting in place of the scotchbroom. What kept popping into my mind was Toyon, and perhaps Ceanothus douglisiana. Toyon sprouts easily if you soak them in hot water overnight. I had no idea if they'd take but thought I'd try.
I started pulling scotchbroom, exposing the mostly barren soil beneath, but i noticed a few other green seedlings scattered among the broom. Curious I looked to see what species they were, I discovered they were Toyon, and a solitary ceanothus douglisiana.
I swear the plants in my watershed talk to me, telling me what to plant, and where, and I mean this literally , not metaphorically. I ask a question, what should i plant, they answer "Toyon and Ceanothus"
Toyon is a CA native, a beautiful shrub with bright red berries that are an important winter food source for birds. Recommended for landscaping because its relatively fire resistant, and drought tolerant. The flowers of Ceanothus , also known as wild lilac produce an indescribably delicious aroma favored by bees.
#InvasivePlants #scotchbroom #ScotchbroomRemoval #CaliforniaNativePlants #toyon #CeanothusDouglisiana #AcidicsoilpH #plantcommunication
Scotchbroom before and after day 1, toyon seedlings

#CaliforniaNativePlants Aesculus californica Buckeye
beneath morning clouds
Round Valley Regional Preserve
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California native plant nerds, if you had to answer the question or else your yard would get turnt into a non-native lawn, do you think of Acmispon glaber as a shrub or a perennial herb? You only get those two options and none of this factual, well, it depends. Bee on a deerweed. #cnps #californianativeplantsociety #californianativeplants #nativeplants #plantecology

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Berries of Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum - Pink Flowering Currant. This plant has a nice aroma, cool flowers and berries.
See at Calscape:
https://calscape.org/Ribes-sanguineum-var.-glutinosum-(Pink-flowering-Currant)?srchcr=sc64f7ef00af85e

#CNPS
#socalbot
#CalNative
#CaliforniaNativePlants
#Plants
#Landscaping
#Botany

Berries of Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum - Pink Flowering Currant. This plant has a nice aroma, cool flowers and berries.
See at Calscape:
https://calscape.org/Ribes-sanguineum-var.-glutinosum-(Pink-flowering-Currant)?srchcr=sc64f7ef00af85e

#CNPS
#socalbot
#CalNative
#CaliforniaNativePlants
#Plants
#Landscaping
#Botany

Berries of Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum - Pink Flowering Currant. This plant has a nice aroma, cool flowers and berries.
See at Calscape:
https://calscape.org/Ribes-sanguineum-var.-glutinosum-(Pink-flowering-Currant)?srchcr=sc64f7ef00af85e

#CNPS
#socalbot
#CalNative
#CaliforniaNativePlants
#Plants
#Landscaping
#Botany

Berries of Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum - Pink Flowering Currant. This plant has a nice aroma, cool flowers and berries.
See at Calscape:
https://calscape.org/Ribes-sanguineum-var.-glutinosum-(Pink-flowering-Currant)?srchcr=sc64f7ef00af85e

#CNPS
#socalbot
#CalNative
#CaliforniaNativePlants
#Plants
#Landscaping
#Botany

This Artemisia californica (California Sagebrush) really seems vibrant when it's drizzling (and it's in bloom). Erigeron glaucus (Seaside Daisy) in the foreground, and Arctostaphylos refugioensis (Refugio Manzanita) to the right.
#CNPS
#socalbot
#CalNative
#CaliforniaNativePlants
#PVPLC

This Artemisia californica (California Sagebrush) really seems vibrant when it's drizzling (and it's in bloom). Erigeron glaucus (Seaside Daisy) in the foreground, and Arctostaphylos refugioensis (Refugio Manzanita) to the right.
#CNPS
#socalbot
#CalNative
#CaliforniaNativePlants
#PVPLC

This Artemisia californica (California Sagebrush) really seems vibrant when it's drizzling (and it's in bloom). Erigeron glaucus (Seaside Daisy) in the foreground, and Arctostaphylos refugioensis (Refugio Manzanita) to the right.
#CNPS
#socalbot
#CalNative
#CaliforniaNativePlants
#PVPLC

This Artemisia californica (California Sagebrush) really seems vibrant when it's drizzling (and it's in bloom). Erigeron glaucus (Seaside Daisy) in the foreground, and Arctostaphylos refugioensis (Refugio Manzanita) to the right.
#CNPS
#socalbot
#CalNative
#CaliforniaNativePlants
#PVPLC

This Artemisia californica (California Sagebrush) really seems vibrant when it's drizzling (and it's in bloom). Erigeron glaucus (Seaside Daisy) in the foreground, and Arctostaphylos refugioensis (Refugio Manzanita) to the right.
#CNPS
#socalbot
#CalNative
#CaliforniaNativePlants
#PVPLC

California native plant nerds, if you had to answer the question or else your yard would get turnt into a non-native lawn, do you think of Acmispon glaber as a shrub or a perennial herb? You only get those two options and none of this factual, well, it depends. Bee on a deerweed. #cnps #californianativeplantsociety #californianativeplants #nativeplants #plantecology

California native plant nerds, if you had to answer the question or else your yard would get turnt into a non-native lawn, do you think of Acmispon glaber as a shrub or a perennial herb? You only get those two options and none of this factual, well, it depends. Bee on a deerweed. #cnps #californianativeplantsociety #californianativeplants #nativeplants #plantecology

California native plant nerds, if you had to answer the question or else your yard would get turnt into a non-native lawn, do you think of Acmispon glaber as a shrub or a perennial herb? You only get those two options and none of this factual, well, it depends. Bee on a deerweed. #cnps #californianativeplantsociety #californianativeplants #nativeplants #plantecology

California native plant nerds, if you had to answer the question or else your yard would get turnt into a non-native lawn, do you think of Acmispon glaber as a shrub or a perennial herb? You only get those two options and none of this factual, well, it depends. Bee on a deerweed. #cnps #californianativeplantsociety #californianativeplants #nativeplants #plantecology