Unknown "paintbrush", Castilleja species, on a steep slope above Highway 101 north of Leggett California. I passed by this on the way to checking out the wallflower in the previous post. Getting this picture involved scrambling up a steep, collapsing slope with patches of poison oak.
Clintonia andrewsiana
There is a lovely little patch of these in the old growth redwoods just north of Redway, CA. I saw them for the first time last year.
my ca native plants are doing so well.......here are some that aren't currently flowering , but soon will.
1 - Farewell to Spring (Clarkia amoena (about to pop))
2 - Pink Honeysuckle (Lonicera Hispidula)
3 - A single strand of California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
4 - Caterpillar Flower (Phacelia bolanderi)
All three are part of the twelve new photos added to my ever-growing collection of native plants in San Diego County. Here they are. :)
https://www.alex-kunz.com/plant-update-january-2026/
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First plants placed on world’s largest wildlife crossing over 101 Freeway
I wish they'd talked to a plant person.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8SDIpnK5Eg #CANativePlants #Horticulture
The report just uses the common name instead of a more precise scientific name, but it seems it may be this plant: https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=7332
I'm seeing conflicting opinions about whether snakeroot is toxic to livestock, but UCANR has put out a bulletin about California plants that *are* toxic to livestock here: https://ucanr.edu/sites/default/files/2020-08/331781.pdf
12 sheep, goats from fire-preventing grazing herd die after poisoned by native plants in Marin Co.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hy0qwrZYRw #California #CANativePlants
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