I got up around 6:00 this morning and headed out to William Land Park and the WPA Rock Garden for a walk. It was 53° when I got there, but it was up to 72° within about 2 ½ hours. Anything over 70° is really “too hot” for any kind of exertion for me, so I headed back home. Got lots of flower photos, so that will probably take me a day or two to ID all of them. I also got to see some male Wood Ducks and a Green Heron at the pond, as well as the exuvia of several cicadas.
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Species List:
- Anna’s Hummingbird, Calypte anna,
- Bear’s Breeches, Acanthus mollis,
- Beaver Tail Cactus, Prickly Pear, Opuntia basilaris,
- Bird of Paradise, flower, Strelitzia reginae,
- Bird of Paradise, tree, Caesalpinia gilliesii,
- Brazil Raintree, Brunfelsia pauciflora,
- Bronze Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare,
- Butterfly Bush, Buddleja davidii,
- Butterfly Milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa,
- Calla Lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica,
- Campion, Silene sp.,
- Canada Goose, Branta canadensis,
- Chameleon Plant, Houttuynia cordata,
- Cleveland Sage, Salvia clevelandii,
- Columbine, Columbinus sp.,
- Common Borage, Borago officinalis,
- Common Bracken Fern, Pteridium aquilinum,
- Common Hibiscus, Hibiscus syriacus,
- Common Lavender, Lavandula angustifolia,
- Common Toadflax, Linaria vulgaris,
- Cream Spike agave, Blue Agave, Agave applanata,
- Crevice Alumroot, Heuchera micrantha,
- Day Lily, Hemerocallis sp.,
- Douglas Squirrel, Tamiasciurus douglasii,
- Dwarf Morning Glory, Convolvulus tricolor,
- Elegant Clarkia, Clarkia unguiculata,
- European Honeybee, Apis mellifera,
- Fir Tree, Abies sp.,
- Fleabane, Seaside Daisy, Erigeron glaucus,
- Garden Snail, Cornu aspersum,
- Giant Fennel, Ferula communis,
- Globe Daisy, Globularia x indubia,
- Golden Feverfew, Tanacetum Parthenium aureum,
- Green Heron, Butorides virescens,
- Grevellea, Grevilerulea sp.,
- Harvestman, Phalangium opilio,
- Hollyhock, Alcea rosea,
- Honeysuckle, Lonicera sp.,
- Iceplant, Carpobrotus edulis,
- Introduced Sage, Salvia pratensis,
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Arisaema sp.,
- Jerusalem Sage, Phlomis fruticose,
- Lamb’s Ear Hedgenettle, Stachys byzantina,
- Love-in-a-Mist, Nigella damascene,
- Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos,
- Many Flowered Tobacco, Nicotiana acuminata var. multiflora,
- Meadow Sage, Salvia pratensis,
- Mediterranean Sage, Salvia aethiopis,
- Mexican Bush Sage Salvia leucantha
- Mock Orange, Philadelphus coronarius,
- Mojave Prickly Poppy, Argemone corymbosa,
- Moth Mullein, Verbascum blattaria,
- Mountain Cicada, Okanagana bella,
- Myrtle, Myrtus communis,
- Natal Grass, Natal Redtop, Melinis repens,
- Nightshade, New Zealand Nightshade, Solanum aviculare,
- Pacific Bleeding Heart, Dicentra Formosa,
- Pekin Duck, Anas platyrhynchos domesticus var. Pekin,
- Peruvian Lily, Alstroemeria aurea,
- Pincushion Flower, Scabiosa atropurpurea,
- Pineapple Guava, Acca sellowiana,
- Red Hot Poker, Torch Lily, Kniphofia uvaria,
- Red Poppy of Flanders, Corn Poppy, Papaver rhoeas,
- Red Yucca, Hesperaloe parviflora,
- Red-Eared Slider Turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans,
- Redwood, California Redwood, Sequoia sempervirens,
- Rock Rose, Cistus x pulverulentus, cultivar
- Rocket Larkspur (purple), Consolida ajacis,
- Rocket Larkspur (white), Consolida ajacis,
- Rose Vervain, Glandularia canadensis,
- Rose, Rosa sp.,
- Sacred Lotus, Nelumbo nucifera,
- Sage, Salvia officinalis,
- Silver Sage, Salvia argentea,
- Smokebush, Cotinus coggygria,
- Southern Catalpa, Indian Been Tree, Catalpa bignonioides,
- Spurge, Egg Leaf Spurge, Euphorbia oblongata,
- Statice, Sea lavender, Limonium perezii,
- Strawberry Tree, Arbutus unedo,
- Swedish Blue duck, Anas platyrhynchos domesticus var. Swedish Blue,
- Sweet William, Dianthus barbatus,
- Sword Fern, Polystichum sp.,
- Tall Buckwheat, Eriogonum elatum var. elatum,
- Trumpet Flower, Iochroma cyanea var. Mr. Plum,
- Valley Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa varipuncta,
- Wand Mullein, Verbascum virgatum,
- Weeping Cedar, Glauca Pendula, Cedrus atlantica,
- Western Fence Lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis,
- Western Sycamore, Platanus racemosa,
- White Lily of the Nile, Agapanthus africanus var. albus,
- Wood Duck, Aix sponsa,
- Wooly Mullein, Verbascum thapsus,
- Yucca, Chaparral Yucca, Hesperoyucca whipplei