Here is my running species list for 2021. I’m including those I’ve taken photos of, heard, saw without getting a photo of, or found tracks/scat that I could identify. You can see last year’s species list HERE.
Total Species Identified in 2021: 1.483
JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN |
320 | 157 | 119 | 327 | 177 | 66 |
JULY | AUG | SEPT | OCT | NOV | DEC |
118 | 55 | 63 | 32 | 26 | 23 |
Arachnids:
- Barn Funnel Weaver Spider, Tegenaria domestica
- Buttonhook Leaf-Beetle Jumping Spider, Sassacus vitis [black head, patterned body, American River]
- California Turret Spider, Antrodiaetus riversi
- Conical Trashline Orbweaver, Cyclosa conica
- Coppered White-Cheeked Jumping Spider, Pelegrina aeneola
- Funnel Weaver Spider, Family: Agelenidae
- Ghost Spider, Family: Anyphaenidae
- Goldenrod Crab Spider, Misumena vatia
- Grey House Spider, Badumna longinqua
- Humped Trashline Orbweaver Spider, Cyclosa turbinata
- Jumping Spider, Subfamily: Salticinae
- Jumping Spider, Colonus hesperus
- Labyrinth Orbweaver Spider, Metepeira labyrinthea
- Orbweaver Spider, Subfamily: Araneinae
- Red Head Spider, Castianeira longipalpa
- Sheet Weaver Spiders, Family: Linyphiidae
- Swift Crab Spider, Mecaphesa celer
- Tangle Web Spider, Theridion sp.
- Thin-Legged Wolf Spider, Pardosa sp.
- Wall Spider, Oecobius sp.
- Western Black Widow Spider, Latrodectus hesperus
- Western Spotted Orbweaver Spider, Neoscona oaxacensis
Birds:
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Bucorvus abyssinicus [heard]
- Acorn Woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus
- American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana
- American Bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus
- American Coot, Fulica americana
- American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis
- American Kestrel, Falco sparverius
- American Pipit, Anthus rubescens
- American Robin, Turdus migratorius
- American White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American Wigeon, Anas americana
- Anna’s Hummingbird, Calypte anna
- Ash-Throated Flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens
- Audubon’s Warbler, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Setophaga coronata auduboni
- Azure-Winged Magpie, Cyanopica cyanus
- Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Barn Swallow, American Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
- Belted Kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon
- Bewick’s Wren, Thryomanes bewickii
- Black-Chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri
- Black Crowned Crane, Balearica pavonina
- Black-Crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-Headed Grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Black-Necked Stilt, Himantopus mexicanus
- Black Phoebe, Sayornis nigricans
- Brewer’s Blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Brown Creeper, Certhia americana
- Brown-Headed Cowbird, Molothrus ater
- Buff Orpington Duck, Anas platyrhynchos domesticus var. Orpington
- Bufflehead Duck, Bucephala albeola
- Bullock’s Oriole, Icterus bullockii
- Burrowing Owl, Western Burrowing Owl, Athene cunicularia hypugaea
- Bushtit, American Bushtit, Psaltriparus minimus
- Cackling Goose, Branta hutchinsii
- California Gull, Larus californicus [yellow legs; dark eye; red spot]
- California Quail, Callipepla californica
- California Scrub Jay, Aphelocoma californica
- California Towhee, Melozone crissalis
- Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
- Canvasback Duck, Aythya valisineria
- Caribbean Flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber
- Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis
- Cayuga Duck, Cayuga Black Duck, Anas platyrhynchos domesticus var. cayuga
- Cedar Waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum
- Central Valley Bi-Colored Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus californicus
- Chestnut-Backed Chickadee, Poecile rufescens
- Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera
- Clark’s Grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii [black above the eye]
- Cliff Swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Comb-Billed Duck, Knob-Bill, Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Common Gallinule, Gallinula galeata
- Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
- Common Merganser, Mergus merganser
- Cooper’s Hawk, Acipiter cooperii
- Crested Duck, Anas platyrhynchos domesticus var. Crested
- Crested Screamer, Chauna torquata
- Crow, American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Dark-Eyed Junco, Junco hyemalis
- Double-Crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auratus
- Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens
- Dunlin, Calidris alpina
- Eared Grebe, Podiceps nigricollis
- Emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae
- Eurasian Collared Dove, Streptopelia decaocto
- European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris
- Forster’s Tern, Sterna forsteri
- Fox Sparrow, Passerella iliaca
- Fox Sparrow, Aleutian Sooty Fox Sparrow, Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis
- Gadwall Duck, Mareca Strepera
- Glaucous-Winged Gull, Larus glaucescens [gray wings/grey wing-tips; red spot; pink legs]
- Golden-Crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias
- Great Egret, Ardea alba
- Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus
- Great-Tailed Grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus
- Greater Roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus
- Greater White-Fronted Goose, Anser albifrons
- Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca
- Green Heron, Butorides virescens
- Green-Winged Teal, Anas carolinensis
- Hairy Woodpecker, Dryobates villosus [long bill]
- Hawk-Headed Parrot, Deroptyus accipitrinus
- Hermit Thrush, Catharus guttatus
- Herring Gull, Larus argentatus [spot on bill, gray legs, pale eye]
- Himalayan Monal, Lophophorus impejanus
- Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
- Horned Lark, Eremophila alpestris
- House Finch, Haemorhous mexicanus
- House Sparrow, Passer domesticus
- House Wren, Troglodytes aedon
- Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus
- Indian Runner Duck, Anas platyrhynchos domesticus var. Runner
- Killdeer, Charadrius vociferous
- Lark Sparrow, Chondestes grammacus
- Laughing Kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae
- Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla
- Lesser Goldfinch, Spinus psaltria
- Lesser Yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes [very pale, white]
- Lincoln’s Sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii
- Long-Billed Curlew, Numenius americanus
- Long-Billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Mallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos
- Marsh Wren, Cistothorus palustris
- Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura
- Muscovy Duck, Cairina moschata
- Mute Swan, Cygnus olor
- Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus
- Northern Harrier, Marsh Hawk, Circus hudsonius
- Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos
- Northern Pintail, Anas acuta
- Northern Red-Billed Hornbill, Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Northern Rough-Winged Swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis [ashy]
- Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata
- Nuttall’s Woodpecker, Picoides nuttallii
- Oak Titmouse, Baeolophus inornatus
- Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
- Ostrich, Common Ostrich, Struthio camelus
- Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos
- Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus
- Pekin Duck, Anas platyrhynchos domesticus var. Pekin
- Phainopepla, Phainopepla nitens
- Pied-Billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps
- Raven, Common Raven, Corvus corax
- Red-Necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus
- Red-Shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus
- Red-Tailed Hawk, Western Red-Tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis calurus
- Red-Winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus
- Rio Grande Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo intermedia
- Ring-Billed Gull, Larus delawarensis [ black ring, light eye, yellow legs]
- Ring-Necked Duck, Aythya collaris
- Ring-Necked Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
- Ross’s Goose, Anser rossii
- Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Regulus calendula
- Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis
- Rufous-Crowned Sparrow, Aimophila ruficeps
- Sandhill Crane, Grus canadensis
- Savannah Sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis
- Say’s Phoebe, Sayornis saya
- Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens
- Snowy Egret, Egretta thula
- Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia
- Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularius
- Spotted Towhee, Pipilo maculatus
- Southern White-Faced Owl, Ptilopsis granti
- Spur-Winged Lapwing, Vanellus spinosus
- Steller’s Jay, Cyanocitta stelleri
- Swan Goose, Chinese Goose, Anser cygnoides [can be white, or gray/brown, knob on the bill]
- Swedish Blue Duck, Anas platyrhynchos domesticus var. Swedish Blue
- Swainson’s Hawk, Buteo swainsoni
- Tawny Frogmouth, Podargus strigoides
- Thick-Billed Parrot, Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha
- Tree Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored Blackbird, Agelaius tricolor
- Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus
- Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura
- Western Bluebird, Sialia Mexicana
- Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis [black below the eye]
- Western Gull, Larus occidentalis [spot on bill, pink legs, orange circle around eye]
- Western Kingbird, Tyrant Flycatcher, Tyrannus verticalis
- Western Meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta
- Western Screech Owl, Megascops kennicottii
- Western Tanager, Piranga ludoviciana
- White-Breasted Nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis
- White-Crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys
- White-Faced Ibis, Plegadis chihi
- White-Faced Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna viduata
- White Tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus
- Wilson’s Phalaropes, Phalaropus tricolor
- Wilson’s Snipe, Gallinago delicata
- Wood Duck, Aix sponsa
- Yellow-Billed Magpie, Pica nuttalli
- Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Setophaga coronata
- Yellow Warbler, Setophaga petechia
Crustaceans:
- Barnacles, Class: Hexanauplia
Fish:
- Bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus
- Chinook Salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
- Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio
- Goldfish Carp, Carassius auratus
- Koi Fish, Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- Minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus
- Trout, Brown Trout, Salmo trutta
- Western Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis
Fungi and Molds:
- Barometer Earthstar, Hygroscopic Earthstar, Astraeus hygrometricus
- Black Jelly Roll Fungus, Black Witches’ Butter, Exidia glandulosa
- Bleeding Mycena, Bleeding Fairy Helmet, Mycena haematopus
- Blewit Mushroom, Purple Core, Lepista nuda
- Bonnet Mushrooms, Genus: Mycena
- Bracket-Forming Polypore, Perenniporia sp.
- Bracket Fungus, Family: Hymenochaetaceae
- Brown Jelly Fungus, Leafy Brain, Phaeotremella foliacea
- Brown Parachute Mushroom, Collybiopsis villosipes
- Brownflesh Bracket, Coriolopsis gallica
- California Mycena, Mycena californiensis [red, like the Bleeding Fairy Helmet, but they bleed orange not red]
- Carnival Candy Slime Mold, Arcyria denudata
- Cavalier Mushroom, Melanoleuca sp.
- Chanterelle Mushroom, Cantharellus sp.
- Chocolate Tube Slime Mold, Stemonitis splendens
- Collared Parachute Mushroom, Marasmius rotula
- Common Bonnet Mushroom, Mycena galericulata
- Common Fieldcap Mushroom, Agrocybe pediades
- Common Ink Cap, Coprinopsis atramentaria [large]
- Common Pin Mold, Mucor mucedo
- Conical Brittlestem Mushroom, Mower’s Mushroom, Parasola conopilea
- Coyote Brush Rust, Puccinia evadens
- Cramp Ball Fungus, Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum
- Crowded Parchment, Stereum complicatum [like Turkey-tail but very flat]
- Cytospora Canker, Cytospora chrysosperma [bright orange fruiting body, looks like frozen dodder]
- Death Cap, Deathcap, Amanita phalloides
- Deceiver Mushroom, Laccaria laccata [reddish-tan, dimpled, goblet shaped]
- Deer Mushroom, Pluteus cervinus
- Deer Mushroom, Western Deer Mushroom, Pluteus exilis [heavy, dark cap and white stipe and gills]
- Destroying Angel Mushroom, Amanita ocreata
- Dog Vomit Slime Mold, Fuligo septica
- Dryad’s Saddle, Hawk’s Wing, Polyporus squamosus
- False Turkey-Tail, Stereum hirsutum [thin, flattish, brown underside]
- False Turkey-Tail, Stereum ostrea
- Fairy Parachutes, Marasmiellus candidus [like oysterlings, but more fanned out]
- Flocculose Inkcap, Coprinellus flocculosus
- Fragrant Funnel Mushroom, Clitocybe fragrans
- Gem-Studded Puffball, Common Puffball, Lycoperdon perlatum
- Giraffe Spots Crust Fungus, Peniophora albobadia
- Golden-Haired Inkcap Mushroom, Parasola auricoma
- Green Trichoderma Mold, Trichoderma viride
- Grey Knight Mushroom, Tricholoma terreum [gray-white cap, light gills, flattened stipe]
- Hare’s Foot Inkcap Mushroom, Coprinopsis lagopus
- Hollyhock Rust Fungus, Puccinia malvacearum
- Honey Fungus, Honey Mushroom, Armillaria mellea
- Honeycomb Coral Slime Mold, Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa [white]
- Horse Mushroom, Agaricus arvensis
- Horsehair Mushroom, Marasmiellus quercophilus [tiny, black stipe, cap is more bullet-shaped than on the gymnopus, on leaflitter]
- Horsehair Fungus, Gymnopus androsaceus [thin black stipe, on leaf litter]
- Jack-o-Lantern, Western Jack-o-Lantern, Omphalotus olivascens
- Jelly Spot Fungus, Dacrymyces stillatus
- Layered Cup, Peziza varia
- Leathery Bracket Fungus, Stereum illudens [dark with an almost pink, light rim]
- Lilac Oysterling, Panus conchatus
- Magpie Inkcap, Common Inkcap, Coprinopsis picacea
- Meadow Mushroom, Agaricus californicus [white, collared, pink/dark gills]
- Meadow Puffball, Lycoperdon pratense [pure white, smooth surface]
- Mica Cap, Coprinellus micaceus [an inkcap, tan cap, dark gills]
- Milk-White Toothed Polypore, Irpex lacteus
- Mouse Ear Stereum, Stereum ochraceoflavum
- Mushroom Fungus, Syzygites megalocarpus
- Mustard Yellow Polypore, Fuscoporia gilva [like a bracket fungus]
- Netted Crust Fungus, Byssomerulius corium, a kind of resupinate fungus, lays flat on the substrate
- Nitrous Bonnet, Bleach-Scented Mycena, Mycena leptocephali
- Oak-Leaf Pinwheel Mushroom, Collybiopsis quercophila [tiny, on leaf litter]
- Oak-loving Gymnopus Mushroom, Gymnopus dryophilus [tan-orange with pale gills; cap can be flat or curved up as it ages]
- Oak Mazegill, Daedalea quercina
- Ochre Bracket Fungus, Trametes ochracea
- Ocre Spreading Tooth Fungus, Steccherinum ochraceum
- Orange Crust Fungus, Mycoacia sp.
- Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus
- Pale Brittlestem Mushroom, Candolleomyces candolleanus
- Pale Oysterling, Crepidotus caspari [tiny, white, well-spaced gills]
- Paltry Puffball, Puffball Fungus, Bovista californica
- Peeling Oysterling Mushroom, Crepidotus mollis [small oyster mushroom on sticks/bark]
- Pleated Inkcap Mushroom, Parasola plicatilis
- Pleated Marasmius, Red Thread, Marasmius plicatulus
- Poison Pie Mushroom, Hebeloma crustuliniforme
- Pungent Slippery Jack, Suillus pungens [a kind of bolete]
- Radish-Scented Mycena, Rosy Bonnet, Mycena rosea
- Red Edge Brittlestem Mushroom, Psathyrella corrugis [young have red-brown caps and white stipes; turn pale tan and brown with age]
- Red Raspberry Slime Mold, Tubifera ferruginosa
- Rosy Navel Mushroom, Contumyces rosellus
- Scaly Rustgill Mushroom, Gymnopilus sapineus [rusty red top, yellowish gills that turn rusty with age]
- Scurfy Twiglet Mushroom, Tubaria furfuracea [small, pale tan/ orange, wide gills]
- Shaggy Bracket Fungus, Inonotus hispidus
- Shaggy Mane Inkcap Mushroom, Coprinus comatus
- Shiny Copper Mushroom, Nolanea sp.
- Silky Pink Gill Mushroom, Nolanea sericea (Entoloma sericeum ssp. sericeum) [very dark brown cap with a nipple on top]
- Silverleaf Fungus, Chondrostereum purpureum [sort of like Stereum with white/pale edges]
- Small Moss Oysterling, Arrhenia retiruga [tan, thin like a fingernail, tan or brownish]
- Smoky Polypore, Bjerkandera adusta [like Turkey Tail but with no “zones” of color and a dark under side]
- Splitgill Mushroom, Schizophyllum commune
- Sulphur Shelf Fungus, Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf, Laetiporus gilbertsonii
- Sulphur Tuft Mushroom, Hypholoma fasciculare
- Sweetbread Mushroom, Clitopilus prunulus
- Tall Psathyrella Mushroom, Psathyrella longipes [tan cap that often splits, dark tan gills]
- Toothed Crust Fungus, Steccherinum ochraceum
- Toothed Crust Fungus, Antrodia sp.
- Trembling Crust Fungus, Merulius tremellosus [flat, kind of like stereum, white fuzzy edges when young/growing, can have teeth/netting underneath]
- Tube Slimes, Stemonitis sp.
- Tuberous Polypore, Polyporus tuberaster
- Turkey Tail Fungus, Trametes versicolor
- Veined Mossear, Rimbachia bryophila [small, while, fingernail like]
- White Finger Slime Mold, Stemonitopsis typhina
- White Stubble Rosegill, Volvopluteus gloiocephalusi [white or gray mushroom, slick cap with colored center, pale pink to gills, papery volva]
- Willow Rust Fungus, Melampsora epitea
- Winter Oyster, Scytinotus longinquus (Pleurotopsis longinquus)
- Witch’s Butter Jelly Fungus, Tremella mesenterica
- Wolf’s Milk Slime Mold, Lycogala epidendrum
- Yellow Fieldcap Mushroom, Bolbitius titubans
- Yellow Knight Mushroom, Tricholoma equestre
Galls:
- Alder Tongue, Western American Alder Tongue Gall Fungus, Taphrina occidentalis
- Ash Flower Gall Mite, Ash Key Gall Mite, Aceria fraxiniflora
- Ball Gall Wasp, Callirhytis perfoveata
- Black Walnut Pouch Gall Mite, Aceria brachytarsa
- Blue Oak Erineum Mite, Aceria trichophila, formerly Eriophyes trichophila
- Club Gall Wasp, Atrusca clavuloides
- Clustered Gall Wasp, Andricus brunneus
- Convoluted Gall Wasp, Andricus confertus
- Coral Gall Wasp, Burnettweldia corallina
- Cottonwood Catkingall Mite, Eriophyes neoessigi [long panicle, like a bunch of grapes, heavy]
- Cottonwood Leaf Gall Aphid, Pemphigus populivenae
- Cottonwood Leaf-Base Gall Aphid, Pemphigus populicaulis [petiole, galls have a red blush]
- Cottonwood Petiole Gall, Poplar Petiole Gall Aphid, Pemphigus populitransversus
- Coyote Brush Bud Gall midge, Rhopalomyia californica
- Coyote Brush Rust Gall, Puccinia evadens
- Coyote Brush Stem Gall Moth, Gnorimoschema baccharisella
- Crystalline Gall Wasp, Andricus crystallinus
- Disc Gall Wasp, Andricus parmula [round flat, “spangle gall”]
- Dried Peach Gall Wasp, Disholcaspis simulata
- Elm Sack Gall Aphid, Tetraneura ulmi [pouch-like extensions on leaves]
- Eucalyptus Gall Wasp, Ophelimus maskelli [speckled; flat galls all over the leaf surface]
- Eucalyptus Mid-Rib Gall Wasp, Leptocybe invasa
- Fimbriate Gall Wasp, Andricus opertus [from the center vein]
- Flat-Topped Honeydew Gall Wasp, Disholcaspis eldoradensis
- French Broom Gall Mite, Aceria genistae
- Gall Inducing Wooly Aphid, Stegophylla essigi [in live oaks, folds the leaf over itself; sometimes the leaf turns red/reddish]
- Goldenrod Bunch Gall, Goldenrod Floret Gall Midge, Rhopalomyia solidaginis
- Gouty Stem Gall Wasp, Callirhytis quercussuttoni
- Grape Erineum Mite, Colomerus vitis
- Gray Midrib Gall Wasp, Cynips multipunctata
- Hair Stalk Gall Wasp, Andricus pedicellatus [thread gall on blue oak]
- Irregular Spindle Gall Wasp, Andricus chrysolepidicola [on white oaks, Blue, Valley, etc.]
- Jumping Oak Gall Wasp, Neuroterus saltatorius
- Kernel Flower Gall Wasp, Callirhytis serricornis
- Leaf Gall Wasp/ Unidentified per Russo, Tribe: Cynipidi [on Valley Oak]
- Leafy Bract Gall Wasp, Diplolepis californica [hard rosette gall on rose bush]
- Live Oak Bud Gall Wasp, Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae
- Live Oak Erineum Mite Gall, Aceria mackiei
- Live Oak Gall Wasp, Spring Generation, Callirhytis quercuspomiformis [looks like a soft funnel, green to brown]
- Live Oak Gall Wasp, Summer Generation, Callirhytis quercuspomiformis [spiky ball]
- Live Oak Petiole Gall Wasp, Spring, Bi-Sexual Generation, Melikailla flora
- Lupine Stem Gall Midge, Neolasioptera lupini
- Manzanita Leaf Gall Aphid, Tamalia coweni
- Marginal Leaf Fold Gall Midge, Macrodiplosis erubescens [on margins of leaves of red oaks]
- Midrib Fold Gall Midge, Dasineura sp. [on alder]
- Mossy Rose Gall Wasp, Diplolepis rosae
- Mule Fat Blister Mite, Aceria baccharices
- Oak Apple, California Gall Wasp, Andricus quercuscalifornicus
- Pink Honeysuckle Gall Midge, Lonicerae russoi [rosette gall]
- Plate Gall Wasp, Andricus pattersonae
- Pumpkin Gall Wasp, Dryocosmus minusculus
- Red Cone Gall Wasp, Andricus kingi
- Rosette Gall Wasp, Andricus wiltzae [on Valley Oak]
- Round Gall Wasp, Cynpis conspicuus [round gall near base or midrib of leaf on Valley Oaks, formerly Besbicus conspicuus]
- Round-Gall Wasp, Fuzzy Gall, Burnettweldia washingtonensis [round, fuzzy, on twigs]
- Round Leaf Gall Wasp, Heteroecus flavens [formerly Andricus flavens, ball in the middle of the leaf, live oak]
- Ruptured Twig Gall Wasp, Callirhytis perdens [on live oaks]
- Saucer Gall Wasp, Andricus gigas [cup shaped, sometimes rough edges]
- Smooth Petiole Gall Sawfly, Euura sp. [willows]
- Solitary Oak Leafminer Moth, Cameraria hamadryadella [leaves pockets in the leaf surface]
- Spined Turban Gall Wasp, Cynips douglasii [spring gall, round on the stems]
- Spined Turban Gall Wasp, Cynips douglasii [summer gall, pink, spikey top]
- Spiny Leaf Gall Wasp, Diplolepis polita [on rose leaves]
- Striped Volcano Gall Wasp, Andricus atrimentus, Summer generation [looks like a tiny volcano]
- Striped Volcano Gall Wasp, Andricus atrimentus, Spring generation [looks like a ball at the base of the leaf; dark inside]
- Succulent Gall Wasp, Neuroterus fragilis [on valley oak, petiole area]
- Tapered Stem Gall Wasp, Protobalandricus spectabilis [live oak]
- Thorn Gall Wasp, Besbicus heldae
- Two-Horned Gall Wasp, bisexual gall, spring generation, Dryocosmus dubiosus [looks like a hard, shiny, brown “beak” on the edge of the leaf]
- Two-Horned Gall Wasp, unisexual gall, summer generation, Dryocosmus dubiosus [small, green or mottled, on back of leaf along the midvein]
- Urchin Gall Wasp, Cynips quercusechinus
- Willow Apple Gall Sawfly, Pontania californica
- Willow Bead Gall Mite, Aculus tetanothrix
- Willow Beaked Twig Gall Midge, Rahdophaga rigidae
- Willow Fold-Gall Sawfly, Phyllocolpa sp.
- Willow Mid-Rib Sawfly, Unknown species [per Russo, pg.219]
- Willow Pinecone Gall midge, Rabdophaga strobiloides
- Willow Rose Gall Midge, Rabdophaga rosaria
- Willow Rosette Gall Midge, Rabdophaga salicisbrassicoides
- Willow Stem Sawfly, Euura exiguae
- Wool-Bearing Gall Wasp, Andricus quercuslanigera [fuzzy, eggshell color, with hard pip under the fuzz]
- Woollybear Gall Wasp, Atrusca trimaculosa
- Yellow Wig Gall Wasp, Andricus fullawayi
Insects, Arthropods, Hexapods:
- African Cluster Bug, Agonoscelis puberula
- Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee, Megachile rotundata [black and white]
- American Cockroach, Common Cockroach, Periplaneta americana [pale reddish-brown]
- American Dog Tick, Dermacentor variabilis
- Anise Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio zelicaon
- Aphid, Family: Aphididae
- Aphid, Ash Leaf Curl Aphid, Prociphilus fraxinifolii
- Aphid, Cabbage Aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae
- Aphid, Fennel Aphid, Hyadaphis foeniculi
- Aphid, Rose Aphid, Macrosiphum rosae [pink]
- Argentine Ant, Linepithema humile
- Arizona Mantis, Stagmomantis limbata [large ootheca, blue lips]
- Armored Scale Insects, Family: Diaspididae
- Armyworm Moth, Mythimna unipuncta
- Asian Lady Beetle, Harmonia axyridis
- Assassin Bug, Zelus luridus
- Assassin Bug, Leafhopper Assassin Bug, Zelus renardii
- Bagrada Bug, Bagrada hilaris
- Banded Bee Fly, Villa lateralis
- Bee Fly, Family: Bombyliidae
- Big-Eyed Toad Bug, Gelastocoris oculatus
- Black Dancer Caddisfly, Mystacides sepulchralis
- Black Fly, Family: Simuliidae
- Black Grass Bug, Irbisia pacifica
- Black Saddlebags Dragonfly, Tramea lacerata
- Black-Tailed Bumble Bee, Bombus melanopygus
- Blood Bee, Sphecodes sp.
- Blue Dasher Dragonfly, Pachydiplax longipennis [white faced]
- Blue-Eyed Darner Dragonfly, Aeshna multicolor
- Blue Milkweed Beetle, Cobalt Milkweed Beetle, Chrysochus cobaltinus
- Bordered Fawn Moth, Sericosema juturnaria
- Broad-Nosed Weevil, Subfamily: Entiminae
- Broad-Striped Lady Beetle, Paranaemia vittigera
- Buffalo Treehopper, Stictocephala alta
- Bush Katydid, Fork-Tailed Bush Katydid, Scudderia furcata [nymph]
- Cabbage White butterfly, Pieris rapae
- Caddisfly, Suborder: Integripalpia (the “portable case makers”), larvae
- California Bordered Plant Bug, Largus californicus
- California Bumble Bee, Bombus californicus [yellow ruff around the neck]
- California Oak Moth, Phryganidia californica
- California Pyrausta Moth, Pyrausta californicalis [tiny, rusty orange]
- California Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly, Battus philenor hirsuta
- Crambid Snout Moth, Family: Crambidae
- Camel Cricket, Gammarotettix bilobatus
- Camel Cricket, Gammarotettix genitalis
- Case-Bearing Leaf Beetle, Cryptocephalus castaneus
- Chinese Praying Mantis, Tenodera sinensis [largest; ootheca looks like solid cotton candy]
- Common Buckeye Butterfly, Junonia coenia
- Common Checkered Skipper, Burnsius communis
- Common Pill Woodlouse, Pillbug, Armadillidium vulgare
- Convergent Lady Beetle, Hippodamia convergens
- Copper Underwing Moth, Amphipyra pyramidoides [caterpillars are green with thin white stripe]
- Cottony Cushion Scale, Icerya purchasi
- Cranefly, California Tipula, Tipula californica
- Cranefly, European Crane Fly, Tipula paludosa
- Cranefly, Giant Western Crane Fly, Holorusia hespera
- Cranefly, Limonia sp.
- Crown Whitefly, Aleuroplatus coronata
- Damselfly, American Rubyspot, Hetaerina americana
- Damselfly, Arroyo Bluet, Enallagma praevarum
- Damselfly, Emma’s Dancer, Argia emma
- Damselfly, Exclamation Damsel, Zoniagrion exclamationis [blue on thorax, 3 blue segments at end of tail]
- Damselfly, Familiar Bluet, Enallagma civile
- Damselfly, Pacific Forktail Damselfly, Ischnura cervula [males have 4 spots on thorax]
- Damselfly, Pond Spread-Wing, Lestes sp.
- Damselfly, Tule Bluet Damselfly, Enallagma carunculatum
- Damselfly, Vivid Dancer, Argia vivida [arrowheads]
- Dark Jerusalem Cricket, Ammopelmatus fuscus
- Darkling Beetle, Pinacate Stink Beetle, Eleodes scabrosa
- Darkling Beetle, Eleodes sp. [small, pinprick dots all over the carapace]
- Dark-Bordered Granite Moth, Digrammia neptaria
- Dark-Winged Fungus Gnat, Bradysia sp.
- Digger Bee, Tribe: Anthophorin
- Edith’s Checkerspot Butterfly, Euphydryas editha
- Elongate Springtail, Order: Entomobryomorpha
- Eriophyid mite, Phyllocoptes fructiphilus [carrier of RRD]
- Eufala Skipper, Lerodea eufala [dark dusky brown]
- European Earwig, Common Earwig, Forficula auricularia
- European Honeybee, Western Honeybee, Apis mellifera
- European Praying Mantis, Mantis religiosa [flat body in adults; ootheca is like a football shape, most common one we see]
- Fiery Skipper, Hylephila phyleus
- Fire-Colored Beetle, Pedilus sp.
- Flame Skimmer Dragonfly, Libellula saturata
- Flower Beetle, Listrus sp.
- Flower Buprestid Beetle, Acmaeodera hepburnii
- Foothill Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex [light eyes]
- Formica Ant, Lasius americanus
- Fungus Gnat, Family: Mycetophilidae [mosquito-like]
- Geometer Moth, Family: Geometridae [brown inchworm, twig-like caterpillar]
- Globular Springtail, Ptenothrix marmorata [Technically it’s not an insect, it’s a hexapod. It has internal mouth parts instead of external mouth parts.]
- Gray Buckeye Butterfly, Junonia grisea
- Gray Hairstreak Butterfly, Strymon melinus
- Greenbottle Fly, Common European Greenbottle Fly, Lucilia sericata
- Greenbottle Fly, Marsh Greenbottle Fly, Lucilia silvarum
- Green Darner Dragonfly, Anax junius
- Green Lacewing, Chrysopa coloradensis
- Green Leafhopper, Nephotettix virescens
- Green Midge, Chironomus chironomus sp.
- Harlequin Bug, Murgantia histrionica
- Harvestmen, Protolophus sp. [tiny clear “spider” on the gills of a mushroom]
- Harvester Ant, black, Pogonomyrmex sp.
- Harvester Ant, Western, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis [red]
- Heather Lady Beetle, Chilocorus bipustulatus [very small, dark red with lighter red splotches]
- Heliothine Moth, Subfamily: Heliothinae [yellow-orange caterpillar with black spots, on gumweed]
- Hoverfly, Black-Margined Flower Fly, Syrphus opinator
- Hoverfly, Large-Tailed Aphideater, Eupeodes volucris
- Hover Flies, Family: Syrphidae
- Issid Planthopper, Agalmatium bilobum
- Jagged Ambush Bug, Phymata americana
- Lace Bug, Corythucha sp.
- Lace Bug, Eastern Sycamore Lace Bug, Corythucha ciliata
- Leaf Footed Bug, Leptoglossus zonatus
- Leafhopper, Alconeura sp.
- Leafhopper, Typical Leafhoppers, Family: Cicadellidae
- Linopodes Mite, Linopodes sp. [tiny translucent spidery-looking thing with very ling front legs]
- Little Black Ant, Monomorium minimum
- Live Oak Kermes, Allokermes cueroensis
- Long Horned Bee, Eucera sp.
- Long Horned Beetle, Callimus ruficollis [black with red thorax]
- Long-Horned Caddis Fly, Oecetis sp.
- Long-Jawed Orb Weaver Spider, Tetragnatha sp.
- Lorquin’s Admiral Butterfly, Limenitis lorquini
- Lygus Bug, Lygus pratensis
- Margined Calligrapher Hoverfly, Toxomerus marginatus
- Marsh Fly, Euthycera sp.
- Mayfly, Small Squaregilled Mayfly, Family: Caenidae
- Meadow Spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius
- Mediterranean Mantis, Iris Mantis, Iris oratoria [thin narrow ootheca]
- Metallic Flea Beetle, Altica sp.
- Metallic Wood Boring Beetle, Anthaxia inornata
- Metallic Wood Boring Beetle, Acmaeodera labyrinthica
- Millipede, Class: Diplopoda
- Mirid Bug, Taedia sp.
- Mirid Bug, Thick Sensor Soft Bug, Heterotoma planicornis [small black bug with weird antennae and green legs]
- Morning-Glory Leafminer Moth, Bedellia somnulentella
- Moth, Tribe: Xanthorhoini
- Moth Leaf Tier, Order: Lepidoptera [folded leaves on willow]
- Mourning Cloak Butterfly, Nymphalis antiopa
- Net-Winged Midge, Family: Blephariceridae
- Non-Biting Midge: Chironomus sp.
- Non-Biting Midge, Cricotopus bicinctus [black and white, turned up tail]
- Northern Checkerspot Butterfly, Chlosyne palla
- Oakworm Moth, Anisota sp.
- Oleander Aphid, Aphis nerii
- Omnivorous Leafroller Moth, Platynota stultana
- Orange Sulphur Butterfly, Colias eurytheme
- Oval-Headed Sweat Bee, Lasioglossum ovaliceps [blood bee]
- Owlet Moth, Subfamily: Heliothinae
- Pallid-winged Grasshopper, Trimerotropis pallidipennis
- Paper Wasp, Black Paper Wasp, European Paper Wasp, Polistes dominula
- Paper Wasp, Golden Paper Wasp, Polistes aurifer
- Paper Wasp, Red Paper wasp, Apache Paper Wasp, Polistes apachus
- Parasitoid Wood Wasps, Family: Orussidae
- Peridot Sweat Bee, Augochlorella pomoniella [bright metallic green]
- Pine Spittlebug, Aphrophora cribrata
- Plant Bug, Family: Miridae
- Plump Springtails, Superfamily: Onychiuroidea
- Potato Mirid Bug, Closterotomus norwegicus [yellow-green bug]
- Potter’s Wasp, Stenodynerus sp.
- Red Gum Lerp Psyllid, Glycaspis brimblecombei [on eucalyptus]
- Red Mite, Superorder: Acariformes
- Red-Legged Mite, Penthaleus sp.
- Red Spider Mite, Tetranychus cinnabarinus
- Ribbed Cocoon-Maker Moth, Oak Ribbed Skeletonizer, Bucculatrix albertiella
- Robber Fly, Machimus sp.
- Robber Fly, Efferia albibarbis
- Rose Weevil, Merhynchites sp.
- Rosy Short-Head Millipede, Brachycybe rosea
- Rufous-Banded Crambid Moth, Mimoschinia rufofascialis
- Sachem Skipper, Atalopedes campestris
- Saint John’s Wort Beetle, Chrysolina hypericin [metallic gold, blue or copper]
- Sand Wasp, Steniolia sp.
- Sapromyza Fly, Sapromyza sp. [tiny, reddish-orange]
- Scale insect, Superfamily: Coccoidea
- Scarab Hunter Wasp, Dielis pilipes
- Scrub Cicada, Diceroprocta cinctifera
- Seed Chalcidoid Wasps, Sycophila sp.
- Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle, Coccinella septempunctata
- Sidewalk Mites, Balaustium sp. [red mite]
- Simbicid Sawfly, Abia americana [pale caterpillar with black and yellow markings]
- Slug Sawfly, Caliroa sp. [we saw the slug-like larva]
- Small Heliothodes Moth, Heliothodes diminutiva
- Snakefly, Agulla adnixa
- Soldier Beetle, Silis sp.
- Stable Fly, Stomoxys calcitrans
- Stem Sawfly, Family: Cephidae
- Sulphur Tubic Moth, Esperia sulphurella [tiny black and yellow]
- Sweat Bee, Tribe: Halictini
- Swift Crab Spider, Mecaphesa celer
- Thread-Waisted Wasps, Family: Sphecidae
- Tripartite Sweat Bee, Halictus tripartitus
- Tumbling Flower Beetle, Mordella sp.
- Two-Spotted Grass Bug, Stenotus binotatus [small, yellow and black]
- Umber Skipper, Lon melane
- Valley Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa varipuncta
- Varied Carpet Beetle, Anthrenus verbasci
- Variegated Meadowhawk Dragonfly, Sympetrum corruptum
- Water Strider, Trepobates subnitidus
- Western Black Horse Fly, Tabanus punctifer
- Western Boxelder Bug, Boisea rubrolineata
- Western Kermes, Rattan’s Kermes, Allokermes rattani
- Western Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis [“meaning tree killers”]
- Western Polished Lady Beetle, Cycloneda polita [orange, no spots]
- Western Pondhawk Dragonfly, Erythemis collocata [females are green, males are blue]
- Western Small Milkweed Bug, Lygaeus kalmii kalmii
- Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle, Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata
- Western Tailed-Blue Butterfly, Cupido amyntula
- Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio rutulus
- Western Tussock Moth, Orgyia vetusta
- Widow Skimmer Dragonfly, Libellula luctuosa
- Winter Moth, Operophtera brumata [little green caterpillar on oak]
- Woolly Apple Aphid, Eriosoma lanigerum [also found on pyracantha]
- Wooly Oak Aphid, Stegophylla essigi
- Yellow-Faced Bumblebee, Bombus vosnesenskii
- Yellow-Legged Mud-dauber Wasp, Sceliphron caementarium
- Yellowjacket, Western Yellowjacket, Vespula pensylvanica
- Zigzag Furcula Moth, Furcula scolopendrina
- ?? tiny insects on willow leaves
Lichen on Trees:
- Bark Rim Lichen, Lecanora chlarotera [looks like Whitewash Lichen but has apothecia]
- Beaded Tube Lichen, Hypogymnia apinnata [hoary green with black back, black spots on thallus]
- Boreal Button Lichen, Buellia disciformis [pale gray to bluish with black apothecia on wood]
- Bottlebrush Frost Lichen, Physconia detersa
- Bristly Beard Lichen, Usnea hirta [thin bristly fronds]
- Brown-Eyed Shingle Lichen, Pannaria rubiginosa
- Bumpy Rim-Lichen, Lecanora hybocarpa [tan to brown apothecia]
- California Camouflage Lichen, Melanelixia californica [dark green with brown apothecia, on trees]
- Candleflame Lichen, Candelaria concolor [bright yellow-orange]
- Common Button Lichen, Buellia erubescens [small black dots on wood, by themselves or on a background of white, gray, etc.]
- Common Powderhorn, Cladonia coniocraea
- Common Sunburst Lichen, Golden Shield Lichen, Xanthoria parietina [yellow-orange,on wood/trees]
- Crawfish Lichen, Ochrolechia parella [speckled gray interior with white rim on apotheca]
- Dog Pelt Lichen, Peltigera canina [“skin” with lots of “teeth” on the back of the pelt. I found it on moss on a rock]
- Elegant Fringe Lichen, Heterodermia leucomelos [has fine black hairs all over it]
- Fancy Frost Lichen, Physconia americana
- Farinose Cartilage Lichen, Ramalina farinacea [like Oakmoss but very thin branches]
- Firedot Lichen, Athallia holocarpa [bright orange, flat dots]
- Fishbone Beard Lichen, Usnea filipendula
- Flattened Thornbush Lichen, Kaernefeltia merrillii [very dark green, thorny-looking thallus]
- Fluffy Dust Lichen, Pacific Fluffy Dust Lichen, Lepraria pacifica [blue-green dust lichen]
- Frosted Rim-Lichen, Lecanora caesiorubella [white with white apothecia]
- Gold Dust Lichen, Chrysothrix candelaris
- Green Shield Lichen, Flavoparmelia caperata
- Hoary Rosette Lichen, Physcia aipolia [hoary, brown apothecia]
- Hooded Rosette Lichen, Physcia adscendens [hairs/eyelashes on the tips of the lobes]
- Hooded Sunburst Lichen, Xanthomendoza fallax [leafy, yellow-orange, on trees]
- Imshaug’s Tube Lichen, Hypogymnia imshaugii
- Lace Lichen, Ramalina menziesii
- Lecidella Lichen, Lecidella elaeochroma [round black spots on white background]
- Mealy Pixie Cup, Cladonia chlorophaea
- Mealy Rim Lichen, Lecanora strobilina [greenish apothecia]
- Oakmoss Lichen, Evernia prunastri [like strap but with soredia]
- Needle Lichen, Chaenotheca ferruginea [tiny black raised spots on wood]
- Pin-Cushion Sunburst Lichen, Polycauliona polycarpa [bright orange, apothecia, close, piled]
- Poplar Sunburst Lichen, Xanthomendoza hasseana [sunburst on Cottonwood]
- Powder-Edged Speckled Greenshield, Flavopunctelia soredica
- Powderhorn Lichen, Common Powderhorn, Cladonia coniocraea
- Rosette Lichen, Physcia millegrana [dense grainy greenish with dark apotheca]
- Shadow Lichen, Family: Physciaceae
- Shield Lichen, Parmelia sulcata [greyish,veined]
- Shrubby Sunburst Lichen, Polycauliona candelaria
- Speckled Greenshield Lichen, Flavopunctelia flaventior
- Strap Lichen, Western Strap Lichen, Ramalina leptocarpha [without soredia]
- Western Shield Lichen, Parmelia hygrophila [blue-gray, foliose, dull isidia on leaves]
- Witch’s Hair Lichen, Alectoria sarmentosa
- Whitewash Lichen, Phlyctis argena
- Wolf Lichen, Letharia vulpine [bright yellow-green]
Lichen on Rocks/Metal:
- Bare-bottom Sunburst Lichen, Xanthomendoza weberi [yellow to orange, shrubby, on rock/metal]
- Brown Cobblestone Lichen, Acarospora fuscata
- Cinder Lichen, Aspicilia cinerea
- Concentric Boulder Lichen, Porpidia crustulata [circles of black spots on rock]
- Cowpie Crater Lichen, Diploschistes muscorum [pale grey with sunken black apotheca]
- Crater Lichen, Diploschistes scruposus
- Cumberland Rock-Shield Lichen, Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia [gray on rocks, brown apotheca]
- Ear-leaf Lichen, Normandina pulchella [green leaf-like on rocks]
- Flame Firedot Lichen, Caloplaca ignea [orange on rock, elongated lobes and orange apothecia]
- Hidden Goldspeck Lichen, Candelariella aurella [small, scattered, yellow, on rocks]
- Pore Lichen, Pertusaria sp.
- Rimmed Navel Lichen, Rhizoplaca glaucophana [pale gray with black apotheca]
- Rock Greenshield Lichen, Flavoparmelia baltimorensis [light green to gray, crumbly center]
- Rock Shield Lichen, Xanthoparmelia conspersa
- Rock Tripe, Emery Rocktripe Lichen, Umbilicaria phaea
- Sagebrush Goldspeck Lichen, Candelariella rosulans [bright yellow, lumpy clumps on rocks]
- Smokey-Eyed Boulder Lichen, Porpidia albocaerulescens
- Stonewall Rim Lichen, Lecona muralis [pale green/gray thallus with rose/tan apothecia gathered in the center; color can be quite variable]
- Strap Flame Lichen, Dufourea ligulata [dark orange]
- Sunken Disk Lichen, Aspicilia sp. [like crusty patches, tan to black]
- Yellow Cobblestone Lichen, Acarospora socialis
- Yellow Map Lichen, Rhizocarpon geographicum [bright yellow-green with dark spots]
Mammals:
- Aardvark, Orycteropus afer
- African Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus jubatus
- African Lion, Panthera leo
- Beaver, American, Beaver, Castor canadensis
- Black Angus Cattle, Bos taurus var. Black Angus
- Black-Tailed Jackrabbit, Lepus californicus
- California Ground Squirrel, Otospermophilus beecheyi
- California Vole, California Meadow Mouse, Microtus californicus
- Capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
- Cat, Felis catus
- California Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus californicus
- Charolais Cattle, Bos taurus var. Charolais
- Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes
- Columbian Black-Tailed Deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
- Coquerel’s Sifaka, Propithecus coquereli
- Coyote, Canis latrans
- Desert Cottontail Rabbit, Sylvilagus audubonii
- Dog, Canis lupus familiaris
- Douglas’ Squirrel, Tamiasciurus douglasii [brown with white belly]
- Eastern Bongo, Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci
- Eastern Fox Squirrel, Sciurus niger
- Eastern Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
- Goat, Domestic Goat, Capra hircus
- Goat, Nubian Goat, Capra aegagrus hircus
- Grevy’s Zebra, Equus grevyi
- Guernsey Cattle, Bos taurus var. Guernsey
- Holstein Friesian Cattle,Black Angus Cattle, Bos taurus var. Holstein
- Horse, Equus caballus
- Jaguar, Panthera onca
- Llama, Lama glama
- Masai Giraffe, Giraffa tippelskirchi
- Meerkat, Suricata suricatta
- Mongoose Lemur, Eulemur mongoz
- Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus
- Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus
- Okapi, Okapia johnstoni
- Raccoon, Common Raccoon, Procyon lotor
- Red Kangaroo, Macropus rufus
- Red Panda, Ailurus fulgens
- Red River Hog, Potamochoerus porcus
- Reticulated Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata
- River Otter, North American River Otter, Lontra canadensis
- Snow Leopard, Panthera uncia
- Squirrel Monkey, Saimiri sciureus
- Sumatran Orangutan, Pongo abelii
- Water Vole, Arvicola amphibius
- Western Gray Squirrel, Sciurus griseus
- White-Faced Saki, Pithecia pithecia
- White-Handed Gibbon, Hylobates lar
- Wolf’s Guenon Monkey, Cercopithecus wolfi
- Yellow-Pine Chipmunk, Neotamias amoenus
Other Invertebrates (Worms, Mollusks, Crabs, etc.):
- Acute Bladder Snail, Physa acuta
- Asian Clam, Corbicula fluminea [little tan or white shells]
- Foothill Shoulderband Snail, Helminthoglypta cypreophila
- Horsehair Worm, Hairworm, Phylum: Nematomorpha
- Milky Slug, Deroceras reticulatum
- Pinworm, Family: Oxyuridae
- Red Swamp Crayfish, Crawdad, Procambarus clarkii
Pathogens/Bacteria:
- Alcoholic Flux bacteria, Foamy Canker, Slime Flux, Phytophthora sp. X other bacteria [white, brown or black ooze with a yeasty, sour beer smell.]
- Blackberry Rust, Gymnoconia nitens
- Drippy Nut, Lonsdalea quercina populi [bacterium that affects acorns]
- Fig Rust, Cerotelium fici
- Oak Leaf Blister (pathogen), Taphrina caerulescens
- Orange Hobnail Canker, Endothia gyrosa [hard reddish-orange pimples on trees]
- Poplar Leaf Blister, Taphrina populi-salicis [cottonwoods]
- Powdery Mildew, Erysiphe trinae
- Rosellinia Fungi, Rosellinia sp. [a plant pathogen, looked like cement; was hard like cramp balls]
- RRD, Rose Rosette Disease, Emaravirus sp. [virus carried by mites]
- Sycamore Powdery Mildew, Erysiphe platani
- Witches’ Broom on Toyon, Phytoplasma sp.
Plants, Flowers, Trees:
- Absinthe Wormwood, Artemisia absinthium
- African Lily, Lily of the Nile, Agapanthus africanus [white or blue]
- Aleppo Pine, Pinus halepensis
- Alfalfa, Medicago sativa
- Alkali Heath, Frankenia salina [salty]
- Alkali Heliotrope, Heliotropium curassavicum
- Alkali Mallow, Malvella leprosa
- Almond Tree, Prunus dulcisaloe
- Aloe, Candelabra Aloe, Aloe arborescens
- Aloe, Soap Aloe, Aloe maculata
- Alpine Alumroot, Heuchera glabra
- Amaranth, Red Amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus [what I call “Cock’s Comb”]
- Amaranth, Redroot Pigweed, Amaranthus retroflexus
- American Bugleweed, Lycopus americanus [like horehound]
- American Elm Tree, Ulmus americana
- American Mistletoe, Phoradendron leucarpum
- American Plantain, Plantago rugelii
- Apple, Malus pumila
- Apple Mint, Mentha suaveolens
- Arizona Blue Oak, Blue Live Oak, Quercus oblongifolia [possible, at Sailor Bar]
- Armenian Blackberry, Rubus armeniacus [pink flower]
- Arroyo Willow, Salix lasiolepis
- Arundo, Giant Reed, Arundo donax
- Azolla, Water Fern, Azolla filiculoides
- Baby Sage, Salvia microphylla [red, or red/white]
- Bald Cypress Tree, Taxodium distichum
- Balsamroot, Balsamorhiza sp. [looks kind of like mule’sears]
- Bay Laurel Tree, Laurus nobilis
- Bean, Common Bean, Phaseolus vulgaris
- Bear’s Breeches, Acanthus mollis
- Bedstraw, Graceful Bedstraw Galium porrigens [very tiny leaves and flowers]
- Bedstraw, Velcro Grass, Cleavers, Galium aparine
- Belladonna Lily, Amaryllis belladonna
- Bigelow’s Spike Moss, Selaginella bigelovii
- Bigfruit Evening Primrose, Oenothera macrocarpa
- Bigleaf Maple, Acer macrophyllum
- Big Saltbush, Atriplex lentiformis
- Birch, Silver Birch, Betula pendula
- Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany, Cercocarpus betuloides
- Bird’s-Eye Gilia, Gilia tricolor
- Bird’s-Eye Speedwell, Veronica persica [tiny blue flowers]
- Bird’s Foot Cliffbrake, Pellaea mucronata
- Bird’s-Foot Trefoil, Lotus corniculatus
- Bishop Pine, Pinus muricata [fascicles of TWO needles]
- Bitter Cherry, Prunus emarginata
- Bittercress, Hairy Bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta
- Bitterroot, Lewisia rediviva [large, bright pink flowers]
- Bittersweet Nightshade, Solanum dulcamara
- Black Cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa
- Black Locust Tree, Robinia pseudoacacia
- Black Mustard, Common Wild Mustard, Brassica nigra
- Black Nightshade, Solanum nigrum [small flowers, black berries]
- Black Sage, Salvia mellifera
- Black Walnut, Northern California Black Walnut, Juglans hindsii
- Black Walnut, Eastern Black Walnut, Juglans nigra
- Bladderpod, Peritoma arborea [kind of looks like Jerusalem sage but gets bladder-like seed pods]
- Blessed Milk Thistle, Silybum marianum
- Blow Wives, Soft Blow Wives, Achyrachaena mollis [rounded ends]
- Blue Dicks, Dipterostemon capitatus
- Blue Dicks, Table Mountain Blue Dicks, Dipterostemon capitatus capitatus
- Blue Dicks, Vernal Pool Blue Dicks, Dipterostemon capitatus lacuna-vernalis
- Blue Elderberry, Sambucus nigra cerulea
- Blue Jacaranda, Jacaranda mimosifolia
- Blue Oak, Quercus douglasii
- Blue Statice, Limonium sinuatum
- Blue Statice, Perez’s Sea Lavender, Limonium perezii
- Blue Blossom, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus thyrsiflorus
- Bluebeard, Caryopteris x clandonensis
- Bluehead Gilia, Gilia capitata
- Borage, Borago officinalis [blue “beaked” flowers]
- Bottlebrush, Crimson Bottlebrush, Melaleuca citrina
- Boquillas Silverleaf, Leucophyllum candidum [loaded with pale purple flowers]
- Boxelder, Box Elder Tree, Acer negundo
- Branched Asphodel, Asphodelus ramosus [spire of white flowers; bulbous seeds]
- Brass Buttons, Cotula coronopifolia
- Brazilian Vervain, Verbena brasiliensis
- Briar Rose, Sweet Briar, Rosa rubiginosa
- Bristly Dogtail Grass, Cynosurus echinatus
- Bristly Fiddleneck, Amsinckia tessellata
- Bristly Oxtongue, Helminthotheca echioides
- Broadleaf Cattail, Bullrush, Typha latifolia
- Broad-Leaved Dock, Rumex obtusifolius
- Broad-Leaved Stonecrop, Sedum spathulifolium
- Broadleaved Pepperweed, Lepidium latifolium
- Bronze Fennel, Florence Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare dulce
- Brown Fritillary, Fritillaria micrantha
- Buddha’s Hand, Citrus medica sarcodactylis
- Buckbrush, Ceanothus cuneatus
- Bulbous Meadow-Grass, Poa bulbosa
- Bull Thistle, Cirsium vulgare
- Bunch-flowered Daffodil, Narcissus tazetta
- Bur Clover, Medicago polymorpha
- Bur Parsley, Bur Chervil, Anthriscus caucalis
- Bush Chinquapin, Chrysolepis sempervirens
- Butter-and-Eggs, Triphysaria eriantha eriantha [red stems]
- Butterflyweed, Asclepias tuberosa interior [yellow-orange milkweed]
- Buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis
- California Ash, Fraxinus dipetala
- California Bay, Umbellularia californica
- California Black Oak, Quercus kelloggii
- California Brickellbush, Brickellia californica
- California Buckeye Chestnut Tree, Aesculus californica
- California Buckwheat, Eriogonum fasciculatum
- California Bulrush, Schoenoplectus californicus
- California Buttercup, Ranunculus californicus
- California Flannelbush, Fremontodendron californicum
- California Fuschia, Epilobium canum
- California Manroot, Bigroot, Marah fabaceus
- California Mugwort, Artemisia douglasiana
- California Pipevine, Dutchman’s Pipe, Aristolochia californica
- California Poppy, Eschscholzia californica
- California Saxifrage, Micranthes californica
- California Scrub Oak, Quercus berberidifolia
- California Sycamore, Western Sycamore, Platanus racemose
- California Valerian, Valeriana californica [white]
- California Wild Grape, Vitis californica
- California Wild Rose, Rosa californica
- Calla Lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica
- Callery Pear, Pyrus calleryana
- Canada Rush, Juncus canadensis
- Canada Wild Lettuce, Lactuca canadensis [tall tree-like stems with lots of little flowers on top]
- Canyon Live-Forever, Dudleya cymosa
- Canyon Live Oak, Quercus chrysolepis
- Cape Honey Flower, Melianthus major [toothed leaves; dark maroon leathery flowers]
- Caper Bush, Capparis spinosa
- Cardoon, Artichoke Thistle, Cynara cardunculus
- Carmel Ceanothus, Ceanothus griseus [pale blue, long panicles]
- Carrot, American Wild Carrot, Daucus pusillus
- Cascade Onion, Allium cratericola
- Catmint, Walker’s Low, Nepeta x faassenii var. “Walker’s Low”
- Chamise, Adenostoma fasciculatum
- Chaparral Honeysuckle, Lonicera interrupta
- Checker Lily, Fritillaria affinis
- Cheeseweed Mallow, Malva parviflora
- Cherokee Rose, Rosa laevigata [cream colored rose with bright yellow stamens]
- Cherry-Plum Tree, Prunus cerasifera
- Chia, Salvia columbariae [roundish, purple]
- Chickweed, Common Chickweed, Stellaria media
- Chicory, Cichorium intybus
- Chinese Houses, Purple Chinese Houses, Collinsia heterophylla
- Chinese Pistache, Pistacia chinensis
- Chinese Privet, Glossy Privet, Ligustrum lucidum
- Chinese Quince, Chaenomeles speciosa [red flowers]
- Chinese Wisteria, Wisteria sinensis
- Chokecherry, Prunus virginiana
- Citron Day-Lily, Hemerocallis citrina
- Cleveland Sage, Salvia clevelandii [purple, circles]
- Climbing Prairie Rose, Rosa setigera
- Coastal Manroot, Marah oregana
- Coastal Willow, Salix hookeriana
- Coastal Woodfern, Dryopteris arguta
- Coast Live Oak, Quercus agrifolia
- Coast Redwood, Sequoia sempervirens
- Cobwebby Thistle, Cirsium occidentale
- Coffeeberry, California Buckthorn, Frangula californica
- Columbine, Common Columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris
- Columbine, Golden Columbine, Aquilegia chrysantha
- Columbine, Western Columbine, Aquilegia formosa
- Common Bird-of-Paradise Flower, Strelitzia reginae
- Common Cat’s-Ear, Hypochaeris radicata
- Common Correa, Correa reflexa [trumpet shaped pink flowers]
- Common Cowparsnip, Heracleum maximum
- Common Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale
- Common Daffoldil, Narcissus pseudonarcissus
- Common Duckweed, Lemna minor
- Common Fiddleneck, Amsinckia menziesii
- Common Field Daisy, Common Daisy, Bellis perennis
- Common Fig, Ficus carica
- Common Hawthorn Tree, Crataegus monogyna
- Common Hazel Tree, Corylus avellana [long catkins, no pseudo cones]
- Common Hoptree, Ptelea trifoliata
- Common Madia, Madia elegans [sticky, smells like lemons]
- Common Morning-Glory, Ipomoea purpurea
- Common Pea, Pisum sativum [rounded leaves, flower is light pink and dark pink]
- Common Pincushion Moss, Dicranoweisia cirrata
- Common Poppy, Red Poppy of Flanders, Papaver rhoeas
- Common Reed, Phragmites australis
- Common Snowberry, Symphoricarpos albus
- Common Snowberry, Symphoricarpos albus albus
- Common Soft Brome, Bromus hordeaceus (grass)
- Common Sow-Thistle, Sonchus oleraceus
- Common Spike-Rush, Eleocharis palustris
- Common Spikeweed, Centromadia pungens
- Common Stork’s-Bill, Red Stem Filaree, Erodium cicutarium [corkscrew seed pods]
- Common Sugarbush, Spicebush, Protea repens
- Common Toadflax, Linaria vulgaris
- Common Vetch, Vicia sativa [pink flowers]
- Common Water-Crowfoot, Ranunculus aquatilis [tops float on the surface of vernal pools]
- Corn, Maize, Zea mays
- Cork Oak, Quercus suber
- Coulter’s Matilija Poppy, Romneya coulteri
- Coville’s Lip Fern, Myriopteris covillei [resurrection fern]
- Cowbag Clover, Trifolium depauperatum
- Coyote Brush, Baccharis pilularis
- Coyote Mint, Monardella villosa
- Coyote Tobacco, Nicotiana attenuata
- Creamcups, Platystemon californicus
- Creeping Moss, Conardia compacta
- Creeping Myoporum, Myoporum parvifolium [low groundcover with small white flowers]
- Crepe Myrtle, White, Lagerstroemia indica
- Crescent-Cup Liverwort, Lunularia cruciata [look for the gemmae in the cups]
- Cretanweed, Hedypnois rhagadioloides [small, yellow, dandelion-like]
- Crevice Alumroot, Heuchera micrantha [tiny pink flowers on stalks]
- Crisped Pincushion Moss, Ulota crispa
- Cudweed, California Cudweed, Pseudognaphalium californicum
- Cudweed, Jersey Cudweed, Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum
- Cudweed, Western Marsh Cudweed, Gnaphalium palustre
- Curly Dock, Rumex crispus
- Curlycup Gumweed, Grindelia squarrosa
- Cut-leaved Crane’s-Bill, Geranium dissectum
- Dallis Grass, Paspalum dilatatum
- Death Camas, Foothill Deathcamas, Toxicoscordion paniculatum
- Deer Grass, Muhlenbergia rigens
- Deerbrush Ceanothus, Ceanothus integerrimus [white]
- Deervetch, Foothill Deervetch, Acmispon brachycarpus
- Deerweed, Acmispon glaber
- Deerweed, Rockpea, Ottleya rigida
- Dendroalsia Moss, Dendroalsia abietina [long, curling tendrils on trees]
- Deodar Cedar, Cedrus deodara
- Desert Willow, Chilopsis linearis
- Devil’s Beggarticks, Bidens frondosa
- Dodder, California Dodder, Cuscuta californica
- Dot-Seed Plantain, Plantago erecta
- Double Rosebud Cherry, Prunus × subhirtella
- Douglas Fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii [“mouse tail” cones]
- Douglas Iris, Iris douglasiana
- Douglas’ Violet, Viola douglasii [yellow violet with rusty back]
- Dove’s-Foot Crane’s-Bill, Geranium molle
- Doveweed, Turkey Mullein, Croton setiger
- Downigia, Downigia sp.
- Downingia, Flatface Calicoflower, Downingia pulchella
- Dutch Iris, Iris × hollandica
- Elegant Clarkia, Clarkia unguiculata [red line on leaves]
- Elegant Zinnia, Zinnia elegans
- Elephant’s-Ears, Bergenia crassifolia [like a begonia, bouquet of pink flowers]
- Elm, Field Elm Tree, Ulmus minor [soft flakey seed pods]
- English Ivy, Hedera helix
- English Oak, Quercus robur
- English Walnut, Juglans regia
- European Gooseberry, Ribes uva-crispa [spines on stems]
- European Water-Plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica
- False Babystars, Leptosiphon androsaceus
- Fat-Hen, Atriplex prostrata
- Fennel, Sweet Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare
- Fernald’s Iris, Iris fernaldii [white and yellow flag iris]
- Fern, California Polypody, Polypodium californicum
- Fern, Common Bracken, Pteridium aquilinum
- Fern, Japanese Netvein Hollyfern, Cyrtomium falcatum
- Fern-leaf Yarrow, Achillea filipendulina [yellow flowers]
- Feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium
- Field Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis
- Field Poppy, Common Poppy, Papaver rhoeas
- Filamentous Green Algae, Spirogyra sp.
- Fireweed, Chamaenerion angustifolium [bright pink flowers]
- Flat-Topped Goldenrod, Euthamia graminifolia
- Flax-Leaved Horseweed, Erigeron bonariensis
- Floating Primrose-Willow, Ludwigia peploides
- Floating Water Primrose, Ludwigia peploides ssp. peploides
- Flower-of-An-Hour, Hibiscus trionum
- Foothill Desert-Parsley, Lomatium utriculatum
- Foothill Larkspur, Delphinium hesperium
- Foothill Penstemon, Penstemon heterophyllus
- Fortnight Lily, Dietes grandiflora
- Fremont’s Cottonwood, Populus fremontii
- French Broom, Genista monspessulana
- Fringe Cups, Tellima grandiflora [leaves similar to Crevice Alumroot]
- Fringepod, Sand Fringepod, Common Lacepod, Thysanocarpus curvipes
- Frying Pan Poppy, Eschscholzia lobbii
- Garden Sage, Salvia officinalis
- Giant Sequoia, Sequoiadendron giganteum
- Giant Fennel, Ferula communis
- Giant Needle Grass, Celtica gigantea
- Giant White Wakerobin, Trillium albidum
- Ginkgo, Ginkgo biloba
- Giraffe’s Head, Henbit Deadnettle, Lamium amplexicaule
- Globe Lily, Diogenes’ Lantern, Calochortus amabilis [yellow]
- Glossy Privet, Ligustrum lucidum
- Glue-Seed, Blennosperma nanum [small yellow flower with white dots around center mound]
- Goldback Fern, Pentagramma triangularis
- Golden Canna Lily, Canna flaccida
- Golden Dwarf Mistletoe, Western Dwarf Mistletoe, Arceuthobium campylopodum
- Goldenrain Tree, Koelreuteria paniculata
- Goldenrod, California Goldenrod, Solidago californica
- Goldenrod, Velvety Goldenrod, Solidago velutina
- Goldfields, California Goldfields, Lasthenia californica
- Goldpoppy, Eschscholzia parishii
- Goodding’s Black Willow, Salix gooddingii
- Goldwire, Hypericum concinnum
- Grasses, Family: Poaceae
- Grass-Poly, Lythrum hyssopifolia
- Grassy Tarweed, Madia gracilis
- Great Horsetail, Equisetum telmateia
- Greater Quaking Grass, Rattlesnake Grass, Briza maxima
- Gray Pine, Pinus sabiniana
- Greater Honeywort, Cerinthe major [spotted leaves, “shrimp-like” flowers]
- Green Hellebore, Helleborus viridis
- Grey-cushioned Grimmia Moss, Grimmia pulvinate [clumpy, on rocks]
- Groundsel, Senecio sp.
- Gumweed, Grindelia integrifolia
- Gumweed, Hairy Gumweed, Grindelia hirsutula
- Gumweed, Great Valley Gumweed, Grindelia camporum
- Hairy Vetch, Winter Vetch, Vicia villosa ssp. villosa
- Hairy Violet, Viola hirta
- Harding Grass, Phalaris aquatica [a type of canary grass]
- Hazlenut, Beaked Hazelnut Tree, Corylus cornuta
- Heart-Podded Hoary Cress, Lepidium draba [looks like a short Broad Leafed Pepperweed to me]
- Heavenly Bamboo, Nandina domestica [bright red berries]
- Hedgehog Holly, European Holly, Ilex aquifolium
- Hedwig’s Fringeleaf Moss, Hedwigia ciliata
- Hen-and-Chickens Echeveria, Echeveria secunda
- Henderson’s Shooting Star, Primula hendersonii
- Hillside Woodland Star, Lithophragma heterophyllum
- Himalayan Blackberry, European Blackberry, Rubus bifrons [white flowers]
- Hoary Rock-Rose, Cistus creticus
- Holm Oak, Quercus ilex [soft leaves, lighter on back]
- Hollyhock, Alcea rosea
- Honeywort, Blue Shrimp Plant, Cerinthe major ssp. purpurascens [purple]
- Honeywort, Greater Honeywort, Cerinthe major [rusty red]
- Hyssop, Agastache sp.
- Iceplant, Hardy Yellow Iceplant, Delosperma nubigenum
- Iceplant, Pink Trailing Iceplant, Delosperma cooperi
- Incense Cedar, Calocedrus decurrens
- Interior Live Oak, Quercus wislizeni
- Interior Sandbar Willow, Salix interior
- Iris, Bearded Iris, Iris × germanica
- Iris, Yellow Iris, Iris pseudacorus
- Italian Cypress, Mediterranean Cypress, Cupressus sempervirens
- Italian Thistle, Carduus pycnocephalus
- Ithuriel’s Spear, Triteleia laxa
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Dragon Arum, Dracunculus vulgaris
- Japanese Aralia, Fatsia japonica [stalks of white flowers, huge leaves]
- Japanese Honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica [white flowers turn yellow]
- Japanese Wisteria, Wisteria floribunda
- Jerusalem Sage, Phlomis fruticose
- Johnson Grass, Sorghum halepense
- Jointed Charlock, Wild Radish, Raphanus raphanistrum
- Juniper Leaved Grevillea, Grevillea juniperina sulphurea [spidery, orange]
- Kangaroo-Apple Nightshade, Solanum laciniatum
- Kangaroo Paws, Anigozanthos flavidus
- Khella, Bisnaga Weed, Toothpick Plant, Bishop’s Weed, Ammi visnaga [ a kind of carrot, invasive, “Bazinga”]
- Kiwi, Actinidia deliciosa [male and female plants required]
- Knobcone Pine, Pinus attenuata
- Kousa Dogwood, Cornus kousa
- Large-flower Pink-Sorrel, Oxalis debilis [clover-like leaves, pink flowers]
- Larkspur, Red Larkspur, Delphinium nudicaule
- Larkspur, Zigzag Larkspur, Delphinium patens [purple, striped lips]
- Lavender, Lavandula sp.
- Lavender-Cotton Santolina chamaecyparissus
- Lavender, Topped Lavender, Lavandula stoechas
- Leafy Fleabane, Erigeron foliosus
- Lemmon’s Catchfly, Silene lemmonii
- Lettuces, Lactuca sp.
- Linear-Lobed Owl’s-Clover, Castilleja lineariloba [similar to Cream Sacs]
- Lion’s Ear, Leonotis nepetifolia
- Liquid Ambar, American Sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua
- Lollipop Verbena, Verbena bonariensis var. “Lollipop”
- Lomatium, Barestem Biscuitroot, Lomatium nudicaule
- Lomatium, California Lomatium, Lomatium californicum
- Lomatium, Foothill Desert-Parsley, Lomatium utriculatum
- London Plane Tree, Platanus × acerifolia
- Long-stemmed Buckwheat, Eriogonum elongatum [tall, very tiny flowering heads]
- Lords and Ladies, Wild Arum, Arum italicumm
- Love-in-a-Mist, Niallgella damascena
- Lupine, Arroyo Lupine, Lupinus succulentus
- Lupine, Bush Lupine, Silver Lupine, Lupinus albifrons var. albifrons
- Lupine, Chick Lupine, Lupinus microcarpus
- Lupine, Golden Lupine, Lupinus densiflorus
- Lupine, Miniature Lupine, Lupinus bicolor
- Lupine, Sky Lupine, Lupinus nanus
- Lupine, Spider Lupine, Lupinus benthamii
- Lupine, Yellow Lupin, Lupinus luteus
- Madrone, Pacific Madrone, Arbutus menziesii
- Magnolia, Southern Magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora [typical one we normally see]
- Mahala Mat, Ceanothus prostratus
- Mahogany, Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany, Cercocarpus betuloides
- Maidenhair, California Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum jordanii
- Manyflower Marshpennywort, Hydrocotyle umbellata [white flowers, leaves rounded like nasturtium]
- Mantle Storksbill, Pelargonium alchemilloides
- Manzanita, Big Berry Manzanita, Arctostaphylos glauca
- Manzanita, Common Manzanita, Arctostaphylos manzanita
- Manzanita, Greenleaf Manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula
- Manzanita, Whiteleaf Manzanita, Arctostaphylos viscida
- Marsh Foxtail Grass, Alopecurus geniculatus
- Marsh Morning Glory, Calystegia sepium limnophila
- Meadow Squill, Scilla litardierei
- Mediterranean Fan Palm, Chamaerops humilis
- Mediterranean Stork’s-Bill, Broad-Leaf Stork’s-Bill, Erodium botrys
- Medusa Head Grass, Taeniatherum caput-medusae
- Mexican Sage, Salvia mexicana [deep purple]
- Mexican Bush Sage, Salvia leucantha [purple socks]
- Mexican Sunflower, Tithonia rotundifolia
- Mimosa, Persian Silk Tree, Albizia julibrissin
- Miner’s Lettuce, Claytonia perfoliata
- Miner’s Lettuce, Streambank Springbeauty, Claytonia parviflora [very small]
- Mistletoe, American Mistletoe, Phoradendron leucarpum
- Mistletoe, Broadleaf Mistletoe, Phoradendron macrophyllum
- Mistletoe, Juniper Mistletoe, Phoradendron juniperinum [somewhat similar in looks to dwarf, but very large]
- Mock Strawberry, Potentilla indica
- Moss, Capillary Thread-Moss, Ptychostomum capillare
- Moss, Wood Bristle-Moss, Lewinskya affinis
- Moss Phlox, Phlox subulate
- Mossy Stonecrop, Crassula tillaea [red]
- Mountain Dandelion, Agoseris heterophylla
- Mountain Blue Penstemon, Penstemon laetus
- Mountain Misery, Chamaebatia foliolosa [fern-like leaves]
- Mountain Monardella, Mountain Coyote Mint, Monardella odoratissima
- Mountain Spiraea, Meadowsweet, Spiraea splendens
- Mountain Whitethorn, Ceanothus cordulatus
- Mulberry, Red Mulberry, Morus rubra
- Mulberry, White Mulberry, Morus alba
- Mule Fat, Baccharis salicifolia
- Mule’s Ears, Smooth Mule-Ears, Wyethia glabra
- Mule’s Ears, Narrowleaf Mule-Ears, Wyethia angustifolia
- Mullein, Great Mullein, Verbascum thapsus
- Mullein, Moth Mullein, Verbascum blattaria [thin stick, white or yellow]
- Mullein, Wand Mullein, Verbascum virgatum
- Mum, Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum sp.
- Musk Stork’s-Bill, Erodium moschatum
- Multiflora Rose, Rosa multiflora [like white rock rose]
- Naked Buckwheat, Eriogonum nudum
- Narrowleaf Cattail, Typha angustifolia
- Narrowleaf Milkweed, Mexican Whorled Milkweed, Asclepias fascicularis
- Narrowleaf Willow, Salix exigua
- Nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus
- Nightshade, Parish’s Nightshade, Solanum parishii
- Nightshade, Purple Nightshade, Solanum xanti
- Northern Catalpa, Indian Bean Tree, Catalpa speciosa
- Northern Red Oak, Quercus rubra
- Oleander, Nerium oleander
- Olive Tree, Olea europaea
- One-seeded Pussypaws, Calyptridium monospermum
- Onion, Narrowleaf Onion, Allium amplectens [white flower]
- Ookow, Dichelostemma congestum
- Orange Bush Monkeyflower, Diplacus aurantiacus
- Orange Day-Lily, Hemerocallis fulva
- Oregon Ash, Fraxinus latifolia
- Oregon Grape, Barberry, Berberis aquifolium
- Osage-Orange, Maclura pomifera
- Oxalis, Bermuda Buttercup, Oxalis pes-caprae
- Pacific Aster, Symphyotrichum chilense
- Pacific Bleeding Heart, Dicentra formosa
- Pacific Dogwood, Cornus nuttallii
- Pacific Hound’s Tongue, Adelinia grande
- Pacific Ninebark, Physocarpus capitatus
- Pacific Pea, Lathyrus vestitus
- Pale Smartweed, Persicaria lapathifolia [pale drooping flowering heads]
- Palm, Queen Palm, Syagrus romanzoffiana [in the backyard]
- Pampas Grass, Cortaderia selloana
- Panicled Willowherb, Epilobium brachycarpum
- Peach, Prunus persica [dark pink flowers]
- Pearly Everlasting, Anaphalis margaritacea
- Pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium
- Pennywort, Centella sp.
- Periwinkle, Greater Periwinkle, Vinca major
- Peruvian Lily, Alstroemeria sp.
- Phacelia, Caterpillar Scorpionweed, Phacelia cicutaria [white]
- Phacelia, Lacy Phacelia, Phacelia tanacetifolia [bluish purple]
- Phacelia, Mountain Phacelia, Phacelia imbricata [white]
- Philonotis Moss, Philonotis sp. [on the ground]
- Pig’s Ear, Cotyledon orbiculata [drooping orange bell flowers with curled lips]
- Pineapple Guava, Feijoa, Acca sellowiana
- Pineapple-Weed, Matricaria discoidea
- Pink Honeysuckle, California Honeysuckle, Lonicera hispidula
- Pinkladies, Oenothera speciosa
- Pinkweed, Big Seeded Smartweed, Persicaria pensylvanica
- Pipestem Clematis, Old Man’s Beards, Clematis lasiantha
- Pistache, Pistacia sp.
- Plum, Prunus domestica
- Plume Albizia, Cape Wattle, Paraserianthes lophantha
- Plume Moss, Dendroalsia abietina
- Pointleaf Manzanita, Arctostaphylos pungens [small leaves and flowers]
- Poison Hemlock, Conium maculatum
- Poison Oak, Pacific Poison Oak, Western Poison Oak, Toxicodendron diversilobum
- Pokeweed, American Pokeweed, Phytolacca americana
- Ponderosa Pine, Pinus ponderosa
- Popcorn Flower, Common Popcorn Flower, Plagiobothrys fulvus
- Popcorn Flower, Pacific Popcornflower, Plagiobothrys tenellus [bright yellow center]
- Popcorn Flower, Rusty Popcornflower, Plagiobothrys nothofulvus [tiny]
- Popcorn Flower, Stalked Popcornflower, Plagiobothrys stipitatus
- Portuguese Squill, Scilla peruviana
- Prettyface, Triteleia ixioides
- Prettyface, Dark-stained Prettyface, Triteleia ixioides unifolia
- Prickly Pear Cactus, Indian Fig Opuntia, Opuntia ficus-indica
- Prickly Sowthistle, Pigweed, Sonchus asper
- Purple Owl’s-Clover, Castilleja exserta
- Purple-Flowered Rock-Rose, Cistus × purpureus
- Purpletop Vervain, Verbena bonariensis
- Pussy Willow, American Pussy Willow, Salix discolor
- Pyracantha, Firethorn, Pyracantha coccinea
- Q-Tips, Micropus californicus
- Queen Anne’s Lace, Daucus carota
- Quince, Cydonia oblonga
- Rabbitfoot Grass, Polypogon monspeliensis
- Rainbow Iris, Iris hartwegii [wild, ragged looking]
- Rapeseed, Brassica napusshepard
- Red Bush Monkeyflower, Diplacus puniceus
- Red Deadnettle, Lamium purpureum
- Red Gum Eucalyptus, River Redgum, Eucalyptus camaldulensis
- Red Maids, Calandrinia menziesii
- Red Maids, Fringed Red-Maids, Calandrinia ciliata
- Red Maple, Acer rubrum
- Red Pine, Pinus resinosa
- Red Valerian, Centranthus ruber
- Redberry Buckthorn, Rhamnus crocea
- Redshank Moss, Ceratodon purpureus [green moss with red shanks on the sprouting heads]
- Redvein Abutilon, Callianthe picta [lantern-like flowers]
- Redwhisker Clammyweed, Polanisia dodecandra
- Regal Pelargonium, Pelargonium × domesticum
- Resurrection Fern, Pleopeltis michauxiana
- Resurrection Plant, Selaginella lepidophylla
- Ribwort Plantain, Plantago lanceolata
- Rice, Oryza sativa
- Richardson’s Geranium, Geranium richardsonii
- River Redgum, Eucalyptus camaldulensis [white flowers]
- Rocky Mountain Maple, Acer glabrum [huge leaves, hairy heads on the seedpods]
- Rose Clover, Trifolium hirtum
- Rosemary, Salvia rosmarinus
- Rough Cocklebur, Xanthium strumariumswal
- Ruellia, Ruellia sp. [wrinkled purple flower]
- Rye, Secale cereale
- Sacred Datura, Jimsonweed, Datura wrightii
- Sacred Lotus, Nelumbo nucifera
- Saint Catherine’s Lace, Eriogonum giganteum [a kind of buckwheat]
- Salsify, Meadow Salsify, Tragopogon pratensis
- Salsify, Purple Salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius
- Saltbush, Big Saltbush, Atriplex lentiformis
- Salt Grass, Distichlis spicata
- Salvia, Summer Jewel White Tropical Sage, Salvia sp. [white sage]
- Sanicle, Northern Sanicle, Sierra Sanicle, Sanicula graveolens [very strong scent]
- Sanicle, Pacific Sanicle, Sanicula crassicaulis [large, yellow flowers]
- Santa Barbara Sedge, Carex barbarae
- Saskatoon, Amelanchier alnifolia [white spidery flowers]
- Scarlet Grevillea, Grevillea banksia [spidery, red]
- Scarlet Pimpernel, Lysimachia arvensis
- Scots Broom, Scotch Broom, Cytisus scoparius
- Scytheleaf Onion, Allium falcifolium
- Sea Clubrush, Bolboschoenus maritimus
- Sea Mallow, Malva subovata [kind of looks like hibiscus]
- Sea Squill, Drimia aphylla [tall spikes of white flowers]
- Sea Thrift, Armeria maritima
- Seablush, Longspur Seablush, Plectritis macrocera
- Seablush, Shortspur Seablush, Plectritis congesta
- Seep Monkeyflower, Erythranthe guttata
- Shasta Daisy, Leucanthemum maximum
- Shepherd’s-Purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris
- Shining Netvein Barberry, Berberis dictyota
- Shining Pepperweed, Lepidium nitidum
- Showy Milkweed, Asclepias speciosa
- Shumard Oak, Quercus shumardii
- Sierra Gooseberry, Ribes roezlii
- Sierra Mock Stonecrop, Sedella pumila
- Silverleaf Phacelia, Phacelia hastata
- Silverpuffs, Uropappus lindleyi [like blow wives but with pointed ends]
- Silver Hairgrass, Ghost Grass, Aira caryophyllea
- Silver Maple, Acer saccharinum
- Silver Sotol, Dasylirion cedrosanum [Century Plant]
- Silver Wattle, Acacia dealbata
- Silvery Bryum Moss, Bryum argenteum
- Sitka Willow, Salix sitchensis
- Slender Clarkia, Clarkia gracilis
- Slender Clubrush, Isolepis cernua
- Slender Path Rush, Juncus tenuis [“flowers” mid stem]
- Slender Vervain, Verbena rigida
- Small-Flowered Catchfly, Silene gallica
- Smilo Grass, Oloptum miliaceum [thin, feathery looking]
- Smokebush, Smoke Tree, Cotinus coggygria
- Smooth Cliffbrake, Pellaea glabella
- Smooth Horsetail, Equisetum laevigatum
- Snake Apple Vine, Ibervillea lindheimeri
- Snapdragon Vine, Maurandya antirrhiniflora
- Sneezeweed, Rosilla, Helenium puberulum
- Snowplant, Sarcodes sanguinea [red, parasite]
- Soft Rush, Juncus effusus
- Solomon’s Plume, Maianthemum racemosum
- Sonoma Sage, Salvia sonomensis [light purple]
- Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor
- Sotol, Dasylirion sp.
- Southern Live Oak, Quercus virginiana
- Spanish Bluebell, Hyacinthoides hispanica
- Spanish Butcher’s-Broom, Ruscus hypophyllum [tiny white flowers in the middle of the leaf]
- Spanish Clover, Acmispon americanus
- Spiny Cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum
- Spurge, Eggleaf Spurge, Euphorbia oblongata
- Spurge, Mediterranean Spurge, Euphorbia characias
- Spurge, Petty Spurge, Euphorbia peplus
- Squirreltail Grass, Elymus elymoides
- Star Moss, Syntrichia ruralis
- Stargazer Lily, True Lilies, Lilium ‘Stargazer’[large pink-and-white lily]
- Sticky Cinquefoil, Drymocallis glandulosa
- Sticky Geranium, Geranium viscosissimum
- Sticky Mouse-Ear Chickweed, Cerastium glomeratum
- Stinging Nettle, Urtica dioica
- Stinking Chamomile, Anthemis cotula
- Stonecrop, Sedum sp.
- Strawberry Tree, Arbutus unedo
- Straw-Colored Flatsedge, Cyperus strigosus
- Stream Violet, Viola glabella [yellow violet]
- Sugar Pine, Pinus lambertiana
- Sulphur Grevillea, Grevillea juniperina ssp. sulphurea [orange spidery flowers]
- Sunflower, Common Sunflower, Helianthus annuus
- Sunflower, Common Woolly Sunflower, Eriophyllum lanatum
- Swamp Rose, Rosa palustris
- Swamp Smartweed, Persicaria hydropiperoides [white, single stem]
- Sweet Alyssum, Lobularia maritima
- Sweet Mock Orange, Philadelphus coronarius
- Sweet Pea, Lathyrus odoratus
- Sweet-Brier Rose, Sweetbrier, Rosa rubiginosa
- Table Mountain Meadowfoam, Limnanthes douglasii ssp. nivea
- Tall Evening Primrose, Oenothera elata
- Tall Flatsedge, Cyperus eragrostis
- Tall Fountainreed, Cannomois grandis
- Tamarisk, Saltcedar, Tamarix ramosissima
- Tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus [looks like goldenrod to me]
- Tarweed, Fitch’s Tarweed, Centromadia fitchii [thorny]
- Tarweed, Pit-Gland Tarweed, Holocarpha virgata
- Taw Manroot, Marah watsonii
- Telegraphweed, Heterotheca grandiflora [soft felted leaves, yellow flowers]
- Thread-Waisted Wasp, Family: Sphecidae
- Tidytips, Frémont’s Tidytips, Layia fremontii
- Tobacco, Flowering Tobacco, Nicotiana alata
- Tomcat Clover, Trifolium willdenovii
- Tower-of-Jewels, Giant Viper’s-Bugloss, Echium pininana
- Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia
- Trailing Blackberry, California Blackberry, Rubus ursinus
- Tree Aeonium, Aeonium arboretum
- Tree of Heaven, Ailanthus altissima
- Tree-skirt Moss, Pseudanomodon attenuatus
- Trembling Aspen, Populus tremuloides
- True Babystars, Leptosiphon bicolor [green puffball with pink flowers]
- Tufted Poppy, Eschscholzia caespitosa
- Tule, Common Tule, Schoenoplectus acutus
- Turkey Tangle Fogfruit, Phyla nodiflora
- Twining Snakelily, Dichelostemma volubile
- Valley Oak, Quercus lobata
- Vinegarweed, Trichostema lanceolatum
- Violet Tubeflower, Iochroma cyaneum [purple tube-shaped flowers in bunches]
- Wall Barley, Hordeum murinum
- Warrior’s Plume, Pedicularis densiflora
- Water Lettuce, Pistia stratiotes
- Water Primrose, Ludwigia hexapetala
- Water Purslane, Ludwigia palustris [dense, leafy, red stems]
- Water Smartweed, Persicaria amphibia [pink]
- Wavy-Leafed Soap Plant, Soaproot, Chlorogalum pomeridianum
- Wavyleaf Paintbrush, Castilleja applegatei
- Weeping Willow, Salix babylonica
- Western Buttercup, Ranunculus occidentalis
- Western Goldenrod, Euthamia occidentalis
- Western Marsh Cudweed, Gnaphalium palustre
- Western Marsh Rosemary, Limonium californicum
- Western Morning Glory, Calystegia occidentalis
- Western Ragweed, Ambrosia psilostachya
- Western Redbud, Cercis occidentalis
- Western Star Flower, Lysimachia latifolia
- Western Stoneseed, Lithospermum ruderale [yellow flowers, petals curve out]
- Western Sweet-Cicely, Osmorhiza occidentalis
- Western Sword Fern, Polystichum munitum
- Western Sycamore, Platanus racemosa
- Western Virgin’s Bower, Clematis ligusticifolia
- Western Wallflower, Erysimum capitatum
- Western Waterleaf, Hydrophyllum occidentale [kind of looks like phacelia]
- White Alder, Alnus rhombifolia
- White Ash Tree, Fraxinus americana
- White Clover, Trifolium repens
- White Fringetree, Chionanthus virginicus
- White Globe Lily Calochortus albus
- White Horehound, Marrubium vulgare
- White Meadowfoam, Limnanthes alba
- White Nemophila, Nemophila heterophylla
- White Sweetclover, Melilotus albus
- White-Tipped Clover, Trifolium variegatum
- Whiteleaf Manzanita, Arctostaphylos viscida
- Whitestem Hedgenettle, Stachys albens [stinks!]
- Wild Oat Grass, Chrysopogon aciculatus
- Wild Teasel, Dipsacus fullonum
- Willow Dock, Rumex salicifolius
- Willowleaf Lettuce, Lactuca saligna [kind of look like chicory flowers only small and yellow]
- Windmill Pink, Hairy Pink, Petrorhagia dubia
- Wood Forget-Me-Not, Myosotis sylvatica
- Woollyfruit Desert Parsley, Lomatium dasycarpum
- Woolly Desert Dandelion, Malacothrix floccifera [white with yellow center]
- Woolly Hedgenettle, Stachys byzantina
- Woolly Indian Paintbrush, Castilleja foliolosa
- Woolly Rosemallow, Hibiscus lasiocarpos
- Yarrow, Achillea millefolium
- Yarrow, Golden Yarrow, Eriophyllum confertiflorum
- Yellow Bird-of-Paradise Shrub, Erythrostemon gilliesii
- Yellow Cosmos, Cosmos sulphureus
- Yellow Rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
- Yellow Star-Tulip, Calochortus monophyllus [“furry” inside]
- Yellow Starthistle, Centaurea solstitialis
- Yellow Sweetclover, Melilotus officinalis
- Yellow Water Iris, Yellow Flag, Iris pseudacorus [invasive]
- Yerba Santa, California Yerba Santa, Eriodictyon californicum
- Yorkshire Fog Grass, Holcus lanatus
Reptiles and Amphibians:
- Amazon Milk Frog, Trachycephalus resinifictrix
- American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis
- American Bull Frog, Lithobates catesbeianus
- Anole, Anoles sp. (blue)
- Ball Python, Python regius
- California Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma californiense
- Catalina Island Rattlesnake, Crotalus catalinensis
- Chinese Crocodile Lizard, Shinisaurus crocodilurus
- Chinese Stripe-Necked Turtle, Mauremys sinensis
- Common Chuckwalla, Sauromalus ater
- Gila Monster, Heloderma suspectum
- Golden Mantella Frog, Mantella aurantiaca
- Green and Black Poison Dart Frog, Dendrobates auratus
- Green Mantella Frog, Mantella viridis
- Madagascar Big-headed Turtle, Erymnochelys madagascariensis
- Madagascar Flat-tailed Tortoise, Pyxis planicauda
- Madagascar Tree Boa, Sanzinia madagascariensis
- Northern Alligator Lizard, Elgaria coerulea
- Pacific Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer catenifer
- Pacific Pond Turtle, Western Pond Turtle, Actinemys marorata
- Phantasmal Dart Frog, Epipedobates tricolor
- Red-Eared Slider Turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans
- Rhinoceros Iguana, Cyclura cornuta
- Sierran Tree Frog, Pseudacris sierra [dark stripe across the eye]
- Smoky Jungle Frog, Leptodactylus pentadactylus
- Smooth-Fronted Caiman, Paleosuchus trigonatus
- Spider Tortoise, Pyxis arachnoides
- Western Fence Lizard, Blue Belly, Sceloporus occidentalis
- Western Toad, Anaxyrus boreas
- White’s Tree Frog, Litoria caerulea
- Yellow-Banded Poison Dart Frog, Dendrobates leucomelas
- ?? Snake bones [Mather Lake]
Other Vocabulary:
- Apothecia: [a-poth-EH-cee-ah] concave cup formations on lichen that bear the spores; asocarp
- Bilateral Gynandromorph: an organism that contains both male and female characteristics that can be distinguished through sexual dimorphism. Usually seen in moths, butterflies, other insects and birds.
- Cilia: outgrowths on the thallus of lichen that look like eyelashes or tentacles
- Crown Shyness: gaps in the canopy between trees in the forest that allow for sunlight to get through, and help the trees “social distance” to help neighboring trees to avoid infections and infestations.
- Fasciation: also known as cresting, a relatively rare condition of abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the growing tip which normally is concentrated around a single point and produces approximately cylindrical tissue, instead becomes elongated perpendicularly to the direction of growth, thus producing flattened, ribbon-like, crested (or “cristate”), or elaborately contorted, tissue.
- Inquiline: an animal exploiting the living space of another, e.g. an insect that lays its eggs in a gall produced by another (not the same as parasite because they don’t necessarily adversely affect the host.)
- Intergrade: There are two types of intergradation: Primary intergradation: Occurs in cases were two subspecies are connected via one or more intermediate populations, each of which are in turn intermediate to their adjacent populations and exhibit more or less the same amount of variability as any other population within the species. Adjacent populations and subspecies are subject to cline intergradation, and in these situations it is usually taken for granted that the clines are causally related to environmental gradients. Secondary intergradation: When contact between a geographically isolated subspecies is reestablished with the main body of the species or with another isolate subspecies, interbreeding takes place as long as the isolate has not yet evolved an effective set of isolating mechanisms. Consequently, a relatively distinct zone or belt of hybridization will develop depending on the degree of genetic and phenotypic difference that was achieved by the previously isolated subspecies.
- Isidia: [EYE-sid-ee-ah] ; small outgrowths of the thallus, from about 50 micrometres to a millimetre or so in length. They contain both fungal hyphae and photobiont cells and vary in shape, depending on species, from bulbous to cylindrical or branched, sometimes even coralloid .
- Osmeteria: the “horns” on the head of swallowtail caterpillars. “…The everted organ resembles a fleshy forked tongue (not unlike a snake tongue)… [and emits] a foul, disagreeable odor which serves to repel ants, small spiders, and mantids…”
- Soredia: [SORE-dee-ah] powdery grainy-looking balls composed of fungal hyphae wrapped around cyanobacteria or green algae on lichen; asexual reproduction
- Teneral: of, relating to, or constituting a state of the imago of an insect immediately after molting during which it is soft and immature in coloring.
- Thanatosis: “death drop” insect use to evade capture. Feigning death is a technique used by lots of different critters, including the opossum.
- Thigmotropism: the turning or bending of a plant or other organism in response to a touch stimulus (what causes a vine to wrap around a tree, for example)

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