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The day before yesterday I had the immense privilege of visiting #MiramarMounds #NationalNaturalLandmark with @cnpssd. This area is part of #MCASMiramar & not open to the public. It’s the largest remaining mima mound-vernal pool complex in Southern California and home to the federally endangered San Diego Fairy Shrimp and several endangered plants. #MimaMounds—named after the Mima Prairie in Washington state where they’re also found—are small, fairly uniform hummocks that give the landscape a strange bumpy texture when seen from above. Between the mounds are #vernalpools, shallow seasonal ponds that form where the soil has a nearly-impermeable hardpan underneath. Evidence suggests that the mounds are the result of generations of pocket gophers pushing dirt uphill rather than the usual downhill, which they do in places with low water tables. (Look it up, it’s fascinating!). The pools are soaking wet during the rainy season & dry as adobe bricks the rest of the year. It’s a harsh environment and the plants & animals that live in them have interesting adaptations to it. In Southern California, flat land is the favorite habitat of the highly invasive Suburban Sprawl, which has destroyed an estimated 90-97% of all vernal pool habitat. This land was spared development because it’s owned by a military base. See comments for plant info because my caption was gonna be too long. #californianativeplants (at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq2O9WJOIM4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Alpine Garden Club Meeting “California Native Plants” – April 13, 2017

Alpine Garden Club Meeting “California Native Plants” – April 13, 2017

The alpine garden club will hold the April meeting at the Alpine library on April 13th at 5:45 p.m. Our guest speaker is Mike Gonzales talking about California native plants. Mike has a BA in biology from UCSD. Mike’s appreciation for native plant gardening began around 1992 upon purchasing his home in Vista. Mike is very involved with CNPSSD as a member on the Executive Committee, Chair of the…

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#CalochortusSplendens with #EriogonumFasciculatum. Or: A #SplendidMariposaLily growing through some #CaliforniaBuckwheat. . #CaliforniaNativePlants #PeñasquitosCanyon #CNPS #CNPSSD #CaliforniaNativePlantSociety #superbloom #JuneBloom #calochortus #eriogonum (at Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/Byg0UqXncDK/?igshid=a7n9qs4vpppc

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Accidentally a TBT because I forgot: highlights from the #CNPSSD flower show. #californianativeplantsociety #californianativeplants #flowers #flowershow (at California Native Plant Society - San Diego Chapter) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByHXKCQnTVo/?igshid=li45yze3nnpm

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Proud to have brought the winner of @cnpssd’s Best Cut Flower - Annual to the flower show. #phaceliaparryi #parrysphacelia #phacelia #californianativeplants #californianativeplantsociety #cnps #cnpssd (at Casa del Prado) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxwFwJInRp7/?igshid=q2z9h5vwzrb4

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It’s #tbt Tuesday because I remembered that when I went to #CuyamacaRanchoStatePark with #CNPSSD we saw & smelled #GrapeSodaLupine/ #LupinusExcubitus. It really does smell like grape soda! Or grape candy. Anything artificially grape scented. It was intense. (at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzuNCV7nT56/?igshid=9okd42xzd8gi

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#PenstemonHeterophyllus #FoothillPenstemon #BunchleafPenstemon #CuyamacaRanchoStatePark #CaliforniaNativePlants #cnpssd (at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/By6UbMVnkBI/?igshid=1q3duvq0d9h74

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Beautiful #WesternAzalea / #RhododenronOccidentale blooming along a mountain stream. #CuyamacaRanchoStatePark #cnpssd #cnps #californianativeplantsociety #californianativeplants #wildflowers #superbloom2019 #junebloom #azaleas #sandiegohikes #hikesd (at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/By0NNa3nCDH/?igshid=ebpkifbgla90

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Today I got to see #CalochortusAlbus, which I have been wanting to find for years! And we found so many! #fairylantern #globelily #alabastertulip #snowdrops #satinbells #calochortus #cnpssd #cnps #californianativeplantsociety #californianativeplants #CuyamacaRanchoStatePark #superbloom2019 #superbloom #junebloom #wildflowers (at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Byy5xvGnUs-/?igshid=790l78nxdpyf

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Not all #rareplants are conventionally “pretty”. This is #AdolphiaCalifornica, which is only found in San Diego County & a little bit of Tijuana / Baja California. It’s very spiky. I’ve never seen it in bloom but I’m told that it smells kind of like cat pee! It’s a very cool plant & we got to see a lot of it on the #CNPSSD #PeñasquitosCanyon hike the other day. Growing among it here are the infamous Cylindropuntia prolifera (coastal cholla / jumping cactus) & a lovely (Pseudo)Gnaphalium californicum (CA cudweed, rabbit tobacco, ladies’ tobacco). . #CaliforniaPrickbush #spineshrub #adolphia #buckthorn #criticallyendangered #endangeredplants #LosPeñasquitosCanyon #lospenasquitoscanyon #chaparral #coastalsagescrub #CNPS #CaliforniaNativePlants (at Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/Byl68YxHfAZ/?igshid=h1rgafq21i3w

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Thank you, gentleman from the #californianativeplantsociety hike today who pointed out that if you look at #ZeltneraVenusta / #CaliforniaCentaury through a lens the anthers look like corkscrews! . #superbloom #californianativeplants #cnps #cnpssd #wildflowers #centaury #sandiegowildflowers (at Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/BygKX-SnWIa/?igshid=1g51ay2nr9le6

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#TBT: My contributions to the #cnpssd flower show. #PhaceliaParryi #KeckiellaCordifolia #SolanumParishii #PrunusIlicifolia #AntirrhinumNuttallianum #ScrophulariaCalifornica #SambucusMexicana #YuccaSchidigera #DiplacusAurantiacus Victory selfie. (at California Native Plant Society - San Diego Chapter) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByYYfQMHftS/?igshid=163u0pa0961ik

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There sure were a lot of #DudleyaPulverulenta out by #LakeMorena that grew on seemingly flat ground. How did they not get water stuck in their rosettes?! #chalkdudleya #dudleya #californianativeplants #californianativesucculents #succulents #LakeMorena #CampoCA #sandiegonativeplants #cnpssd #cnps #californiantiveplantsociety (at Lake Morena) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuVD-zXnOG5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=288lhd4mad3q

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The #MorenoCurrant hadn’t been officially reported & recorded near this area for about 40 years until yesterday. Pretty neat! #californianativeplants #RibesCanthariforme #CampoCA #cnps #cnpssd #californianativeplantsociety #botany #iNaturalist #LakeMorena #currant #gooseberries #rareplants #sandiegonativeplants #eastcounty (at Lake Morena) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuUz2hwnAXU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15vk0egcj1moc

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Last night I officially joined @cnpssd. All Californians should check out their local branch of @californianativeplantsociety. They’ll teach you all about native plants in your part of the state and they do great work protecting them. If you enjoy our wildlife, you enjoy native plants because they’re the foundation of our ecosystems. If you’re a homeowner, you should learn about gardening with plants that are already adapted to growing here. And if you enjoy bees and the other pollinators that make food, you should learn about how to help them survive! Go check it out! #CaliforniaNativePlants #CNPS #botany #nature #savethebees #nativeplants #nativeplantgardening #conservation (at California Native Plant Society - San Diego Chapter) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuIFzANHLMA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fhudgcqce2ao