O'Melveny Park BioBlitz
Observations
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Western Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana ssp. elegans)Observer
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Bret's Eagle Scout Project
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Western Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana ssp. elegans)Observer
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Bret's Eagle Scout Project
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Western Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana ssp. elegans)Observer
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Bret's Eagle Scout Project
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Western Whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris)Observer
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Bret's Eagle Scout Project
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Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)Observer
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Sorry for the bad photo. It is zoomed in a lot. This was in a riparian thicket area on a tree stump. It looked darker and rougher than the sideblotched lizards I saw higher up in the chaparral.
Bret's Eagle Scout Project
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Bristle Mosses (Genus Orthotrichum)Observer
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shady soil surface
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Great Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)Observer
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Riparian area
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Italian Thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus)Observer
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Senescent plant
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Golden Yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum)Observer
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Basing ID on leaves only.
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Bicolored Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon crassifolium var. nigrescens)Observer
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Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies (Family Asteraceae)Observer
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Sorry for the bad photos. Senescent plant with large, toothed cauline leaves. Branched panicle. Seeds with white pappus.
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Aloes (Genus Aloe)Observer
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Growing along a trail on the way up to the overlook. It may have been planted but is not being tended in any way now.
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
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Shrub with small, grayish toothed leaves. Slightly glandular. No flowers, looks like buds are still forming on the branches.
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Tussockgrasses (Genus Nassella)Observer
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Some kind of Nassella patch above the trail. No seeds or flowers still on the plants.
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Golden Yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum)Observer
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Dried flower/seed heads on plant.
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Fan Palms (Genus Washingtonia)Observer
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Apparently growing untended up in a canyon. This is looking east from lower part of the overlook trail.
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Ashes (Genus Fraxinus)Observer
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Growing in riparian area. Sorry for the bad photos.
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Sapsuckers (Genus Sphyrapicus)Observer
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Sapsucker drillings on this Pepper Tree.
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
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Is this an ash tree? Smooth pinnately compound leaves. I couldn't see any obvious fruit. Could have been planted. Near the bathrooms in O'Melveny park.
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Grasses (Family Poaceae)Observer
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Growing in lawn areas in park. Long, very compact inflorescence.
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Rod Wirelettuce (Stephanomeria virgata)Observer
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Large Stephanomeria.
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Whispering Bells (Emmenanthe penduliflora)Observer
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Senescent.
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Lupines (Genus Lupinus)Observer
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Senesced annual plant. Twisted dehiscent seed capsule with long hairs.
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Goosefoots (Genus Chenopodium)Observer
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Small gray leaves with entire margins. Leaves kind of fleshy. Small herbaceous
plant, maybe an annual.
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Foothill Needle Grass (Nassella lepida)Observer
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Senescent perennial grass. I think it's Nassella. Some seedds still on the inflorescence. Growing on a steep earth slope, shady spot.
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Greenspot Nightshade (Solanum douglasii)Observer
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Photo of squashed fruit to show the seeds.
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Grasses (Family Poaceae)Observer
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Tiny annual grass. Senescent.
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Oaks (Genus Quercus)Observer
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Looks like it may have been planted as part of a past restoration project.
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Tree Tobacco (Nicotiana glauca)Observer
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Growing in riparian area.
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Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)Observer
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planted as part of a restoration project?
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Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon var. dactylon)Observer
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Growing on edge of lawn area
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Pipestem Clematis (Clematis lasiantha)Observer
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Shady area near dry stream bed.
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Goldenrods (Genus Solidago)Observer
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About to flower. Shady area near riparian area but not in wet soil.
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Mallows (Genus Malva)Observer
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Growing on trail on way up to overlook.
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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On Hazardia flowers I think.
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Genus ThyantaObserver
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on Solsola australis/tragus plant. With other hemiptera.
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Common Flesh Flies (Genus Sarcophaga)Observer
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On Hesperoyucca
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Southern California Shoulderband (Helminthoglypta tudiculata)Observer
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Under bark in wooded area low in canyon.
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Big-headed Ground Beetle (Scarites subterraneus)Observer
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Under rock in riparian area.
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Trailside Grasshopper (Lactista gibbosus)Observer
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Small, dark. Wooded area.
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Acmon Blue (Icaricia acmon)Observer
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Sorry for the crappy photos.
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Northern White-Skipper (Heliopetes ericetorum)Observer
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Sorry for the crappy photos
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Woodland Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides)Observer
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At least two different individuals photographed here I believe. There were many of these along the trail on the Corethrogyne flowers.
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