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Upland Larkspur (Delphinium nuttallianum)Observer
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Adjacent to Eagle Creek Loop road, under pine, fir, and cedar forest
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Oregon Grape (Berberis aquifolium)Observer
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Adjacent to Eagle Creek Loop road in pine, fir, cedar forest
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Northern Sanicle (Sanicula graveolens)Observer
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Adjacent to Eagle Creek Loop, in pine, fir and cedar forest
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Fairy Bees (Genus Perdita)Observer
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I was taking photos of a small Dialictus bees on creosote bush, and Michelle Orcutt brought it to my attention that one bee I posted looked like a Perdita rather than a Dialictus
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Scarlet Fritillary (Fritillaria recurva)Observer
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Adjacent to Eagle Creek Loop, in douglas-fir, incense cedar, ponderosa pine forest
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Echo Azure (Celastrina echo)Observer
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A couple hundred echo blues (and one mourning cloak) were puddling in the parking area of the Mill Creek trail near Etna.
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California Saxifrage (Micranthes californica)Observer
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Adjacent to Coffee Creek, in burned over douglas-fir, madrone forest
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Henderson's Shooting Star (Primula hendersonii)Observer
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Adjacent to Coffee Creek, under burned douglas-fir, madrone forest
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Sierra Gooseberry (Ribes roezlii)Observer
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Adjacent to Coffee Creek
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Shelton's Violet (Viola sheltonii)Observer
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In a burned over douglas-fir ponderosa pine, black oak forest
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Texas Toadflax (Nuttallanthus texanus)Observer
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On coastal sand dunes
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Creamcups (Platystemon californicus)Observer
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On coastal sand dunes
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California Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia californica)Observer
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In Lower Bidwell Park
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Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)Observer
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In Lower Bidwell Park, adjacent to Big Chico Creek, in a sea of invasive periwinkle and English ivy
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Goldfields (Genus Lasthenia)Observer
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At Table Mountain Ecological Reserve
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Hartweg's Wild Ginger (Asarum hartwegii)Observer
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In tanoak-Douglas fir forest
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Western Heart's Ease (Viola ocellata)Observer
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In mixed conifer-oak forest
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Frémont's Tidytips (Layia fremontii)Observer
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In upper Bidwell Park in a meadow
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Snow Queen (Veronica regina-nivalis)Observer
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Calflora calls this Synthyris reniformis, on shady bank of coastal spruce forest. Thanks to Gary Lester for the location advice.
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Western Fairy-Slipper (Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis)Observer
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On a road bank alongside Richardson Rd, in a redwood, tanoak forest.
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Bicyrtes capnopterusObserver
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On yarrow in ornamental landscaping at Four Lanterns winery.
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Western Amethyst Laccaria (Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis)Observer
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In spruce-fir forest
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Boletus fibrillosusObserver
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Under a dense, young fir and spuce forest, with paler reticulations near the stipe apex, pores are creamy, with a slight yellow cast using a flash.
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Rounded Earthstar (Geastrum saccatum)Observer
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Under Sitka spruce and Leyland cypress
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Genus MelissodesObserver
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Summer long-horned male on what I think is Gaillardia, in a suburban front yard
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Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees (Genus Megachile)Observer
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It appears to have the four pointed teeth on the tip of the abdomen, in a suburban front yard
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Mylitta Crescent (Phyciodes mylitta)Observer
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On Himalayan blackberry, Redwood Creek Trail parking lot, in mixed redwoods, maples, and alders.
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Brown Knapweed (Centaurea jacea)Observer
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Along the bank of the Rogue River
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Striped Meadowhawk (Sympetrum pallipes)Observer
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In a coastal dune forest, at the New River Nature Center, North Trail
