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Yellow Mariposa Lily (Calochortus luteus)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Growing in an open field along and near the trailhead Snipes-Pershing Ravine trail. The perennial is seen here and can be numerous in this area this time of year.
https://calscape.org/loc-38.6486,-121.2014%20(Mississippi%20Bar,%20Jedediah%20Smith%20Memorial%20Trail,%20Fair%20Oaks,%20CA)/Calochortus-luteus-(Yellow-Mariposa-Lily)?srchcr=sc6271bce3c0062
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Carolina Bristlemallow (Modiola caroliniana)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Creeping type of ground cover mixing in grass at Phoenix Park.
History on the record found growing along the American River Bike trail near Folsom.
https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/details.php?aid=CDA0040218-BARCODE
https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=33863
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Acmon Blue (Icaricia acmon)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Found nectaring on fiddleneck trail side at Mississippi Bar.
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Acmon Blue (Icaricia acmon)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Found nectaring on vetch trail side at Mississippi Bar.
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Behr's Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus ssp. incognitus)Observer
natomapaulDescription
NorCal subspecies incognitus
Nectaring on Italian thistle at Mississippi Bar.
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Gray Buckeye (Junonia grisea)Observer
natomapaulDescription
First of the spring flight at Mississippi Bar.
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Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Necarting on Italian thistle in small meadow off the Pioneer Express trail. First sighting this season at Mississippi Bar.
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Heart-leaf Milkweed (Asclepias cordifolia)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Series of images are of perennial
Heart-leaf Milkweed sprouts that were planted from seeds back in Dec. 2019. They have successfully re-sprouted near the "old grove" at Mississippi Bar.
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Heart-leaf Milkweed (Asclepias cordifolia)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Found growing just off the Pioneer Express trail at MIssissippi Bar a perennial that will be seen in this area, what is known as the "old grove" Heart-leaf Milkweed. 30 plants counted in this area.
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Popcornflowers (Genus Plagiobothrys)Observer
natomapaulDescription
This spreading multi-branching stemmed Popcornflower is seen dominating in this area of Mississippi Bar in the open and in full sun along the Pioneer Express trail.
History on the record growing in Mississippi Bar.
https://calscape.org/loc-38.6486,-121.2014%20(Mississippi%20Bar,%20Jedediah%20Smith%20Memorial%20Trail,%20Fair%20Oaks,%20CA)/Plagiobothrys-canescens-(Valley-Popcornflower)?srchcr=sc626c9e7137e74
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Lupines (Genus Lupinus)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Found blooming on Main Ave gravel road on a shallow sloping hillside before arrival to Lake Natoma.
Noted history as being on the record growing at Mississippi Bar.. https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/details.php?aid=CDA0012754-BARCODE
https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=76668
https://calscape.org/loc-38.6486,-121.2014%20(Mississippi%20Bar,%20Jedediah%20Smith%20Memorial%20Trail,%20Fair%20Oaks,%20CA)/Lupinus-microcarpus-(Chick-Lupine)?srchcr=sc626c94c4da321
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Behr's Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus ssp. incognitus)Observer
natomapaulDescription
NorCal subspecies incognitus
Nectaring on Italian Thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus) on the gravel portion of Main Ave before Lake Natoma.
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Italian Thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Found along the gravel road portion of Main Ave before Lake Natoma.
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Behr's Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus ssp. incognitus)Observer
natomapaulDescription
NorCal subspecies incognitus
Open field area of MIssissippi Bar,nectaring on Winter Vetch.
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Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Crater Pond,Mississippi Bar.
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Pacific Forktail (Ischnura cervula)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Crater Pond,Mississippi Bar.
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Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)Observer
natomapaulDescription
At Crater Pond,MIssissippi Bar.
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Acmon Blue (Icaricia acmon)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Nectaring on low growing fiddleneck blooms along the "parallel trail" near the American River Bike trail at Mississippi Bar.
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Spider Lupine (Lupinus benthamii)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Mississippi Bar annual Spider Lupine (Lupinus benthamii).
https://calscape.org/loc-38.6486,-121.2014%20(Mississippi%20Bar,%20Jedediah%20Smith%20Memorial%20Trail,%20Fair%20Oaks,%20CA)/Lupinus-benthamii-(Spider-Lupine)?srchcr=sc625cb38f67440
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Ithuriel's Spear (Triteleia laxa)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Found off the Parallel trail at Mississippi Bar. This year with little rainfall this past winter this wildflower's numbers seen are very low.
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Behr's Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus ssp. incognitus)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Subspecies incognitus are generaly found in Northern California. Forewing and hindwing black spots ventral view, are equal and fully black.
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sighting_details/1321492
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Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)Observer
natomapaulDescription
From the Parallel trail east a Mule Deer caught my attention,at Mississippi Bar.
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Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Seen nectaring on Winter Vetch near the Parallel trail just east of the connector bike trail.
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California Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor ssp. hirsuta)Observer
natomapaulDescription
While walking to Mississippi Bar,came across a California Pipevine Swallowtail nectarting Winter Vetch blooms along the side of Main Ave.
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Behr's Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus ssp. incognitus)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Seen nectaring on Rusty Popcornflower at an overlook of Lake Natoma,at Mississippi Bar.
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Rusty Popcornflower (Plagiobothrys nothofulvus)Observer
natomapaulDescription
At an overlook of Lake Natoma,at
Mississippi Bar.
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California Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor ssp. hirsuta)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Mating pair seen at Mississippi Bar,along Lake Natoma.
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Acmon Blue (Icaricia acmon)Observer
natomapaulDescription
A few males hill topping at an overlook area of Lake Natoma along the Rollingwood Bluffs. This one stopped to nectar on Fiddleneck.
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Blue Dicks (Dipterostemon capitatus)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Overlooking Lake Natoma on
hillside at Rollingwood Bluffs.
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Tufted Poppy (Eschscholzia caespitosa)Observer
natomapaulDescription
Overlooking Lake Natoma on hillside near Rollingwood Bluffs.
