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WILDTHINGS they make my heart sing
MEADOWS & CANYONS of CHERRY HILL ROAD
13 June 2003 Sequoia National Forest, Tulare County, California |
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Why do I take the time to share my vision of the region in which I live, for no compensation? Because the world is filled with people like George Bush who will never see the value and beauty of our natural world. I hope by sharing this you will realize that getting rid of the Bush Administration (and businessmen politicians like him) is the only way to protect these places from the constant encroachment of selfish people like him. Vote for the environment to keep humans a part of the universe. The Earth is not fodder for humans to destroy, but a playground for all to enjoy. All photos by Email Alison Sheehey © Nature Ali All rights reserved. Wildflowers of the Month - Kern County Spring Landscapes - Breckenridge - Brush Creek Overlook - Carrizo Plain - Cherry Hill Road - Cow Flat Road - Jawbone Canyon - Kern National Wildlife Refuge - Kern River Preserve - Kern River Valley - Piute Mountains - Schaeffer Meadow Trail - Short Canyon |
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Scarlet Bugler Penstemon centranthifolius |
White Gilia Gilia campanulata |
Foothill Penstemon Penstemon heterophyllus |
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Pink Stickseed Hackelia mundula |
Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis |
Pride of the Mountains Penstemon newberryi |
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Lodgepole Cones |
Indian Paintbrush Castilleja praeterita |
Shooting Star Dodecatheon jeffreyi |
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Mountain Montia Mimulus mointiodes |
Pumice Alpinegold Hulsea vestita |
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Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel Spermophilus lateralis |
Crimson Columbine Aquilegia formosa |
Specklewinged Grasshopper |
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Sap Sickles |
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Sierra Nevada Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus nevadensis |
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Monkeyflower Mimulus sp. |
Western Pine Elfin Callophrys eryphon eryphon |
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale |
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Western Pine Elfin Callophrys eryphon eryphon |
Western Wallflower Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum |
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Fremont's Monkeyflower Mimulus fremontii |
Kern Ceanothus Ceanothus pinetorum |
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Red Sierra Onion Allium obtusum var. obtusum |
Sierra Wallflower Erysimum capitatum ssp. perenne |
Sandhill Skipper Polites sabuleti |
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Four-spotted Skimmer |
Western Dwarf Mistletoe Arceuthobium campylopodum |
Four-spotted Skimmer |
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Languid Ladies Mertensia ciliata |
Parry's Larkspur Delphinium parryi |
Languid Ladies Mertensia ciliata |
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Northern Crescent Chlosyne palla |
Streambank Lotus |
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Common Monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus |
Cowbag Clover Trifolium depauperatum var. depauperatum |
Chaparral Nightshade Solanum xanti |
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Broadleaf Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus |
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Broadleaf Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus |
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Common Deerweed Lotus scoparius |
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Butterfly Mariposa Lily Calochortus venustus |
Butterfly Mariposa Lily Calochortus venustus |
Butterfly Mariposa Lily Calochortus venustus |
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Stream Orchid Epipactis_gigantea |
Stream Orchid Epipactis_gigantea |
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Tufted Poppy Eschscholzia caespitosa |
White Alder seed pods Alnus rhombifolia |
Horsetail Equisetum sp. |
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Crimson Columbine Aquilegia formosa |
A field full of Mountain Collomia and Lupine |
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Butterfly Mariposa Lilies and Penstemon line the roadside |
Mariposa Lilies |
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Parry's Larkspur Delphinium parryi |
Salmon Creek gorge just below Big Meadow |
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Salmon Creek gorge just below Big Meadow |
Jeffrey Pine Pinus jeffreyi |
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Thousands of Tinctureplant (Chinese Houses), Phacelia and monkeyflower line the rock slopes by a granite waterfall. |
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Indian Paintbrush |
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Lupine |
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