It's been a short spring in Malibu this year, due to the relative lack of rainfall, but rains in February still brought out a lot of native flowers. In fact, as is the case with many drier than average years, the proportion of native to non-native herbaceous plans was actually higher than in a wet year. However, with the last two 'storms' being a bust, we are pretty much out of time to get more rain, and it's entirely possible that the next rain I see will be while driving to Vermont.
The following eight pictures are from Rocky Oaks near where I live:
Leptodactylon californicum flowers
dried out
Salvia mellifera
new
Ceanothus crassifolius pods
new
Malosma laurina leaves
Solanum xantii flowers
Weird mushroom
Humping hawks
Post-humping hawks
There were lots of neat mushrooms this year but unfortunately, now that the rain stopped, we probably won't see many more.
Chanterelles found under an oak tree, somewhere in the Santa Monica Mountains.
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