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Gambel oak 33k

LEFT: Gambel oak, Quercus gambelli, is everyplace, growing in clone clumps that simultaneously turn egg-yolk yellow, orange, or occasionally red in September.

chokecherry 22k

ABOVE: Chokecherries (Prunus virginiana L. var. melanocarpa) grow along streams and irrigation ditches, sometimes attaining tree size.

BELOW: There are so many penstemons. We think that is one is narrowleaf penstemon, Penstemon augustifoli.

narrowleaf penstemon 33k

RIGHT: So if the flower on the left is narrowleaf penstemon, then this should be "blue mist" or "low" penstemon, P. virens.

BELOW: One of the larkspurs, probably "early larkspur," Delphinium nuttallianum.

early larkspur 33k

low penstemon 33k

BELOW: Asters and vetches . . . so many of them! Here is one of the smaller vetches. We're still working on it.

milkvetch 55k

Indian paintbrush 44k

ABOVE:L A solid summer favorite: Indian
paintbrush, Castilleja miniata..

March-May Wildflowers
June-July Wildflowers (under construction)
August-September Wildflowers (under construction)

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Last updated 23 March 1999