Monday, July 12, 2010

Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)


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Date: 6/19/10

Location: Sugar Creek


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Friday, June 11, 2010

Birdseye Speedwell (Veronica persica)

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Date: 6/11/10

Location: Our garden


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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)


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Date: 6/10/10

Location: Alfalfa field


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Bachelor's Button/Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)

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Date: 6/10/10

Location: Next to our driveway


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Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)

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Date: 6/10/10

Location: Outsen road


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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Dyer's Woad (Isatis tinctoria)


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Date: 6/8/10

Location: South of our house


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Peregrine Thistle (Cirsium cymosum)


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Date: 6/1/10

Location: Hill behind our house


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Hop Clover/Lesser Hop Trefoil (Trifolium dubium)

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Date: 6/8/10

Location: Our front lawn


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Oriental Poppy (Papaver orientale)


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Date: 6/7/10

Location: Flowerbed


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Common Mallow (Malva neglecta)

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Date: 6/7/10

Location: Our front lawn


Description: Small, button-like fruit gives it other names such as “button weed” and “cheese mallow.”


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White Lawn Clover (Trifolium repens)

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Date: 6/7/10

Location: Our front lawn


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Redstem Storksbill (Erodium cicutarium)

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Date: 6/7/10

Location: Our front lawn


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Monday, June 7, 2010

California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)


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Date: 5/31/10

Location: Field in front of our house


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Beginning

This is a blog of some of the plant specimens I identify. Some are wild and some are cultivated. Most are found in the Northern California region. Enjoy!