Blueblossom in full spring bloom along the Point Reyes Fire Lane Trail. Photo: Miguel Vieira, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, commonly known
A spring carpet of baby blue eyes, one of California’s most familiar wildflowers. Photo: Cliff Hutson, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.5) Nemophila menziesii, widely
Purple sage in full bloom, its whorled flower clusters stacked along tall silvery stems. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5) Salvia leucophylla, known as purple
Douglas iris in its classic coastal grassland habitat, Point Reyes, California. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Iris douglasiana, the Douglas iris, is the big, showy,
A mature common manzanita in full bloom, its canopy massed with urn-shaped flowers above the trademark red bark. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Arctostaphylos
Black sage in full spring bloom, its pale flower spikes rising above dark, resinous foliage. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Salvia mellifera, commonly known
A classic Valley oak silhouette on Mount Diablo: a huge, deeply branched canopy with drooping lower limbs, bare in winter. Photo: Miguel Vieira, Wikimedia Commons
A mature California black oak at Briones Preserve, showing its characteristically gnarled branching and early-autumn color. Photo: Awinch1001, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Quercus kelloggii,
A mature California bay laurel at Wildcat Canyon, showing the species’ typical dense, multi-trunked crown. Photo: Awinch1001, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Umbellularia californica, the
Blue oak woodland on Mount Diablo — scattered, open-grown trees over summer-dormant grassland, the species’ signature setting. Photo: Awinch1001, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Quercus
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