An old Monterey cypress with a massive, gnarled trunk at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, one of the species’ two native groves. Photo: Marty Aligata,
Gowen cypress (smaller trees) growing with Monterey pine at the SFB Morse Botanical Reserve, Huckleberry Hill, Monterey County. Photo: JOE BLOWE, via Wikimedia Commons (CC
A flowering Panamint cryptantha growing from gravelly desert soil in the Eldorado Mountains, Nevada. Photo: Jim Morefield, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Cryptantha angustifolia, commonly
A buffalo gourd vine sprawling across dry ground, its large felted leaves shading a developing fruit. Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, Wikimedia Commons (CC
American dittany growing in its classic habitat: thin, rocky soil at the base of a sandstone outcrop. Photo: Alex Abair, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Pink Tickseed flowering on a sandy pond shore in Brewster, Massachusetts. Photo: Doug McGrady, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Coreopsis rosea, commonly called Pink Tickseed
Dotted Hawthorn in full spring bloom, a wild tree near the Great Lakes. Photo: Nadiatalent, Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) Crataegus punctata, commonly known as Dotted
Whorled Tickseed in bloom, its bright yellow flowers held well above the foliage on slender stems. Photo: Dr. Thomas G. Barnes, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
White Clintonia growing in rich Appalachian woods, its white flowers rising above a rosette of glossy basal leaves. Photo: Thomas G. Barnes, U.S. Fish and
Green Buttonwood growing in John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo, Florida. Photo: Mason Brock (Wikimedia Commons, Public domain) Conocarpus erectus, known as Green
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