A toyon shrub loaded with its namesake red berries above the East Bay hills of California. Photo: tdlucas5000, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Heteromeles arbutifolia,
Pili grass, also called tanglehead, forms dense bunches of fine, wiry foliage in open, sunny sites. Photo: Harry Rose, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Heteropogon
A hairy alumroot clump in bloom, its wiry flower stalks rising well above the mounded foliage. Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor (CC BY-SA 4.0) Heuchera villosa,
A galax plant in flower, showing its rounded, leathery evergreen leaves and upright flower spike. Photo: Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, via Wikimedia
A mature flannel bush on a dry foothill slope near Dunlap, California, in late-season fruit. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
A desert sunflower in bloom in a gravel wash, Death Valley National Park, California. Photo: Dcrjsr, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Geraea canescens, commonly
Dwarf Fothergilla in full spring bloom, its honey-scented bottlebrush flowers opening before the leaves. Photo: Schurdl, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Fothergilla gardenii, commonly called
A wild California Coffeeberry shrub with ripening fruit above the Kings Canyon backcountry. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Frangula californica (formerly
Black Ash trees leafing out in a wet lowland forest, the habitat where this species is most at home. Photo: Gilles Ayotte, Wikimedia Commons (CC
Wild Cucumber scrambles rapidly over streamside shrubs, smothering them in a lacy curtain of white flowers by midsummer. Photo: Matt Lavin / Wikimedia Commons (CC
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