Flower Prof
@flowerprof.bsky.social
Botany professor at a community college in Southern California. On iNaturalist as flower_prof. Also interested in birds, fungi, wildlife, ecology, evolution, nature, the environment, agroecology, food, playing ukulele... and crochet amigurumi.
I love mariposa lilies!
Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 6/6/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 6/6/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
June 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I love mariposa lilies!
Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 6/6/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 6/6/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
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California Native Plant Society offers free native gardening webinars. Tomorrow's is "Basics of a Fire-Safe Yard." I've taken several of these and they are very informative.
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California Native Plant Society
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June 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
California Native Plant Society offers free native gardening webinars. Tomorrow's is "Basics of a Fire-Safe Yard." I've taken several of these and they are very informative.
secure2.convio.net/cnps/site/Ca...
secure2.convio.net/cnps/site/Ca...
Yerba mansa at Doheny State Beach #californianativeplants #FlowerReport
May 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Yerba mansa at Doheny State Beach #californianativeplants #FlowerReport
Backyard garden blooms for 4/29/25. #CaliforniaNativePlants #NativePlants
April 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Backyard garden blooms for 4/29/25. #CaliforniaNativePlants #NativePlants
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Whether in your yard or at a local park, every bit of healthy habitat counts. So get your crew together & help them get gardening: Carpool to a plant nursery, team up for yard work, give out native seeds!
🌎 Find resources to get started & even more Earth Week activities ➡️ xerces.org/blog/stronge...
🌎 Find resources to get started & even more Earth Week activities ➡️ xerces.org/blog/stronge...
April 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Whether in your yard or at a local park, every bit of healthy habitat counts. So get your crew together & help them get gardening: Carpool to a plant nursery, team up for yard work, give out native seeds!
🌎 Find resources to get started & even more Earth Week activities ➡️ xerces.org/blog/stronge...
🌎 Find resources to get started & even more Earth Week activities ➡️ xerces.org/blog/stronge...
1/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 4/13/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
April 14, 2025 at 3:56 AM
1/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 4/13/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
Carefully avoided an adorable baby rattlesnake on the trail at the Santa Rosa Plateau today.
#iNaturalist #herps
#iNaturalist #herps
April 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Carefully avoided an adorable baby rattlesnake on the trail at the Santa Rosa Plateau today.
#iNaturalist #herps
#iNaturalist #herps
1/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 4/12/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
April 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
1/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 4/12/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
Color variation in the blooms of wishbone bush in Harford Springs on 3/30/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
March 31, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Color variation in the blooms of wishbone bush in Harford Springs on 3/30/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
1/ Harford Springs bloom report for 3/30/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
Typical flowering patterns are extremely late due to the lack of rain in November, December, and January.
Typical flowering patterns are extremely late due to the lack of rain in November, December, and January.
March 31, 2025 at 4:03 AM
1/ Harford Springs bloom report for 3/30/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
Typical flowering patterns are extremely late due to the lack of rain in November, December, and January.
Typical flowering patterns are extremely late due to the lack of rain in November, December, and January.
This is so helpful!
As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.
March 30, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is so helpful!
The recovery of chaparral in the years after a wild always amazes me. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
March 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The recovery of chaparral in the years after a wild always amazes me. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
1/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 3/29/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
March 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
1/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 3/29/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
March 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
1/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 3/23/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
March 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
1/ Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 3/23/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
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If we don't document biodiversity we can't study & preserve biodiversity or direct conservation efforts. Obviously, not everyone needs to be a taxonomist, but I believe the basic skills involved should be part of every biologist's fundamental training
We must train specialists in botany and zoology — or risk more devastating extinctions
Failure to fund education in taxonomy could derail efforts to support conservation in low- and middle-income countries.
www.nature.com
September 27, 2024 at 1:47 PM
If we don't document biodiversity we can't study & preserve biodiversity or direct conservation efforts. Obviously, not everyone needs to be a taxonomist, but I believe the basic skills involved should be part of every biologist's fundamental training
The Santa Rosa fairy shrimp were abundant in the large vernal pool at the Santa Rosa Plateau today!
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/49074
Article from 1994
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/49074
Article from 1994
Details - A New American Fairy Shrimp, Linderiella santarosae (Crustacea, Anostraca, Linderiellidae), From Vernal Pools Of California, Usa - Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Biodiversity Heritage Library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.
www.biodiversitylibrary.org
March 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The Santa Rosa fairy shrimp were abundant in the large vernal pool at the Santa Rosa Plateau today!
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/49074
Article from 1994
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/49074
Article from 1994
What a beautiful day at the Santa Rosa Plateau!
March 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
What a beautiful day at the Santa Rosa Plateau!
Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report 2 for 3/21/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
March 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report 2 for 3/21/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report 1 for 3/21/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
March 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report 1 for 3/21/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants #FlowerReport
Lots of poison oak on the Trans-Preserve trail at the Santa Rosa Plateau yesterday. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants
March 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Lots of poison oak on the Trans-Preserve trail at the Santa Rosa Plateau yesterday. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants
Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 3/9/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants
March 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Santa Rosa Plateau bloom report for 3/9/25. IDs and iNat links in Alt text. #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNaturalist #NativePlants
Quote a post with a picture you took in a National Park.
February 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Quote a post with a picture you took in a National Park.
The number of fraudulent enrollments (aka bots) in my classes is disheartening.
February 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The number of fraudulent enrollments (aka bots) in my classes is disheartening.
February 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM