A carpet of Grindelia, Erigeron, and lupine on the Sea Ranch bluff trail #californianativeplants

Dudleya farinosa at Sea Ranch, chalky and non chalky versions of the same plant growing just a few feet from each other. #californianativeplants

Dolores Park, San Francisco, 6/14/25. Couldn’t see the end of the crowd. #NoKingsDay

Pacific Reedgrass (Calamagrostis nutkaensis) in full bloom
#californianativeplants

I got this yellow hummingbird sage from the Bay Natives nursery years ago and it was a half dead stem with a single green leaf on it. I stuck it in the ground and forgot about it. It’s now happily taking over one corner of my shady San Francisco backyard. #salviaspathacea #californianativeplants

My SF shade garden is thriving! There are 7 California native plants in this photo, can you name them all? #californianativeplants

A carpenter bee checking out my pink California poppies this morning 😍 #californianativeplants

Hello! Thank you for keeping the rodents at bay.

Please don’t kill these beautiful creatures.

#westernrattlesnake

California native wildflowers on Mt Tamalpais two weeks ago #californianativeplants

Wildflowers on Mt. Tamalpais today: Sparaxis tricolor, Calypso bulbosa, Toxicoscordion fremontii, and Prosartes smithii #californianativeplants

I used to study Adélie penguins in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Here are some of my favorite photos of Adélies at Cape Crozier, Ross Island. #addBirder #antarctica #penguinscience #birds

Fremontodendron ‘Pacific Sunset,’ from my NE facing front garden in San Francisco. I was worried it wouldn’t make it, but it’s thriving! The only water it gets is from winter rain. As with Arctostaphylos and Ceanothus, drip will kill this summer-dry-adapted native. #californianativeplants

View of San Francisco from the Rock Spring Trailhead

My favorite photo that I’ve taken from an airplane window. Jan 2024. #goldengate #sanfrancisco