Bay Area Flora

Photos + notes on plants of the San Francisco Bay Area, native and otherwise. Images and words by journalist @nateseltenrich.

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Our little hillside of wild coyote brush gives me great pleasure. #coyotebrush #petaluma #bayareaflora #california… https://t.co/Tc3rs7qQKM

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Mid-summer: the California buckeye's hump season. Though it doesn't look like much now, once the leaves fall and t… https://t.co/RJSWdVYp6V

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This is a dudleya, right? Anyone know which one? Doing its rock-growing thing at Pinnacle Gulch Beach south of Bod… https://t.co/jkjRRSb09l

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Sticky monkey flower, aka orange bush monkey flower. Scientifically, Diplacus aurantiacus or, as I hear, sometimes… https://t.co/WMWvvo6jyr

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Crazy-long California bay laurel branch that goes out, down, and back up. My son for scale. Trailside on Deer Isla… https://t.co/9NLZ6458vy

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Also impressed by these ponderosa pine growing atop Blue Ridge at about 3,000 feet in Henry Coe State Park. The pa… https://t.co/sGYQW6y33q

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Haven't posted in forever. So it goes. Here, however, you have a massive madrone spotted in Henry W Coe State Park… https://t.co/4gJlrsGz5o

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Just your typical northern California redwood-and-fern scene. This one happens to be in Stillwater Cove Regional P… https://t.co/FBfmgZFWeE

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Who can ID this little charmer? Abundant along creek in Stillwater Cove Regional Park. #sonomacounty #jenner #baya… https://t.co/xKdKKZlVrH

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Trailside miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) on the Pinnacle Gulch trail near Bodega Bay. Perhaps the most wid… https://t.co/zQsOcf4SEi

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Trailside poppies. This one-mile trail is almost as scenic as the beach at the end. #bayareaflora #californianativ… https://t.co/bLEAcLTsmK

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I try to avoid urban settings for my shots, but these blooming Western redbuds at the Peta… https://t.co/quTpPLwnqA

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Western redbud coming to life. Spring is here. Deer, stay back! #westernredbud #cercisocci… https://t.co/Nw6MYk0I6j

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Rushes (I'm not sure which) grow along the edges of the Petaluma River at low tide. #petal… https://t.co/fHlosseas4

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Gorgeous yellow-tipped blooms forming on my Ceanothus 'Julia Phelps,' which the dang diddl… https://t.co/NcAKoqlnbJ

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Schollenberger after the rains: part 2 of 2. #schollenbergerpark #petaluma #bayareaflora #… https://t.co/F2ImmNGcgq

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Schollenberger after the rains: part 1 of 2. #schollenbergerpark #petaluma #bayareaflora #… https://t.co/MqynkVhasd

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Buckeye blooms! One of my favorite botanical wintertime sights. On a gloriously sunny day … https://t.co/2sL7cAK3sD

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A unique scene in northern Ano Nuevo State Park near Franklin Point. Geology and recent he… https://t.co/bynEPDSDKg

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Blooms make an already beautiful California native even better. #manzanita #arctostaphylos… https://t.co/RRcewfXSrm