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Five years ago today, CA faced one of its most devastating fire sieges.
Aug. 15, 2020: a rare dry lightning storm ignited hundreds of wildfires—burning 4.2M acres over four months, destroying communities, claiming lives, and changing landscapes forever. (1/3)
#CALFIRE #FireSiege2020
Group picture of docents of Jasper Ridge!
50th anniversary celebratory cakes!
Poster board listing all docents and the award of merit!
The 2025 Jasper Ridge Docent Graduation and Summer Picnic celebrated new scientifically trained docents and recognized multiple achievements by students! The event also marked the 50th anniversary of the Jasper Ridge docent program! Read more: jrbp.stanford.edu/news/2025-gr...
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Showy white flowers of black locust, left, and green male flowers of bur oak, right. The white flowers are not allergenic, the green flowers are allergenic.
People often say they are allergic to trees with showy flowers like black locust, but they are pollinated by animals, and don't cast pollen to the wind. People will associate their allergies with a particular showy tree, when the real culprits are nearby trees that cast pollen to the wind. 1/2
12.03.2025 15:07 — 👍 158 🔁 25 💬 5 📌 2
This !!
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Newt eating a worm
A newt had a little dinner last night, much to the delight of our docent-led group of naturalists.
03.02.2025 03:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A shot of Denali National park with the tall snowcapped mountains reflected in the lake's surface, trees on all sides.
Denali National Park. Six million acres of land and North America's tallest peak - 20,310 feet. The aboriginal homeland of five Northern Athabascan Indian groups.
I have not yet had the chance to visit but hope to someday!
Tiny frog sitting on a human’s arm (so you can see how tiny he is in comparison to human arm hair)
Just a little green frog for you. Nature is beautiful.
16.01.2025 15:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Preorder. This. Book! 👇
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statistics that hows the reprodutcive value of native vs non-native plants to butterflies and moths. Native plants have a high value, Non-native plants trend towards zero. Plant native !
We need butterflies because birds eat caterpillars, and we need our backyards to be "ecological functional".
For more info: Doug Tallamy's "Nature's Best Hope".
Data is local to SF Bay Area - same concept of "Plant Native" exists everywhere!
Proteaceae family. Not native to California (although drought tolerant - but of no use for local wildlife, sadly).
18.11.2024 20:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Comet over a barn at night.
Blue Sky ahead !
Comet over horse barn in Los Altos, CA 2024
#bluesky
