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Hiking along Section A of the PCT this past spring with Mike Evans and Pamela Heiss, we were treated to the vivid pink f...
09/25/2026

Hiking along Section A of the PCT this past spring with Mike Evans and Pamela Heiss, we were treated to the vivid pink flowers of Echinocereus engelmannii var. engelmannii (Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus).

Homalocephala polycephala ssp. polycephala | cottontop cactusWhile found throughout the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, this...
09/24/2026

Homalocephala polycephala ssp. polycephala | cottontop cactus

While found throughout the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, this cactus is considered uncommon within the Borrego Desert.

I have yet to catch it in bloom….hoping this year is my year 🤞🏽 😅

Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens and Cylindropuntia bigelovii all flushed out in Coyote Canyon after the rain last Oc...
09/24/2026

Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens and Cylindropuntia bigelovii all flushed out in Coyote Canyon after the rain last October.

📍Cahuilla land

Golden fields of Geraea canescens last autumn. 🍂 📍Cahuilla land | Henderson Canyon
09/23/2026

Golden fields of Geraea canescens last autumn. 🍂

📍Cahuilla land | Henderson Canyon

Apodemia virgulti (Behr’s Metalmark) on its host plant Eriogonum fasciculatum (California buckwheat). 📍Cupeño land | Apr...
09/20/2026

Apodemia virgulti (Behr’s Metalmark) on its host plant Eriogonum fasciculatum (California buckwheat).


📍Cupeño land | April 2026

Coyote Canyon last November after the rains
09/19/2026

Coyote Canyon last November after the rains

Pteridium aquilinum | western brackenfern📍Kumeyaay land, May 2025
08/16/2026

Pteridium aquilinum | western brackenfern

📍Kumeyaay land, May 2025

08/03/2026

it’s August again…

Lilium humboldtii ssp. ocellatum | Humboldt Lily CRPR 4.2Catch em now along the Azaela Glen Trail at Cuyamaca Rancho Sta...
07/01/2026

Lilium humboldtii ssp. ocellatum | Humboldt Lily
CRPR 4.2

Catch em now along the Azaela Glen Trail at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park

It’s Sarcodes season! Sarcodes sanguinea | snow plant | is a mycoheterotrophic wildflower that is hard to miss with its ...
06/05/2026

It’s Sarcodes season!

Sarcodes sanguinea | snow plant | is a mycoheterotrophic wildflower that is hard to miss with its vivid red color peeking through the pine needles between 3k’ and 9k’.
These plants do not photosynthesize and are ectomycorrhizal parasites which “steal” nutrients from host trees by accessing their root systems via the mycorrhizae which are underground fungal fibers. This is why you will always find them underneath or nearby conifers.

I started to go down a rabbit hole on mycoheterotrophs, and think you should too - they’re so interesting!

Other *fun* facts about snow plant:
• it belongs in the Ericaceae family - the same fam as Manzanitas and blueberries!
• it’s scientific name roughly translates to “bloody-flesh-like-thing. 😳
• they only appear in the spring after the snow has melted
• they are protected and picking or disturbing them is off limits!

Happy Hunting!

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