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Learn more about California native plants and where to obtain them. Native Plant Garden - Additional Resources General Information California Native Plant Society California Native Plant Society, East Bay Chapter Plant Selection For Your Area California Native Plant Society Calscape identifies plants that are suited to very specific areas. Watersmart Gardener Planting Guide (EBMUD) offers a simple landscaping layout with suggested plants that can be adapted to your needs. A UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden California Native Planting Plan offers a template for a simple layout that includes plant selection. Where To Get California Native Plants If you know what you want, your local nursery most likely will be able to order it for you. A great local resource is Native Here Nursery . Las Pilitas Nursery offers online ordering and carries many native plants from all parts of California. Books California Native Plants for the Garden by Carol Bornstein, David Fross, and Bart O'Brien Plants and Landscapes for Summer-dry Climates of the San Francisco Bay Region edited by Nora Harlow and published by the East Bay Municipal Utility District Mariposa Lily

American Pipit Pipits and Wagtails American Pipit Anthus rubescens Winter Pipits and Wagtails Daniel Fitzgerald Frequents grassy fields and wet meadows. Buffy underparts have dark brown streaking on breast, extending to sides and flanks. Dark tail has white outer tail feathers. While walking, often pumps its tail up and down. Sometimes forms flocks of 20 or more birds. Diet includes seeds as well as invertebrates found in terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Western Bluebird Thrushes and Thrashers Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana All Year Thrushes and Thrashers Daniel Fitzgerald Daniel Fitzgerald Found in open, riparian, or woodlands with scattered trees. Note the dark bluish upperparts, reddish breast contrasting with blue throat (grayish in females), and grayish-white belly. Nests in natural or man-made cavities (e.g. nest boxes). Its diet changes with the season, with small fruits, berries, and seeds predominately in the winter, and mostly insects eaten in the summer.

Wildflower Mount Diablo Dense Flowered Willowherb, Dense boisduvalia, Dense flowered boisduvalia, Dense flowered spike primrose Scientific Name: Epilobium densiflorium Family: Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family) Blooms: June- August Color: Red-Pink Annual herb Native Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Steven Beatty

Wildflower Mount Diablo Iodine Collinsia Scientific Name: Collinsia tinctoria Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain Family) Blooms: May - Jun Color: White Annual herb Native, endemic to California Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring

Wildflower Mount Diablo Mount Diablo Bird's-beak Scientific Name: Cordylanthus nidularius Family: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape Family) Blooms: Jun - Jul Color: White Annual herb (hemiparasitic) Native, endemic to California California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere ). This plant is rare in Mount Diablo State Park. See full list Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Mike Woodring

Edwards Melectum Melecta edwardsii Apidae Melecta Describe your image Describe your image Describe your image Describe your image Describe your image Describe your image Description Melecta edwardsii are medium to large-size bees that have a thorax covered on top with cream-colored hairs and a blue-black, rather hairless abdomen. Hairs under the wings are black.These bee lack any pale hairs on the top of the first abdominal segment. They have distinctive long spines on the scutellum (a hard triangular plate between the wing bases on the thorax), and the spines can be seen sticking out above the light-colored hairs of the thorax (see photo). Nectar/ Pollen Plants Likely nectar generalists. They have been seen on Mount Diablo nectaring on Yerba Santa and Vetch flowers. Habits Cleptoparasitic, these bees dig into completed nests of Anthophora digger bees and lay an egg on the roof or cell walls of the nest. Their larvae hatch and kill the host bee egg or larva and then feed on the nest provisions. Season March - early June

White-breasted Nuthatch Chickadees, Titmice and Nuthatches White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis All Year Chickadees, Titmice and Nuthatches Daniel Fitzgerald This nuthatch is a bird of mature deciduous or mixed pine/hardwood forests. Black cap, white cheek, white underparts, and comparatively larger size identify this nuthatch. Often faces downward while clinging to the trunk of a tree. Males have darker caps than females. Compare with Red-breasted Nuthatch . Nests in natural cavities. Feeds on insects and plant matter, such as seeds.

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Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Wrens, Kinglets, and Gnatcatchers Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Summer Wrens, Kinglets, and Gnatcatchers Daniel Fitzgerald This active insectivore is blue-gray above and whitish below with a narrow white eye ring. Its longish tail is mostly white underneath.

Wildflower Mount Diablo Broadleaved Pepperweed Scientific Name: Lepidium latifolium Family: Brassicaceae Blooms: May-Jul Color: White Perennial herb Introduced Jump to Blooming Now Blue / Purple Red / Pink White Yellow / Orange Invasive Plants Daniel Fitzgerald Daniel Fitzgerald Daniel Fitzgerald

Coronis Fritillary Speyeria coronis Nymphalidae Brushfoots Flies May to October Host Plant Violet Nectar Plant Hank Fabian Hank Fabian