We would like to share in this space what you see on your walks and hikes in the way of flowers with all members of Sierra Sage, and suggest you mail your pictures to the webmaster to be displayed here. Don't forget to indicate where you took the picture(s) and what the name of the flower is, if you know it. We use this book to identify the plants: Robert L. Allen and Fred M. Roberts, Jr., Wildflowers of Orange County and the Santa Ana Mountains, 2013, Laguna Beach, Laguna Wilderness Press.
If you catch a shot of a wild animal and care to share it, proceed in the same fashion.
Title: Hail to the Fire Chief, Norm Lacourciere and left-over hail in a v-ditch
Date and Location: Ladera Ranch Trail on 2/16/2022
Animal: Mule Deer - Odocoileus hemionus
Date and Location: Wood Canyon Trail on 1/5/2022
Photographer: Zal Tepper
Flower: Parry's Phacelia - Phacelia parryi
Date and Location: Arroyo Trabuco Trail on 2/6/2022
Photographer: Helen Maurer
Flower: Milkmaids - Cardamine californica (Ref: p 172 Allen & Roberts)
Date and Location: Holy Jim trail on 1/15/2022
Photographer: John Kaiser
Flower: Common Fiddleneck - Amsinckia intermedia
Date & Location: March 2021 - Arroyo Trabuco - O'Neill Wilderness Park
Photographer: Helen Maurer / Panasonic Lumix
Flower: School Bells - Dichelostemma capitatum
Date & Location: March 2021 - Arroyo Trabuco - O'Neill Wilderness Park
Photographer: Helen Maurer / Panasonic Lumix
Flower: California Wood-sorrel - Oxalis californica
Date & Location: March 2021 - Arroyo Trabuco - O'Neill Wilderness Park
Photographer: Helen Maurer / Panasonic Lumix
Flower: Pine Goldenbush - Ericameria pinifolia
Date & Location: October 2020 - Aliso Wood Canyon Wilderness Park
Photographer: Helen Maurer / Panasonic Lumix
Flower: Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry - Ribes speciosum
Date & Location: 02/27/2021 - O'Neill Regional Park
Photographer: Ed Maurer / iPhone