Guide to California Wildflowers
Lara Hartley has set up a new Flickr group for photos of California wildflowers - it is another resource for flower identification. There is an older Flickr group, CaliFlora, of which the new group can be regarded as a subset. The required tags allow one to search for a flower whose name is unknown, based on flower color and petals, and flower family if one is able to deduce that from the plant. From the group guidelines:
A companion group to CaliFlora, but with a few more TAGGING GUILDELINES.
A group to create an online wildflower field guide of flowering plants native (or naturalized) in california. No trees or ferns.
Each flower posted must have the following tags:
___* Common Name – Of course each species has many local and common names. Please include at least the one you know it by.
___* Binomial Name - Genus species
___* Genus Name separately
___* Flower color(s) – Primary color and any variations from this list: purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, red, pink or white. When questionable or in doubt, add all applicable colors.
___* Flower shape(s) – Primary shape of the flower from the following list: 2petals, 3petals, 4petals, 5petals, 6petals, manypetals, longcluster, roundcluster or oddshaped
___* Family Name - the taxonomic family (usually ending in “aceae.”)
___* County.
Additionally, it will be helpful to also tag:
___*Location - general is good enough
(Example)
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wonderful list of flowers that you posted!
November 25th, 2007 | #
Hey Lynn,
Your photos, especially the ever-changing banner photos give me so much joy. I literally smile every time a new one comes up. The shots are perfect in lighting, sharpness and composition. But also there is that something extra, that spark of true creativity. How the bufflehead looks back at you with a bright questing eye and the brown water crests in front of her breast. How the pelican opens its beak at though laughing in the sunset light while his dark flockmates punctuate the curving lines of bright foam. And maybe my alltime favorite, the pelican slowing its flight while the end feathers of one cupped wing lightly brush the water below. How ever many hours you have invested in learning your craft, they have been well spent! Thanks for the delight. –DH
November 27th, 2007 | #
Thanks very much for your comments - they are very much appreciated.
Often it is just a matter of following the birds with the camera, than any photographic skill. I enjoy walking and observing nature, always taking my camera with me. So I guess it is really many hours invested in walking, to find those lucky shots!
November 27th, 2007 | #