Thursday, May 19, 2011

Yet another endangered plant, and another photo of me in Europe!

First a picture of me in Ceuse that Keith Ladzinski gave me (after I begged; I know no shame):
I flashed this route! It's 7a+! Yay me!

Ok switching gears.

Kind of depressing and kind of cool to see another endangered plant. There are probably less than 200 of these guys in existence. They grow on random outcroppings in random places in Marin county.  This particular population may be one of the largest and we counted 46 plants.  The rock is in a field below a housing development in Bodega Bay.  Such a narrow range for a plant. Doesn't make for a good prognosis, though apparently they are easy to grow in a garden setting.  Behold the only yellow larkspur, Delphinium luteum:




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