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This is the Forest Service sensitive Mojave paintbrush (Castilleja plagiotoma<\/em>). It is endemic to the SBNF and is the host plant for the larvae of the watch list Checkerspot butterfly.<\/p><\/div>\n The scale bud (Anisocoma acaulis<\/em>) is one of my favorite desert annuals on the SBNF.<\/p><\/div>\n The mojave mound cactus (Echinocereus mojavensis<\/em>).<\/p><\/div>\n I have seen this adorable San Diego coast horned lizard twice now on the forest! It plays dead to catch bugs to eat and is a watch list species on the SBNF.<\/p><\/div>\n This beautiful ash-gray paintbrush (Castilleja cinerea<\/em>) is federally threatened and only found in the San Bernadino mountains.<\/p><\/div>\n Ivesia agryocoma<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n The flowers of the Forest Service sensitive silver-haired ivesia (Ivesia agryocoma<\/em>).<\/p><\/div>\n Forest Service sensitive Parish’s rock cress (Boechera parishii<\/em>) is endemic to the San Bernadino mountains.<\/p><\/div>\n Forest Service sensitive Peirson’s spring beauty (Claytonia lanceolata var. peirsonii<\/em>).<\/p><\/div>\n Another Forest Service sensitive Phlox dolichantha<\/em>.<\/p><\/div>\n This is the Forest Service sensitive Parish’s alumroot (Heuchera parishii<\/em>).<\/p><\/div>\n The Forest Service sensitive Coville’s dwarf abronia (Abronia nana ssp. covellei<\/em>).<\/p><\/div>\n This is my first rattlesnake that I have seen out in the field.<\/p><\/div>\n The beautiful flowers of Yucca schidigera<\/em>.<\/p><\/div>\n This is beavertail cactus (Opuntia basilaris<\/em>).<\/p><\/div>\n In terms of work, I have been surveying some potential OHV routes out on a high desert area of the forest, which is where I have taken many of the these photos. There also has been a bit of survey work on a limestone mining claim. Limestone has many endemic plant species, not to mention federally threatened and endangered ones as well.<\/p>\n There are so many TESW (Threatened, endangered, sensitive and watch) plant species here, I have been spending a decent amount of my time entering those data into the federal database.<\/p>\n I attended a Poaceae workshop with many of my colleagues, which was very informative and very fun. I also took a trip back to Joshua Tree NP on my personal time and was rewarded with lots of wildflowers and pleasant temperatures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have been seeing so many beautiful flowering plants so far this spring I thought I would share them with you! These are some of my favorite plants so far on the SBNF. In terms of work, I have been … Continue reading ![\"The](\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_4612.jpg\")
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