Superbloom Photos
The response to our “Call for Spring Wildflower Photos” for the Volume 21, Number 4 (“Year of the Superbloom”) issue of Manzanita made for some very difficult choices. We received many more beautiful photographs than we could fit into print, even with an expanded, twenty-page issue. Rather than let those we couldn’t print go unseen, we’ve posted them here for you to enjoy. Many, many thanks to all who submitted photographs for us to share! Click on any photo to enlarge, and click to page through them.
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Nemophila spatulata Wen Hsu
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Padrone Canyon Road Wendy Gollop & Alan Bade
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Rhododendron macrophyllum Vernon Smith
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Calochortus luteus Vernon Smith
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Calochortus albus Sandy Steinman
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Temblor Range, Carrizo Plain Richard Dickey
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Temblor Range, Carrizo Plain Richard Dickey
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Clarkia arcuata, Table Mountain Glenn Keator
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Triteleia laxa and Layia glandulosa Rosie Andrews
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Carrizo Plain from Caliente Ridge Rosie Andrews
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Phacelia campanularia Rosie Andrews
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Caliente Range Pete Veilleux
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Caliente Range Pete Veilleux
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Temblor Range Pete Veilleux
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Caliente Range Pete Veilleux
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Layia platyglossa, Carrizo Plain Katie Eskridge
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Eriophyllum staechadifolium Katie Eskridge
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Erigeron glaucus Katie Eskridge
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Iris chrysophylla David Sherertz
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Lasthenia californica near Carrizo Plain David Sherertz
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Calypso bulbosa David Sherertz
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Erythronium tuolumnense Dee Shea Himes
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Calochortus striatus Dee Shea Himes
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Temblor Range, San Luis Obispo County Dylan Neubauer
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Temblor Range, San Luis Obispo County Dylan Neubauer
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Temblor Range, San Luis Obispo County Dylan Neubauer
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Oenothera deltoides Dianne Fristrom
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Pedicularis densiflora Cynthia Powell
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Hosackia gracilis Cynthia Powell
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Calochortus albus, Table Mountain Glenn Keator
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Table Mountain, Oroville Alicia Springer
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Anza Borrego Alicia Springer
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Table Mountain, Oroville Alicia Springer
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Caliente Ridge, Carrizo Plain Alicia Springer
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Audrey's Backyard Audrey Rust
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Allium serra, Mt. Diablo Glenn Keator
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Malacothrix coulteri Allison Kidder
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Caulanthus anceps Allison Kidder
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Carrizo Plain Allison Kidder
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Carrizo Plain Allison Kidder
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Clarkia franciscana Arlyn Christopherson
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Carrizo Plain Arlyn Christopherson
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Aquilegia formosa Arlyn Christopherson