Southern California field guide

Get to know the plants growing around you.

Don't know its name? Describe what you see.

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Pick a place and scroll through what grows there.

Coastal Sage Scrub 90 plants Riparian 89 plants Chaparral 84 plants Montane 76 plants Desert 59 plants Grassland 58 plants Wetland 41 plants Oak Woodland 38 plants Subalpine 33 plants Sagebrush Scrub 31 plants Pinyon-Juniper Woodland 11 plants

Field sites & special places

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The spots I'm working — what's growing there, ready to filter and swipe through.

📍 Eastern Sierra — US-395 corridor 82 plants 📍 Lake Tahoe — the basin rim 55 plants 📍 Trabuco Creek 24 plants 📍 Big Bear 13 plants