On this early June morning the color palette was pink and gold—rouge veiny backlit ears of a jackrabbit, ripe peaches and cream petals of the Tiburon Mariposa lily, and fields of ruby chalice clarkia—all displayed against a backdrop of dry golden grasses.
Read MoreI stayed with the trees until after the sun went down. When the last light was almost gone from the sky, it illuminated the giants in soft patches—only small pieces of the vast trunks visible—the rest vanished into shadow.
Read MoreThe Maritime chaparral plant community is rare and found only in a handful of places in the East Bay. Pallid manzanita, brittleleaf manzanita, shreve oak, interior live oak, madrone, western bracken fern and sticky monkeyflower grow here.
Read MoreThe Sacramento river valley was once home to vast areas of riparian oak woodland. This habitat supports hundreds of species of plants and animals. Today only 5 percent remains. The Cosumnes River Preserve is the largest remaining riparian forest in the state.
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