non-binary at la brea tar pit

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one of my classic texts, from the archives

finished my first semester oufh god finally blorbo time

From top: The tiny white flowers of a partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) vine; mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia), just now reaching peak bloom in the local mountains; yellow star grass (Hypoxis hirsuta), also known as common goldstar, which loves rocky nooks along sandy river banks; tassle-rue (Trautvetteria caroliniensis), also known as Carolina bugbane and false bugbane, a buttercup with lovely, but poisonous, palmately-divided foliage; smooth azalea, a knockout rhododendron sporting pink-tinged white flowers with red stamens and lush, dark-green foliage; the brilliant red fruit of common ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius); seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia), a wetlands-loving plant with distinctive, cube-like seeds; and finally, another trail rescue: a very attractive and docile eastern milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum), which happens to be a personal favorite of mine from the snake-hunting days of my youth, many centuries ago.

Some shots. It’s hollow

I'm Sorry 😢