夏日炎炎，选择宅家过个懒散的长周末。周六在图书馆借杂志，偶得一本关于加州野花的书籍 (Beauty and the Beast-- California Wildflowers and Climate Change《美女和野兽--加州野花和气候变化》)，书虽然又大又重，里面却图文并茂，让人爱不释手，犹豫片刻，便借回家中。
Desert Candle, lacy phacelia and hillside daisy, Caliente Range near Carrizo Plain National Monument, San Luis Obispo County, April
Bigelow's coreopsis, Bentham's lupine and California poppies, Peace Valley, Tehachapi Mountains, LA County, April
Hillside daisy and lacy phacelia, Temblor Range near Carrizo Plain, Kern County, April
California pollies and storm clouds; Antelope Valley California Popy Reserve, LA County, April
Owl's clover and blue dicks, Tejon Ranch, Kern County, March
Left: California poppies and Bigelow's coreopsis, Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recration Area, Peace Valley, Tehachapi Mountains, LA County, April
Right: Wildflower display, Peace Valley, Tehachapi Mountains, LA County, April
Desert Canterbury bells, with Bigelow's monkeyflower in desert wash, Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, March
Brittlebush and ocotillo, Hellhole Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, March
Miles of wildflowers, Carrizo Plain National Monument, San Luis Obispo County, April
Antelope Valley California Popy Reserve, LA County, April
Octotillo, Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, March
里面有不少这样的单朵野花的特写 (Left: Farewell-to-spring, Loma Alta Fire Road, Marin County, May, Right: Gravel Ghost, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, March)
书名和书的封面
今日读此书，才知道加州是美国原生植物(native plant)最多的州，三分之一的植物在地球的其他地方找不到, 只在加州生长，是地球上36个多生态植物热点之一 (California is blessed with remarkable diversity. The state is home to 25 percent of the plants that occur north of Mexico, more native plant species than any other state in the United States. Moreover, a third of these plants are found nowhere else on Earth! Scientists rank the California Floristic Province as one of the world's thirty-six biodiversity hot spots, thanks to its remarkable plants)。读此，感慨万千。加州这看似荒芜的干旱之地 ("California, which in 1950s was like being from Mars"-- The Atlantic June 2022-- 加州这个在二十世纪五十年代人们眼中的火星地貌的地方) 竟然孕育着这么多物种、生命。而在此住了这么多年，我也目睹了它们顺应自然的特性--若逢干旱之年，有些花草植物的种子便选择深埋大地; 若冬雨/春雨绵绵，十年的种子照样挣脱外壳的束缚，破土而出，迎接阳光的洗礼，绽放生命的璀璨。它们更是懂得物竞天择，适者生存，旱季里懂得自我保护, 以小花苞小短花期，早早开花结籽 (如路边的野麦早早抽穗)，以此坚守生命，延续生命。
回复 '7grizzly' 的评论 : Hi, my friend.Thanks for reading and comments. I was educated that this kind of poppy is not related to opium. I forgot the differences though, and your reading will give you some findings and explorations. Enjoy your book!
Your photos of the breath-taking Super Blooms prompted me to explore the
California poppy which soon alluded to opium. OK. That'll be another reading
project. Cheers!
夏日炎炎，选择宅家过个懒散的长周末。周六在图书馆借杂志，偶得一本关于加州野花的书籍 (Beauty and the Beast-- California Wildflowers and Climate Change《美女和野兽--加州野花和气候变化》)，书虽然又大又重，里面却图文并茂，让人爱不释手，犹豫片刻，便借回家中。
Desert Candle, lacy phacelia and hillside daisy, Caliente Range near Carrizo Plain National Monument, San Luis Obispo County, April
Bigelow's coreopsis, Bentham's lupine and California poppies, Peace Valley, Tehachapi Mountains, LA County, April
Hillside daisy and lacy phacelia, Temblor Range near Carrizo Plain, Kern County, April
California pollies and storm clouds; Antelope Valley California Popy Reserve, LA County, April
Owl's clover and blue dicks, Tejon Ranch, Kern County, March
Left: California poppies and Bigelow's coreopsis, Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recration Area, Peace Valley, Tehachapi Mountains, LA County, April
Right: Wildflower display, Peace Valley, Tehachapi Mountains, LA County, April
Desert Canterbury bells, with Bigelow's monkeyflower in desert wash, Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, March
Brittlebush and ocotillo, Hellhole Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, March
Miles of wildflowers, Carrizo Plain National Monument, San Luis Obispo County, April
Antelope Valley California Popy Reserve, LA County, April
Octotillo, Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, March
里面有不少这样的单朵野花的特写 (Left: Farewell-to-spring, Loma Alta Fire Road, Marin County, May, Right: Gravel Ghost, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, March)
书名和书的封面
今日读此书，才知道加州是美国原生植物(native plant)最多的州，三分之一的植物在地球的其他地方找不到, 只在加州生长，是地球上36个多生态植物热点之一 (California is blessed with remarkable diversity. The state is home to 25 percent of the plants that occur north of Mexico, more native plant species than any other state in the United States. Moreover, a third of these plants are found nowhere else on Earth! Scientists rank the California Floristic Province as one of the world's thirty-six biodiversity hot spots, thanks to its remarkable plants)。读此，感慨万千。加州这看似荒芜的干旱之地 ("California, which in 1950s was like being from Mars"-- The Atlantic June 2022-- 加州这个在二十世纪五十年代人们眼中的火星地貌的地方) 竟然孕育着这么多物种、生命。而在此住了这么多年，我也目睹了它们顺应自然的特性--若逢干旱之年，有些花草植物的种子便选择深埋大地; 若冬雨/春雨绵绵，十年的种子照样挣脱外壳的束缚，破土而出，迎接阳光的洗礼，绽放生命的璀璨。它们更是懂得物竞天择，适者生存，旱季里懂得自我保护, 以小花苞小短花期，早早开花结籽 (如路边的野麦早早抽穗)，以此坚守生命，延续生命。
