The Tawny Hues Of The Black Oak Tree's Foliage are just beginning to highlight the slopes of San Diego County’s higher mountains. Named for the dark coloring of its bark, especially when wet, the black …
October 20, 2025
California Black Oak (Quercus kelloggii) is also known as Kellogg Oak.
Posted April 6, 2023
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Black Oak highlights our higher mountains, peak viewing conditions for the Orionid shower
Springtime Monkey-Flower blossoms, Black Oak sprouting new leaves, Desert Agaves can reach 10-20 feet
Monkey-flowers of various species are putting on an excellent display this month around San Diego. Look for these low, shrublike plants with their tubular flowers wherever native vegetation clothes the landscape — from the coastal …
April 1, 2025
Floss silk tree blooms and the Cedar Waxwings arrive
The Floss Silk Tree, a conspicuous “autumn bloomer” here and there around San Diego, has been showing off its pinkish (or purplish) hibiscus-like flowers for at least a month now. The broad, heavy trunks of …
October 21, 2024