Winged Water Starwort
Winged Water Starwort is a member of the water starwort family. The plants are rooted in the vernal pool bottom and have long, stringy stems which end in a cluster…
Great Blue Heron
The Great Blue Heron is a wading bird. It has a blue-gray back, black patches on its sides and a gray and white-striped belly. The cheeks, throat, and top of…
White Navarretia
White Navarretia is a member of the phlox family. Each small white flower is a long tube with five lobes or petals. The flowers are arranged in heads that have…
Hawkbit
Hawkbit is a member of the sunflower family. Each flowerhead is actually made up of 5-50 individual yellow flowers. In Hawkbit, all of the flowers making up the flowerhead are…
Vernal Pool Buttercup
Vernal Pool Buttercup is a member of the buttercup family. The small flowers have tiny yellow petals. The head of seeds is much larger than the flower was and resembles…
Seed Shrimp
Many different species of Seed Shrimp live in vernal pools. They come in many colors. They have a single eye. The body of a Seed Shrimp is protected by two…
Vernal Pool Tadpole Shrimp
Vernal Pool Tadpole Shrimp have a shield-like cover called a carapace. They can be mottled olive-green, brown or gray. Their abdomen sticks out behind the carapace and ends in two…
Woolly Marbles
Woolly Marbles is a member of the sunflower family. Each flowerhead is made up of 20 or more disk flowers. These are well hidden in the cob-webby fuzz. The plants…