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IMG_0001_Entrance from Forest Service Road 2N86 (Castle Rock Trail ends here from Hwy 18, Big Bear); temp: 64F
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IMG_0002_Anderson's lupine (Lupinus andersonii)
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IMG_0010_Abandoned (ruins) from early 1900's cottage
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IMG_0012_Common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
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IMG_0022_Access to this part of Bluff Lake Reserve was closed today (very muddy)
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IMG_0032+_(L-R): Lupine, Geranium, Paintbrush, and Lupine
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IMG_0037_Sticky cinquefoil (Drymocallis glandulosa)
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IMG_0042_Silvery blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)
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IMG_0055_Giant Red Paintbrush (Castilleja miniata)
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IMG_0061_Meadow Arnica (Arnica chamissonis)
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MVI_0064
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IMG_0065_Common madia (Madia elegans), and Lupine
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IMG_0069_Bluff Lake (EL 7,600’)
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IMG_0081_Brewer's fleabane, Erigeron breweri var. breweri
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MVI_0078
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IMG_0083_Bluff Lake (EL 7,600’)
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20230721_085954_Bluff Lake (EL 7,600’)
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20230721_115622_Bluff Lake (EL 7,600’)
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IMG_0085_clustered tidy lupine, Lupinus lepidus var. confertus
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IMG_0095_Crimson columbine (Aquilegia formosa)
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IMG_0102_Crimson columbine (Aquilegia formosa)
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IMG_0132_California corn lily (Veratrum californicum)
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MVI_0131_California corn lily (Veratrum californicum)
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IMG_0122+112+126_California corn lily (Veratrum californicum)
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IMG_0119_California corn lily (Veratrum californicum)
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IMG_0141_Wild mushroom
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IMG_0149_California geranium, Geranium californicum