Treebeard:
Non-native grass (Poaceae) showing its "goodies" - fluffy white pistils and yellow stamens
Treebeard:
Clutch of small "true bugs" (Hemiptera) on non-native Yellow Star Thistle (Centaurea solstitialis, Asteraceae)
Treebeard:
New flowers of non-native Water Speedwell (Veronica anagallis-aquatica, Scrophulariaceae) at the river
Treebeard:
Grass-Skipper (genus Hesperia, family Hesperiidae) butterfly working a non-native flower head of Fuller's Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum, Dipsacacea)
Treebeard:
Ripe and ripening berries of non-native Himalayan Blackberry (Rubus discolor, Rosaceae)
Treebeard:
New "flowers" of Russian Thistle aka Tumbleweed (Salsola tragus, Chenopodiaceae) by the river
Treebeard:
New seedlings in the woods - no doubt weeds, probably annual grasses and Italian Thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus, Asteraceae)
Treebeard:
Astounding wall of non-native White Sweet Clover (Melilotus albus, Fabaceae) along the Santa Ynez River.
Treebeard:
New weed - maybe Lanceleaf Nightshade (Solanum lanceolatum, Solanaceae) on Gibraltar Road
Treebeard:
New weed - maybe Lanceleaf Nightshade (Solanum lanceolatum, Solanaceae) on Gibraltar Road
Treebeard:
Beautiful tubular flowers of Tree Tobacco (Nicotiana glauca, Solanaceae) - a well-behaved weed
Treebeard:
This is bad grass - non-native Smilo Grass (Piptatherum miliaceum, Poaceae), invasive in our mountains
Treebeard:
Tiny flowers of non-native Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris, Brassicaceae) - a common weed
Treebeard:
New flowers of Henbit aka Giraffe's Head (Lamium amplexicaule, Lamiaceae) - an attractive weed
Treebeard:
Whole "tumbleweed" plant of Russian Thistle (Salsola tragus, Chenopodiaceae), a non-native weed
