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menziesii</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/margos-fremontia-fremontodendron-californicum-margp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Margo's Fremontia/Fremontodendron californicum 'Margp'</image:title><image:caption>Margo's Fremontia/Fremontodendron californicum 'Margp'</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/lompoc-manzanita-arctostaphylos-purissima-rare-and-endangered.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lompoc Manzanita/Arctostaphylos purissima (rare and endangered)</image:title><image:caption>Lompoc Manzanita/Arctostaphylos purissima (rare and endangered)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/douglas-iris-iris-douglasiana.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Douglas Iris/Iris douglasiana,</image:title><image:caption>Douglas Iris/Iris douglasiana,</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/currant-ribes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Currant/Ribes</image:title><image:caption>Currant/Ribes</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-12-09T23:37:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/2025/12/06/california-officials-warn-foragers-after-person-dies-from-poison-mushroom-california-the-guardian/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-07T03:48:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/2025/12/07/900-acres-bordering-yosemite-returned-to-tribe-that-was-expelled-175-years-ago/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-06T22:25:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/2025/12/27/a-native-prairie-bird-lost-federal-protection-people-are-still-trying-to-save-it-on-private-land/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-06T22:15:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/2025/12/06/photos-from-pt-reyes-11-28-25-part-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/imshaugs-tube-lichen-hypogymnia-imshaugii.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Imshaug's 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ovatum</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/gum-plant-grindelia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gum Plant/Grindelia</image:title><image:caption>Gum Plant/Grindelia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/foggy-tree.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Foggy Tree</image:title><image:caption>Foggy Tree</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/foggy-tree-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Foggy Tree</image:title><image:caption>Foggy Tree</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/foggy-ranch-house.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Foggy Ranch House</image:title><image:caption>Foggy Ranch 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Back</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-11-19T04:35:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/2025/11/15/photos-from-the-regional-parks-botanic-garden-11-12-25/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/vine-maple-acer-circinatum-.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Vine Maple/Acer circinatum</image:title><image:caption>Vine Maple/Acer 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vaseyi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/salmon-flowered-prickly-pear-opuntia-littoralis-var.-vaseyi-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Salmon-flowered Prickly-pearOpuntia littoralis var. vaseyi</image:title><image:caption>Salmon-flowered Prickly-pear/Opuntia littoralis var. vaseyi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/rainbow-manzanita-arctostaphylos-rainbowensis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rainbow Manzanita/Arctostaphylos rainbowensis</image:title><image:caption>Rainbow Manzanita/Arctostaphylos 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argenteus</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/seep-spring-monkeyflower-erythanthe-guttata_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Seep-Spring Monkeyflower / Erythanthe guttata</image:title><image:caption>Seep-Spring Monkeyflower / Erythanthe guttata</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/rosa-woodsii-subsp.-ultramontana-interior-rose.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rosa woodsii subsp. ultramontana / Interior Rose</image:title><image:caption>Rosa woodsii subsp. ultramontana / Interior Rose</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/roadside-angelica.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Roadside 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pauciflora</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/whitebark-pine-pinus-albicaulis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Whitebark Pine / Pinus albicaulis</image:title><image:caption>Whitebark Pine / Pinus albicaulis</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/western-columbine-aquilegia-formosa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Western Columbine / Aquilegia formosa</image:title><image:caption>Western Columbine / Aquilegia formosa</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/verbascum-thapsus-woolly-mullein-not-native.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Verbascum thapsus / Woolly Mullein / not native</image:title><image:caption>Verbascum thapsus / Woolly Mullein</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/south-lake-landscape.jpg</image:loc><image:title>South Lake Landscape</image:title><image:caption>South Lake Landscape</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sidalcea-oregana-oregon-checkerbloom-malvaceae.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Oregon checkerbloom/ Sidalcea oregana</image:title><image:caption>Oregon checkerbloom/ Sidalcea oregana</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/senecio-triangularis-arrowleaf-groundsel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arrowleaf Groundsel/Senecio triangularis</image:title><image:caption>Arrowleaf Groundsel/Senecio triangularis </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sego-lily-or-bruneaus-mariposa-lily-calochortus-bruneaunis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sego Lily or Bruneau's Mariposa Lily/ Calochortus bruneaunis</image:title><image:caption>Sego Lily or Bruneau's Mariposa Lily/ Calochortus bruneaunis</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sego-lily-or-bruneaus-mariposa-lily-calochortus-bruneaunis-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sego Lily or Bruneau's Mariposa Lily/ Calochortus bruneaunis</image:title><image:caption>Sego Lily or Bruneau's Mariposa Lily/ Calochortus bruneaunis</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/scarlet-gilia-ipomopsis-aggregata.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Scarlet Gilia / Ipomopsis aggregata</image:title><image:caption>Scarlet Gilia / Ipomopsis 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gracipipes</image:title><image:caption>White Mountains Buckwheat / Eriogonum gracilipes </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/stenotus-acaulis-limestone-aster-possiby.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stenotus acaulis / Limestone Aster possiby</image:title><image:caption>Stemless Mock Goldenweed/ Stenotus acaulis</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/stemless-mock-goldenweed-stenotus-acaulis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stemless Mock Goldenweed/ Stenotus acaulis</image:title><image:caption>Stemless Mock Goldenweed/ Stenotus acaulis</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/stemless-mock-goldenweed-stenotus-acaulis-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stemless Mock Goldenweed/ Stenotus acaulis</image:title><image:caption>Stemless Mock Goldenweed/ Stenotus acaulis</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sphaeralcea-ambigua-apricot-mallow.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sphaeralcea ambigua / Apricot Mallow</image:title><image:caption>Apricot Mallow/Sphaeralcea ambigua </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/snow-capped-sierra-nevada-seen-from-the-white-mountains.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Snow-capped Sierra Nevada seen from the White Mountains</image:title><image:caption>Snow-capped Sierra Nevada seen from the White Mountains</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/rabbitbrush-ericameria-nauseosa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rabbitbrush/ Ericameria nauseosa</image:title><image:caption>Rabbitbrush/ Ericameria 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fimbriata</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://naturalhistorywanderings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/caribou-coffeeberry-frangula-purshiana-ultramafica.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Caribou Coffeeberry/Frangula purshiana ultramafica</image:title><image:caption>Caribou Coffeeberry/Frangula purshiana 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