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RESOURCES

identification & information

our go to sites and sources for identification, fun facts and inspiration

California Native Plants

Calflora.org 

Cal Flora, What Grows Here? 

Find out what grows in an exact location by drawing a polygon around your location!

Las Pilitas Nursery

California Native Plant Society

“The Wildflowers of California” by Mary E. Parsons

“Chumash Ethnobotany: Plant Knowledge Among the Chumash People of Southern California” by Jan Timbrook

Birds

The Cornell Lab Merlin Bird ID App

(free on App Store and Google Play)

Cornell Lab of Ornithology 

Audubon Society

“Birds of Northern California” by David Fix

 California Herps (Snakes, Lizards, amphibians, turtles)

California Herps

Insects

Bug Guide

Butterflies and Moths

Tide Pools

Monterey Bay Aquarium Animal Guide

California Tide Pools

Fitzgerald Marine Reserve

Rocky Shore

General 

Inaturalist

This free app created by the California Academy of Sciences allows you to upload a photo of an animal or plant from anywhere around the world and it will give identification suggestions. Submit it to be reviewed by scientists and used for research. 

library.ca.gov

Heyday Books

News from Native California

Bay Nature Magazine

A State of Change: Forgotten Landscapes of California. 2015 Laura Cunningham 

Where to take an injured or orphaned animal found in California

Museums, Botanic Gardens and Parks

Oakland Museum of California

California Academy of Sciences

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Tilden Botanic Garden

Lindsay Wildlife Museum

East Bay Regional Parks

Univesity of California Berkeley Botanic Garden

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

DONATIONS

organizations we've donated to and support

Land and Plants
SacSplash, California Native Grasslands Association, Mojave Desert Land Trust, Friends of the DunesCalifornia Native Plant Society
Save the Redwoods LeagueCalfloraSan Bruno Mountain WatchRegional Parks Botanic GardenCalifornia State Parks FoundationSave Mount DiabloCalifornia Invasive Plant CouncilCA Lichen SocietyiNaturalist

Animals
Marine Mammal Center, Ventana Wildlife Society, Suisun Wildlife Rescue Center, Sulphur Creek Nature Center, Lindsay Wildlife Experience, Center for Biological Diversity, WildcareXerces SocietyCal Raptor CenterAudubon CaliforniaCalifornia Living Museum

People
Pacific Center for Human GrowthLatino OutdoorsSogora Te' Land TrustAdvocates for Indigenous CA Language Survival, Bay Area Wilderness TrainingWishtoyo Foundation, NorCal Resist