J20151001-0056—Fremontodendron decumbens—RPBG

Fremontodendron decumbens—Pine Hill flannelbush. Included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere). The species is also listed by the State of California as Rare and by the Federal Government as 'Endangered '. Nearly all plants are found in the Pine Hill Ecological Reserve in El Dorado county not far from Sacramento. The seeds are dispersed by harvester ants and require fire for gemination. The specimen photographed often blooms in autumn as well as spring. The beetle is a western cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata tenella). Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.

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