Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Bird. California quail. Callipepla californica. 1931. [4] Colors. Blue and gold. Blue represents the sky, and gold represents the color of the precious metal found by forty-niners in the state's hills. 1951.
Methuselah is a 4,855-year-old [1] Great Basin bristlecone pine ( Pinus longaeva) tree growing high in the White Mountains of Inyo County in eastern California. [2] [3] It is recognized as the non- clonal tree with the greatest confirmed age in the world. [4] The tree's name refers to the biblical patriarch Methuselah, who is said to have ...
The state flower of California. Douglas iris ( Iris douglasiana) and 'Pacific Coast' hybrids. Monkeyflower e.g.: Mimulus aurantiacus, Mimulus guttatus, Mimulus cardinalis and cultivars. Columbine ( Aquilegia spp.) Coyote mint ( Monardella spp.)
Eschscholzia californica. Cham. Eschscholzia californica, the California poppy, golden poppy, California sunlight or cup of gold, is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to the United States and Mexico. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant flowering in summer (spring in southern Australia), with showy cup-shaped ...
The California quail ( Callipepla californica ), also known as the California valley quail or Valley quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. These birds have a curving crest or plume, made of six feathers, that droops forward: black in males and brown in females; the flanks are brown with white streaks.
Umbellularia californica is a large hardwood tree native to coastal forests and the Sierra foothills of California, and to coastal forests extending into Oregon. [2] It is endemic to the California Floristic Province. It is the sole species in the genus Umbellularia . The tree was formerly known as Oreodaphne californica. [3]
Individual trees within California — named landmark trees within the state of the Western United States. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Interesting Facts for Kids. 66. Scotland's national animal is a unicorn. ... 118. The world's largest pizza was made in Los Angeles, California, in 2023. ... Giant sequoia trees in California can ...