Botanist with an interest in California-endemic plants and native communities. Interested in conservation biology and community ecology. Some knowledge of basidiomycete taxa, eager to learn more about birds, amphibians, reptiles, and insects.

Currently interested in differentiating local (Monterey Bay Region) Arctostaphylos, Quercus, Diplacus, and other tricky genera (Lupinus, Eriogonum, etc).

My notifications (@yerbasanta) were off until late October 2022, so if I missed your message or request for ID, it was not intentional! Feel free to tag me on observations in the Monterey Bay area.

Search tags for self:
https://www.inaturalist.org/comments?commit=Search&q=@yerbasanta

Search comments by self:
https://www.inaturalist.org/comments?mine=true

Search comments by self by topic (replace 'gall' with search term):
https://www.inaturalist.org/comments?mine=true&commit=Search&q=gall

Annotating old observations for flowering/not QUICKLINK:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?reviewed=true&quality_grade=needs_id%2Cresearch%2Ccasual&order_by=random&user_id=yerbasanta&without_term_id=12&taxon_id=47125

IDing old observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?order=asc&photos&place_id=any&quality_grade=needs_id&subview=map&user_id=yerbasanta&verifiable=any

LEAF GALLS
list by plant species host: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/california-plants-with-mystery-galls/journal/39523-california-galls-a-host-plant-list-with-links
searchable database by plant host: https://www.gallformers.org/gall/3951

ID Fort Ord: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&project_id=fort-ord-flora-and-fauna&quality_grade=needs_id&subview=map

Burned Landscapes of California (ADD observations manually):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?created_d1=2020-01-01&has%5B%5D=photos&not_in_project=burned-landscapes-of-california&place_id=14&project_id=czu-lightning-complex-fire-perimeter&verifiable=any&iconic_taxa=Plantae

Leaf morphology (glossary):
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Leaf_morphology.svg

eJepson (taxonomic keys in CA): https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/

CalFlora (search by county for species presence/absence): https://calflora.org

Taxonomy discussions reference:

QUERCUS
https://www.inaturalist.org/check_lists/70764-Fagaceae-of-California--US

DIPLACUS
Diplacus I (Forum): https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/18699-diplacus-dilemma-in-california-area
Diplacus II (Taxon changes I):https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/39636
Diplacus III (Discussion) :https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/18612-observation-of-the-month-red-sticky-monkeyflower-diplacus-puniceus-phrymaceae
Diplacus IV (Taxon changes II: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/37711
Diplacus V (Section Diplacus):https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/777236-Diplacus

Diplacus Key: https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_keys.php?key=11356
Diplacus ID help: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?reviewed=any&quality_grade=needs_id%2Cresearch&page=3&verifiable=true&taxon_id=777236&rank=section

LUPINUS
https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_keys.php?key=9370