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iNatting Sheba Ridge in the South Chilcotin Mountains Provincial Park, BC

The South Chilcotin Mountains Provincial Park is a truly wonderful place to explore, botanize, and connect with nature. On this first backpacking trip in the park of 2020 we found oodles of flower, insect and mammal life lucky to call this place home. Can’t wait to return!

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Eeeeeee! What a CUTIE! It was so exciting to observe this Desert Banded Gecko, Coleonyx variegatus ssp. variegatus on yesterday's morning walk. What a TREAT! 
Gosh these have to be the FUNKIEST plants in the desert. Or at least in the running for the top spot. I just love these big goofy Ocotillos SO MUCH!
Just another incredible desert-dwelling Angiosperm! This Ratany, believed to be Krameria bicolor, (White Ratany) is truly a stunner! WOWZA! 
Ghost Flower (Mohavea confertiflora) is definitely in the runnings for my favorite desert-dwelling flower I've found so far. Its totally BANANAS that this plant was flourishing in such a gravely dry spot, seemingly blooming out of crusty dust. So neat.
💛Eeeee! What gorgeous little yellow flowers! I've seen the Desert Trumpet (Eriogonum inflatum) in a couple of dry habitats throughout California, but never flowering before! The delicate hairy flowers and lovely exerted stamens are so scrumptiously golden yellowy-green but so teeeeeny tiny!
Oooo baby look at those fluffy ears! So big! So fluffers!

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