Botany A peek inside Peninsula plants

Published 10:26 am Tuesday, July 21, 2015

By Staff reports

Grindelia integrifolia, or gumweed, is a flowering plant in the daisy family that grows in marshes and on beaches. Yellow disc florets fill the center of the flower head and there is a fringe of yellow ray florets around the circumference. The head produces an abundant sticky white sap-like substance, especially in the early stages of blooming, which has a gummy texture.

PENINSULA — The ferns, grasses, bushes, vines and trees of south Pacific County have reached quick maturity in these warm, dry days of summer.

Pacific County, usually riotously green, joined the majority of the state in being officially classified as suffering “Severe Drought.” But that doesn’t mean everything has dried up and turned brown — not yet.

These photos, lit both from below and above, are portraits of some familiar, thriving plants. We usually pass them by without a glance, but each has subtle beauty when closely examined.

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