

PHOTO: CJ Fast and Fresh Grand Opening
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A quick rustle in the leaves and this yellow-striped racer had a fence lizard meal in its stretchy jaws.
Comarostaphylis diversifolia is a species of shrub in the heath family known by the common name “Summer holly.” Native to Southern California and Northern Baja California’s coastal chaparral habitat, it grows slowly to 12 inches tall and 8 feet wide or slightly larger.
Butterfly Mint Bush, (Monardella antonina), a California native plant, is a real butterfly magnet.