Through Craig Park to Arboretum

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Bike ride through Craig Park to CSUF Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange Co., CA, January 31, 2009

The lake in Craig Park on my bike ride	Mallards, American wigeons, wood ducks, coots	Image Caption
Wood duck male	Mallard males	Brandt's (?) cormorant and American coots
Image Caption	Leaving Craig Park	Cycad in Arboretum
cycad	Image Caption	Aloysia macrostachya (Verbenacea) - Native to Coahuila to Tamaulipas & San Luis Potosí
Ombu (Phytolacca dioica x weberbauri; Phytolaccaceae)	This ombu tree is a hybrid between species native to the eastern and western sides of the Andes	Ombu
The sign said coral aloe or Aloe striata (South Africa) but this does not look like images of this species that I found	Image Caption	Rose cactus (Pereskia grandifolia) - Brazil
Rose cactus fruit	Rose cactus fruit - Most fruits were on the ground. See here for this same plant in a previous December	Image Caption
Close-up of bush in next image	In Channel Island section of the arboretum	Image Caption
King palm (Archontophoenix cunninghamiana; Arecaceae) from Australia is used in landscaping throughout the warm temperate parts of the world	Snowy egret above marsh with redwing blackbirds	Image Caption