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“He’s controversial, kind of like Joe Rogan,” Smith said, “But in terms of getting young people, especially young men, to love native plants, his overall effect on the plant community has been really good. He’s a big proponent of self-education and going on Google Scholar to read source material. I hadn’t studied science since high school, but learning about things like the California Floristic Province blew my mind, and asking professional scientists questions on iNaturalist ... my interest in being a citizen scientist really took off.”

With nearly 7,000 native plants in the biodiverse zone known as the California Floristic Province, many of which have been introduced into horticulture, landscapers have a wealth of options for every purpose.

One is an airborne survey of biodiversity in South Africa’s Greater Cape Floristic Region, home to 20% of the continent’s plant species.

As “Wild L.A.” notes, the city is part of the California Floristic Province, which extends from southern Oregon to Baja California.

Trump’s proclamation noted President Clinton had declared the Utah wilderness “one of the richest floristic regions in the Intermountain West.”