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For every observation of a California poppy or a ground squirrel, there are three western fence lizards.

Here’s a primer for newbies who complain that Southern California has no seasons: You know it’s spring when our orange California poppies start to bloom and the garden tours begin.

At Los Padres National Forest along the Central California coast, swaths of California poppies, California buttercups, purple shooting stars and goldfields fill the slopes.

Also, the California poppy is just one of several types of poppy in the state.

He’s a California poppy chulo, Every pollinator that you know wants to get a little piece of that c—