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CalPhotos is an online database of natural history photographs, including many useful for identifying wildlife. It is maintained by the University of California. Its images are used by many universities, government agencies, websites, and others, [1] including a partnership with the Encyclopedia of Life. [2] Plant identifications are user-submitted, but a process for review and correction is available. [3]

Database organized collection of data

A database is an organized collection of data, generally stored and accessed electronically from a computer system. Where databases are more complex they are often developed using formal design and modeling techniques.

Wildlife undomesticated organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans

Wildlife traditionally refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems. Deserts, forests, rain forests, plains, grasslands and other areas including the most developed urban areas, all have distinct forms of wildlife. While the term in popular culture usually refers to animals that are untouched by human factors, most scientists agree that much wildlife is affected by human activities.

University of California public university system in California

The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-system public higher education plan, which also includes the California State University system and the California Community Colleges System.

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University of California, Berkeley Public university in California, USA

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Cherry plum species of plum

Prunus cerasifera is a species of plum known by the common names cherry plum and myrobalan plum. It is native to Southeast Europe and Western Asia, and is naturalised in the British Isles and scattered locations in North America.

<i>Allium unifolium</i> species of plant

Allium unifolium, the one-leaf onion or American garlic, is a North American species of wild onion. It is native to the coastal mountain ranges of California, Oregon, and Baja California. It grows on clay soils including serpentine, at elevations up to 1100 m.

Eurybia integrifolia, commonly called the thickstem aster, is an herbaceous perennial in the composite family. It is native to the western United States where it grows primarily in the Rocky Mountains, the Great Basin, and the Sierra Nevada in Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Oregon, Nevada, and California.

<i>Rubus ursinus</i> species of plant

Rubus ursinus is a North American species of blackberry or dewberry, known by the common names California blackberry, California dewberry, Douglas berry, Pacific blackberry, Pacific dewberry and trailing blackberry.

<i>Cirsium occidentale</i> species of plant

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<i>Corallorhiza striata</i> species of plant

Corallorhiza striata is a species of orchid known by the common names striped coralroot and hooded coralroot. This flowering plant is widespread across much of southern Canada, the northern and western United States, and Mexico. It lives in dry, decaying plant matter on the ground in pine and mixed coniferous forests, and it obtains its nutrients from fungi via mycoheterotrophy.

<i>Erigeron foliosus</i> species of plant

Erigeron foliosus, known by the common names leafy daisy and leafy fleabane, is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family.

<i>Calycoseris wrightii</i> species of plant

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<i>Amsinckia menziesii</i> species of plant

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<i>Eschscholzia rhombipetala</i> species of plant

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<i>Malus fusca</i> species of plant

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<i>Blitum californicum</i> species of plant

Blitum californicum is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family known by the common names California goosefoot and (ambiguously) "Indian lettuce".

<i>Agoseris glauca</i> species of plant

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<i>Astragalus ertterae</i> species of plant

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<i>Balsamorhiza sagittata</i> species of plant

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<i>Tolpis barbata</i> species of plant

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Free Speech Movement student protest movement at the University of California, Berkeley

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References

  1. "Who Uses CalPhotos?". calphotos.berkeley.edu. University of California . Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  2. "CalPhotos has partnered with Encyclopedia of Life to share images". calphotos.berkeley.edu. University of California . Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. "About Plant Identifications". calphotos.berkeley.edu. University of California . Retrieved 19 August 2014.