Wildwood Regional Park, west end of Avenida de los Arboles, Thousand Oaks: Look for shooting star, cow parsnip, chocolate lily, slender coreopsis, gold field, prickly phlox, flowering gooseberry, white stem filaree, bladder pod, Indian paintbrush.

The ground may be covered in several layers of vegetation that range from grasses to six-foot-high stalks of Ligustium or, in moister areas, cow parsnip.

The "National Audubon Society First Field Guides Series" will enable young nature enthusiasts to easily identify and distinguish bird species such as the Great Blue Heron, the Horned Puffin and the Cattle Egret; rocks and minerals including Sandstone, Pyrite, and Emerald; species of insects such as the Praying Mantis, the Giant Waterbug and the American Snout Butterfly; and wildflowers including Blackfoot Daisies, Rattlesnake Weed, and Cow Parsnip just to name a few.