He’s out to photograph every native plant in L.A. County — 750 down, 1,840 to go March 21, 2024 Home Explore The Naturalist's Journal He’s out to photograph every native plant in L.A. County — 750 down, 1,840 to go Share FacebookTwitterEmail Smith is a man on a noble mission some might call quixotic: to find and photograph every plant — a mere 2,590 — that grows natively in Los Angeles County.