A very wet winter season this year portends well for the desert areas here in Southern California. On March 4th, we headed out to Shaver's Valley in Eastern Riverside County, about 130 miles from Murrieta, to check out the blooms. It was a pleasant day, around 70F at 1:30pm, and just a tad hazy -perfect lighting for photographing wildflowers. Lots of greenery on site indicating that peak bloom is yet to come.
White Bursage (Ambrosia dumosa)
Cheesebush (Ambrosia salsola)
Desert Lavender (Hyptis emoryi)
Pale Suncup (Camissoniopsis pallida)
Diamond/Pencil Cholla (Cylindropuntia ramosissima)
Diamond/Pencil Cholla (Cylindropuntia ramosissima)
Desert Star (Monoptilon bellioides)
Desert Star (Monoptilon bellioides)
These look like mule deer tracks along a sandy wash - how cool is that?
Desert Chicory (Rafinesquia neomexicana)
Whoa, is that a shroom?
Brown-Eyed Evening Primrose (Chylismia claviformis)
Brown-Eyed Evening Primrose (Chylismia claviformis)
Brown-Eyed Evening Primrose (Chylismia claviformis)
Turkey Vultures riding the thermals overhead
Shredding Suncup/Booth's Evening Primrose (Eremothera boothii ssp. condensata)
Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris)
Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris)
Chuparosa (Justicia californica)
California Fagonia (Fagonia laevis)
Little Gold Poppy (Eschscholzia minutiflora)
Jones' Desert Trumpet (Linanthus jonesii)
Thick-leaved Ground Cherry (Physalis crassifolia)
Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata)
Chia (Salvia columbariae)
Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa)
Desert Gold Poppy (Eschscholzia glyptosperma)
Ocotillo (Fouqueria splendens)
Notch-leaved Phacelia (Phacelia crenulata)
Common Phacelia (Phacelia distans)
Golden Suncup (Chylismia brevipes)
California Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus)
Purple Mat (Nama demissum)
Yellowhead (Trichoptilium incisum)
Golden Suncup (Chylismia brevipes)
Engelmann Hedgehog (Echinocereus engelmannii)
Gilia ssp.
Desert Marigolds (Baileya multiradiata) off I-10W 2 miles from Dillon Road exit
Desert Marigolds (Baileya multiradiata) off I-10W 2 miles from Dillon Road exit
Desert Marigolds (Baileya multiradiata) off I-10W 2 miles from Dillon Road exit
Dirt track off Frontage Road south of I-10 next to SoCal Gas Company's pump station
Gas pump station
We parked about a mile up the offroad track.
Addy is intrigued
Gil with our fur babies, Sasha & Addy
Stonehenge?
3 peas in a pod.
Oooh! Modelo cervezaensis!
View of the Orocopia Mountains.
Orocopia Mountains
Orocopia Mountains
Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens), full of buds but not yet in bloom
More Ocotillos
3/4/17 Curvenut Combseed (Pectocarya recurvata)
3/4/17 Bearded Cryptantha (Cryptantha barbigera)
3/4/17 Bearded Cryptantha (Cryptantha barbigera)
Desert Star (Monoptilon bellioides)
Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis)
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