Sunday, April 14, 2019

SHAVER'S VALLEY: 3/15/19 (E. Riverside County, CA)

Off Frontage Road Exit I-10

Returning from our trip to the Desert Lily Sanctuary on 3/15/19, we stopped by Shaver's Valley off Frontage Road on the I-10. Well before we approached the Frontage Road exit we saw a fire in the distance and couldn't pinpoint its source or location at the time, but got more info from an article I came across about it the day after. This 564-acre fire started near Lincoln St. at Ave. 68, fueled by mulch piles, tamarisk trees and desert brush. As it was late in the day we only spent about 45 minutes there. Lots of Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) and Arizona Lupine (Lupinus arizonicus) carpeting the landscape in hues of yellow and purple. Also added another lifer to my list: Pygmy Cedar (Peucephyllum schottii)!

Mecca fire


Mecca Fire 


I-10E 


 Shaver's Valley off Frontage Road

Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa


 Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa)

 Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) and Arizona Lupine (Lupinus arizonicus)

Notch-Leaved Phacelia (Phacelia crenulata


 Shaver's Valley off Frontage Road


Thomas Buckwheat (Eriogonum thomasii


Bearded Cryptantha (Cryptantha barbigera


 Chia (Salvia columbariae)


Mecca fire still going strong 

Mecca fire


Mecca fire 





Cheese Bush (Ambrosia salsola


 Cheese Bush (Ambrosia salsola





Whispering Bells (Emmenanthe penduliflora


Little Gold Poppy (Eschscholzia minutiflora


 Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) and Arizona Lupine (Lupinus arizonicus)

Yellow Cups (Chylismia brevipes


 Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) and Arizona Lupine (Lupinus arizonicus)

 Common Phacelia (Phacelia distans)


California Barrel Cactus (Ferrocactus cylindraceus)


 Spiny Hopsage (Grayia spinosa)


Desert Chicory (Rafinesquia neomexicana


 Gas pump station off Frontage Road


Pygmy Cedar (Peucephyllum schottii)


I-10W nearing Cactus City rest area

I-10W approaching Dillon Rd.


Windmills off I-10W under a carpet of yellow Desert Dandelions.


Windmills off I-10W


Windmills off I-10W. Beautiful wildflowers in orange and purple, carpeting the hillsides.


Windmills off I-10W


Windmills off I-10W

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