March 2004

Wildflowers


2004 WILDFLOWERS

February

March

April

June

July

Kern & Tulare County Wildflowers rival any that can be found in the garden. Delicate delights for the eyes and nose, you are invited to experience the wondrous vistas awaiting with our spectacular year-round shows. Although spring is best. All year you can find amazing floral treats. 


Spring Wildlife


WILDFLOWER HOTLINES

Carrizo Plain - Goodwin Education Center

Desert Wildflower Watch

Red Rock Canyon State Park

Death Valley National Park Wildflowers

Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve Wildflower Hotline (661) 724-1180

Gorman/Tejon Pass
Hungry Valley Ranger Station (661) 248-7007

Fort Tejon Ranger Station (661) 248-6692

Kern County Wildflower Hotline (800) 500-KERN (starting end of March/early April)

Theodore Payne Foundation Wildflower Hotline

PLACES TO VISIT

Southern California Wildflower sites

Identifying California Wildflowers

CalFlora - $10 per year

CalPhotos Plants

California Academy of Science Wildflower Online Encyclopedia

Death Valley Plants

Photographs of Chaparral, Desert, and Mountain Wildflowers

The Jepson Manual Higher Plants of California

Almaden Wildflowers

A series of simple checklists for use in the field

All photos by Alison Sheehey ©  Nature Ali  All rights reserved. 


Kern - Inyo - Tulare Wildflower Reports: 2003 Wildflower Season Reports


2003 Nature Ali Wildflower Pages

February Wildflowers

Early March Wildflowers

Late March Wildflowers

Early April Wildflowers

Late April Wildflowers

Early May Wildflowers

Late May Wildflowers

Early June Wildflowers

Late June Wildflowers

Early July Wildflowers

Late July Wildflowers

August Wildflowers

September Wildflowers

October Wildflowers


Places

Summer 2003 Thunderstorms - Piute Mountains - Stony Meadow - Brush Creek Overlook - Mushrooms

Kern County Spring Landscapes


Habitats

Chaparral     Great Basin Desert   Valley Grassland    Mojave Desert    Sierran Forest


Plants

Trees of Kern County   Ferns of Kern County   Wildflower Photos     Flora of the Kern River Preserve


WILDLIFE



Woodland Star

Lithophragma sp.

Keyesville

25 Mar 04

Western Wallflower
Erysimum capitatum

Keyesville

25 Mar 04

Lupine

Lupine sp.

Keyesville

25 Mar 04

Evening Primrose
Oenothera californica
Short Canyon

21 Mar 04

Purple Mat
Nama demissum
Short Canyon

21 Mar 04

Evening Snow
Linanthus dichotomus
Short Canyon

21 Mar 04

Beavertail Cactus
Opuntia basilaris
Short Canyon

21 Mar 04

Desert Alyssum

Lepidium fremontii 

Short Canyon

21 Mar 04

Desert Mallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Short Canyon

21 Mar 04

Mojave Sun Cup

Camissonia campestris
Migrant Corner Trail

21 Mar 04

Rock Cress
Arabis sparsiflora var. arcuata
Short Canyon

21 Mar 04

Desert Larkspur
Delphinium parishii
Short Canyon

21 Mar 04

Spanish Bayonet

Yucca whippleyi

Short Canyon

21 Mar 04

Desert Paintbrush
Castilleja angustifolia

Short Canyon

21 Mar 04

Cobweb Thistle
Circium occidentale
Short Canyon

21 Mar 04

Tomcat Clover

Trifolium willdenovii

Kern Canyon

19 Mar 04

California Blackberry

Rubus ursinus
Kern Canyon

19 Mar 04

Fiesta Flower
Pholistoma auritum var. auritum

Kern Canyon

19 Mar 04

Common Madia

 Madia elegans

Kern Canyon

19 Mar 04

Bermuda Buttercup
Oxalis pes-caprae

Kern Canyon

19 Mar 04

White Phacelia
Phacelia cicutaria

Kern Canyon

19 Mar 04

White Layia
Layia glandulosa
Kern Canyon

19 Mar 04

Fiddleneck
Amsinckia tesselata

Kern Canyon

19 Mar 04

Common Deerweed
Lotus scoparius

Kern Canyon

19 Mar 04

Peppergrass

Lepidium densiflorum

Migrant Corner Trail

14 Mar 04

Lacy Phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

Sierra Way Hillside

14 Mar 04

Limestone Dudleya

Dudleya calcicola
Migrant Corner Trail

14 Mar 04

Slender-flowered gilia

Gilia tenuiflora

Migrant Corner Trail

14 Mar 04

Oak Gooseberry

Ribes quercetorum

Migrant Corner Trail

14 Mar 04

Desert Pincushion

Chaenactis fremontii

Sierra Way Hillside

14 Mar 04

Cream Cups 
Platystemon californicus

Migrant Corner Trail

14 Mar 04

Miner's Lettuce

Claytonia perfoliata

Migrant Corner Trail

14 Mar 04

Evening Snow

Linanthus dichotomus

Migrant Corner Trail

14 Mar 04

Chia

Salvia columbaria

Kern River Preserve

14 Mar 04

Forget-me-not

Cryptantha micrantha

Migrant Corner Trail

14 Mar 04

Slender Keel Fruit

Tropidocarpum gracile

Migrant Corner Trail

14 Mar 04

Broadleaf Birdsfoot Trefoil

Lotus corniculatus

Migrant Corner Trail

14 Mar 04

Bigelow's Tickseed

Coreopsis bigelovii

Sierra Way Hillside

14 Mar 04

Yellow Comet

Mentzelia affinis

Sierra Way Hillside

14 Mar 04

Lupine

Lupinus albifrons

Sierra Way Hillside

14 Mar 04

Globe Gilia

Gilia capitata

Sierra Way Hillside

14 Mar 04

Granite Monkeyflower

Mimulus floribundus

Migrant Corner Trail

14 Mar 04

Thistle Sage

Salvia carduaceae

Sierra Way Hillside

14 Mar 04

California figwort

Scrophularia californica

Migrant Corner Trail

14 Mar 04

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

Sierra Way Hillside

14 Mar 04

Brown-eyed Evening Primrose
Camissonia claviformis ssp. claviformis
Kelso Valley Road

13 Mar 04

Slender Phlox

Phlox gracilis
Jawbone Canyon Road

13 Mar 04

Bladderpod
Isomeris arborea

Jawbone Canyon Road

13 Mar 04

Yellowthroats

Phacelia fremontii

Kelso Valley Road

13 Mar 04

Kelso Creek Monkeyflower

Mimulus shevockii

Kelso Valley Road

13 Mar 04

Pringle's Woollysunflower
Eriophyllum pringlei
Kelso Valley Road

13 Mar 04

White leaf Manzanita

Arctostaphylos manzanita

Sierra Way

12 Mar 04

Scale Bud

Anisocoma acaulis

Kelso Valley Road

13 Mar 04

White Tidy Tips
Layia glandulosa
Kelso Valley Road

13 Mar 04

Red Maids
Calandrinia ciliata

Sierra Way

12 Mar 04

Popcorn Flower
Cryptantha dumetorum
Sierra Way

12 Mar 04

California Man-root
Marah fabaceus

Sierra Way

12 Mar 04

Bird's Eye Gilia

Gilia tricolor

Sierra Way

12 Mar 04

Owl's Clover

Castilleja exserta

Sierra Way

12 Mar 04

Coulter's Jewelflower

Caulanthus coulteri

Sierra Way

12 Mar 04

Miniature Lupine
Lupinus bicolor

Sierra Way

12 Mar 04

Blue Dicks

Dichelostemma capitatum

Sierra Way

12 Mar 04

Silver Birdsfoot Trefoil

Lotus argophyllus
Sierra Way

12 Mar 04

Goldfields

Lasthenia californica

Rancheria Road

4 Mar 04

Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii

Rancheria Road

4 Mar 04

Bigseed Biscuitroot

Lomatium macrocarpum
Rancheria Road

4 Mar 04

Douglas' Phacelia

Phacelia douglasii
Rancheria Road

4 Mar 04

White Fiesta Flower

Pholistoma membranaceum

Rancheria Road

4 Mar 04

Annual Mountain Dandelion

Agoseris heterophylla
Rancheria Road

4 Mar 04

Eastwood's Fiddleneck

Amsinckia eastwoodiae
Rancheria Road

4 Mar 04

Milkvetch

Astragalus sp.
Rancheria Road

4 Mar 04

Blue Dicks

Dichelostemma capitatum

Rancheria Road

4 Mar 04

Shepherd's Purse

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Rancheria Road

4 Mar 04

Tumbling mustard

Sisymbrium altissimum

Rancheria Road

4 Mar 04

Hedge Mustard

Sisymbrium officinale

Rancheria Road

4 Mar 04

Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium bellum

CALM

4 Mar 04

Manzanita

Arctostaphylos sp.

CALM

4 Mar 04

Western Redbud

Cercis occidentalis

CALM

4 Mar 04

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