March 2005

Wildflowers

Kern, Inyo, & Tulare County Wildflowers rival any that can be found in the garden. Delicate delights for the senses, 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. 


Kern - Inyo - Tulare Wildflower Reports:

2005 WILDFLOWERS

January Photos

February Photos

March 2005

"Shell Creek Road"

April Photos

May Photos

 


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

SIMPLE CHECKLISTS

Kern Butterflies

Tulare Butterflies

Kern Dragonflies

Kern Fish

Kern Amphibians

Kern Reptiles

Kern Birds

Kern Mammals

Exotic Animals

Exotic Plants

Sensitive Species

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

AREA SPECIFIC BIRD LISTS

Birds of Buena Vista Area   

Birds of the Kern River Parkway

Birds of Hart Park

Birds Of Pin Oak Park

Birds of the Kern National Wildlife Refuge

Birds of Pixley National Wildlife Refuge

Mammals of the Pixley National Wildlife Refuge

Mammals of the Kern National Wildlife Refuge

   

ILLUSTRATED CHECKLISTS

 

Kern Butterflies

Kern Dragonflies

Kern Fish

Kern River Valley Amphibians

Kern Reptiles and Amphibians

KRP Amphibians & Reptiles

Kern Birds

Kern Mammals

Kern River Watershed Rodents

Ferns of Kern

Kern Trees


Habitats

Chaparral

Great Basin Desert  

Valley Grassland

Mojave Desert

Sierran Forest


Plants

Trees of Kern County

Ferns of Kern County  

Flora of the Kern River Preserve


WILDLIFE



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Layia platyglossa
Shell Creek Road - SLO County

27 Mar 2005

broad-leaf filaree

Erodium botrys

Shell Creek Road - SLO County

27 Mar 2005

freckled milkvetch

Astragalus lentiginosus

Shell Creek Road - SLO County

27 Mar 2005

recurved larkspur

Delphinium recurvatum
Soda Lake Road - Carrizo Plain NM

27 Mar 2005

Grass

Poaceae

Hwy 58 - SLO County

27 Mar 2005

Graceful Owl's Clover

Castilleja densiflora ssp. gracilis

Shell Creek Road - SLO County

27 Mar 2005

Kelso Creek Monkeyflower

Mimulus shevockii

Cyrus Canyon

20 Mar 2005

Owl's Clover

Castilleja exersta

Cyrus Canyon

20 Mar 2005

Purple Mat

Nama demissum

Death Valley

19 Mar 2005

Brown-eyed Evening Primrose

Camissonia claviformis

Death Valley

19 Mar 2005

Goat Head

Tribulus terrestris

Death Valley

19 Mar 2005

Golden Carpet

Gilmania luteola

Death Valley

19 Mar 2005

Wingnut Cryptantha

Cryptantha pterocarya

Towne Pass

19 Mar 2005

?

Gilia sp.

Panamint Valley

19 Mar 2005

 

 California Thistle
Cirsium occidentale var. californicum

Lower Kern River Canyon

16 Mar 2005

Sunflower Family

Genus sp.

Lower Kern River Canyon

16 Mar 2005

Sunflower Family

Genus sp.

Lower Kern River Canyon

16 Mar 2005

Valley tassels

Castilleja lineariloba
Tupman Road

14 Mar 2005

Sand-spurrey

Spergularia atrosperma
Tupman Road

14 Mar 2005

Snake's Head

Malacothrix coulteri
Tupman Road

14 Mar 2005

Hairy Purslane Speedwell
Veronica peregrina ssp. xalapensis
Hwy 58

14 Mar 2005

Alkalisink Goldfields

Lasthenia chrysantha
Lokern Road

14 Mar 2005

Kern Mallow
Eremalche parryi ssp kernensis

Lokern Road

14 Mar 2005

Cheeseweed

Malva parviflora
Hwy 58

14 Mar 2005

White Layia

Layia glandulosa

Lokern Road

14 Mar 2005

Parry's Mallow

Eremalche parryi ssp parryi

Hwy 58

14 Mar 2005

Divaricate Scorpionweed

Phacelia divaricata

Hwy 58

14 Mar 2005

Freckled Milkvetch

Astragalus lentiginosus var. nigricalycis
Soda Lake Road - Carrizo Plain NM

13 Mar 2005

Yellow Pincushion

Chaenactis glabriuscula
Soda Lake Road - Carrizo Plain NM

13 Mar 2005

Common Monolopia

Monolopia lanceolata
Soda Lake Road - Carrizo Plain NM

13 Mar 2005

Munz's Tidy-tips

Layia munzii

Soda Lake Road - Carrizo Plain NM

13 Mar 2005

Hayfield Tarweed

Hemizonia congesta
Soda Lake Road - Carrizo Plain NM

13 Mar 2005

Chick Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus
WindWolves Preserve

13 Mar 2005

California Suncup

Camissonia californica
WindWolves Preserve

13 Mar 2005

Douglas' Phacelia

Phacelia douglasii
Cerro Noroeste Road

13 Mar 2005

Desert Candle

Caulanthus inflatus

Hwy 395 Atolia San Bernardino

8 Mar 2005

California Mustard

Guillenia lasiophylla

Hwy 395 Atolia San Bernardino

8 Mar 2005

 Broad-flowered gilia
Gilia latiflora

Hwy 395 Atolia San Bernardino

8 Mar 2005

Hall's Sun-cup

Camissonia pallida ssp. hallii

Hwy 395 Atolia San Bernardino

8 Mar 2005

Royal Goldfields

Lasthenia coronaria
Hwy 395 Atolia San Bernardino

8 Mar 2005

Milk Vetch

Astragalus sp.

Hwy 395 Atolia San Bernardino

8 Mar 2005

Little Gilia

Gilia minor
Hwy 395 Atolia San Bernardino

8 Mar 2005

Whitestem Blazingstar

Mentzelia albicaulis
Hwy 395 Atolia San Bernardino

8 Mar 2005

Lacy Phacelia
Phacelia tanacetifolia

Hwy 395 Atolia San Bernardino

8 Mar 2005

Panamint Catseye

Cryptantha angustifolia
Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Desert Chicory

Rafinesquia neomexicana

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Frost Mat

Achyronychia cooperi

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Lesser Mojavea

Mohavea breviflora

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Rock Daisy

Perityle emoryi

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Gravel Ghost

Atrichoseris platyphylla

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Creosote Bush

Larrea tridentata

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Notch-leaf Phacelia

Phacelia crenulata

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Desert Gold

Geraea canescens

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Desert Threadplant

Nemacladus rubescens

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Broad-leaved Gilia

Gilia latifolia

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Tufted Poppy

Eschscholzia caespitosa
Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Desert Star

Monoptilon bellioides

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Caltha-leaf Phacelia

Phacelia calthifolia

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Holly-leaved Saltbush

Atriplex hymenelytra

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Arizona Lupine

Lupinus arizonicus

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Golden Evening Primrose

Camissonia brevipes

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Peppergrass

Lepidium sp.

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Pebble Pincushion

Chaenactis carphoclinia

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Goldfields

Lasthenia californica

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Scented Crypantha

Cryptantha utahensis

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Desert Five-spot

Eremalche rotundifolia

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Desert Iguana

Dipsosaurus dorsalis

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Desert Dandelion

Malacothrix glabrata

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Jones' Linanthus

Linanthus jonesii

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Mohave Groundsel

Senecio mohavensis
Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Cryptantha

Cryptantha sp.

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Spotted Eucrypta

Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Long-beaked Twist-flower

Streptanthella longirostris
Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Shredding Evening-Primrose

Camissonia boothii ssp. condensata

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Desert Sand Verbena

Abronia villosa

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Brown-eyed Evening Primrose

Camissonia claviformis

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

Spanish Needles

Palafoxia arida

Death Valley NP Inyo

5 Mar 2005

San Joaquin blazing star
Mentzelia pectinata
Alfred Harrell Hwy

Bakersfield Kern

2 Mar 2005

California poppy
Eschscholzia californica
Old Kern Canyon Road

2 March 2005

Eastwood's fiddleneck

Amsinckia eastwoodiae
Old Kern Canyon Road

2 March 2005

Sky Lupine
Lupinus nanus
Hwy 178 Bakersfield Kern
2 March 2005

California Mustard

Guillenia lasiophylla

Alfred Harrell Hwy

Bakersfield Kern

2 March 2005

Bird's Eye Gilia

Gilia tricolor

Old Kern Canyon Road

2 March 2005

Bermuda Buttercup

Oxalis pes-caprae

Hwy 178 Kern Canyon

2 March 2005

Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii

Old Kern Canyon Road

2 March 2005

Showy Madia

Madia radiata
Hwy 178 Kern Canyon

2 March 2005

     

Sicklepod Rock Cress

Arabis sparsiflora
Old Kern Canyon Road

2 March 2005

Western Marsh Cudweed

Gnaphalium palustre
Hwy 178 Kern Canyon

2 March 2005

Fiesta Flower

Pholistoma auritum

Hwy 178 Kern Canyon

2 March 2005

Chilicothe

Marah macrocarpus
Old Kern Canyon Road

2 March 2005

California Saxifrage

Saxifraga californica

Old Kern Canyon Road

2 March 2005

Common Chickweed
Stellaria media
Old Kern Canyon Road

2 March 2005

Fringepod

Thysanocarpus laciniatus

Hwy 178 Kern Canyon

2 March 2005

unknown

genus sp.

Old Kern Canyon Road

2 March 2005

Milkmaids

Cardamine californica
Old Kern Canyon Road

2 March 2005

Spider Lupine

Lupinus benthamii
Old Kern Canyon Road

2 March 2005

Coulter's Jewelflower

Caulanthus coulteri

Hwy 178 Kern Canyon

2 March 2005

Wild Hyacinth

Dichelostemma capitatum

Old Kern Canyon Road

2 March 2005

Miner's Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
Hwy 178 Bakersfield Kern
2 March 2005

Miniature Lupine
Lupinus bicolor
Sierra Way - Kern Valley
1 March 2005

Field Mustard

Brassica rapa

Alfred Harrell Hwy

Bakersfield Kern

2 March 2005

Lacy Phacelia
Phacelia tanacetifolia

Alfred Harrell Hwy

Bakersfield Kern

2 March 2005

Scale Bud
Anisocoma acaulis
Kelso Creek - Weldon - Kern

1 Mar 2005

Sierra Tidytips
Layia pentachaeta ssp. albida

Hwy 178 Bakersfield Kern
2 March 2005


Slender Keel Fruit
Tropidocarpum gracile
Kelso Creek - Weldon - Kern

1 Mar 2005

Yellowthroats

Phacelia bicolor
Kelso Creek - Weldon - Kern

1 Mar 2005

Slender Phlox

Phlox gracilis

Sierra Way - Kern Valley
1 March 2005

Caterpillar Phacelia
Phacelia cicutaria
Old Kern Canyon

2 March 2005

White Fiesta Flower
Pholistoma membranaceum
Sierra Way - Kern Valley
1 March 2005

Thistle Sage

Salvia carduacea

Sierra Way - Kern Valley
1 March 2005

Cow Clover
Trifolium wormskioldii
Sierra Way - Kern Valley
1 March 2005

Buckwheat

Eriogonum sp.

Sierra Way - Kern Valley
1 March 2005

Globe Gilia
Gilia capitata

Sierra Way - Kern Valley
1 March 2005

Evening Snow

Linanthus dichotomus

Sierra Way - Kern Valley
1 March 2005

Wallace's Eriophyllum

Eriophyllum wallaceii
Sierra Way - Kern Valley
1 March 2005

Pringle's Woolysunflower
Eriophyllum pringlei

Kelso Creek - Weldon - Kern

1 Mar 2005

Checker Fiddleneck
Amsinckia tessellata
Hwy 178 - Kern Canyon

1 Mar 2005

Chia
Salvia columbariae
Hwy 178 - Kern Canyon
1 Mar 2005

mustard

genus sp.

Kelso Creek - Weldon - Kern

1 Mar 2005

Bishop's Lotus

Lotus strigosus

Sierra Way - Kern Valley
1 March 2005

Popcorn flower
Cryptantha sp.

Kelso Creek - Weldon - Kern

1 Mar 2005

storksbill filaree
Erodium cicutarium

Kelso Creek - Weldon - Kern

1 Mar 2005

flower

genus species

Kelso Creek - Weldon - Kern

1 Mar 2005

Joshua Tree

Yucca brevifolia

Kelso Creek - Weldon - Kern

1 Mar 2005

KC-10A refueling an FA-22 accompanied by 2-F-16s

1 Mar 2005

Bird's Eye
Veronica persica
Hart Park - Bakersfield - Kern

2 Mar 2005

Dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
Hart Park - Bakersfield - Kern

2 Mar 2005

bur-clover

Medicago polymorpha


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