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Still lots of color on the North Access trail to Toms Thumb so get it while you can!
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what’s blooming in the north preserve
Almost nine miles (8.64) of hiking in the North Preserve yesterday revealed wildflowers galore! The same but more of what I posted on March 6th and March 7th along with new sightings. There were some nice large areas of Poppies and Lupine on the Tom’s Thumb trail but we got there before they opened. They were scarce in the Rock Knob area but I definitely see evidence of plants so it may the last area to pop out.
Photographers FYI: Most Preserve flowers are VERY small so take a macro lens.
Click on Image for Slideshow of almost everything I saw yesterday:
Tech stuff: Canon 7D with Canon 100 Macro, ISO 100, f/2.8, 1/1500 sec
wildflower report
I scouted for wildflowers on the Toms Thumb trail yesterday morning. With the temps climbing, there are now lots of blooms and many species on the verge of blooming. In bloom were: Combseed, Fiddleneck,Cryptantha, Arizona Popcorn Flower, Storkbill Filaree, Blue Fiesta Flower, Deer Vetch, Lacepod, 2 kinds of Mustard, Miners Lettuce, Yellow Throated Gilia, Chia, Birch Leaf Mountain Mahogany, Ragged Rockflower, Perennial Rockcress, Lupine and POPPIES!
Here are just a few photos:
Poppies
Poppy
Lupine
Bluedick
wildflowers spotted
Conditions are looking good for another banner year of wildflowers! A heavy frost would be our only enemy. Below are some early flowers I saw on the MSC hike this morning. Also seen but not pictured are Chuparosa, Fiddleneck and Cryptantha. Most flowers are teeny, tiny so you need to keep a sharp eye out for them!
Brittlebush and Lupine
This scene of Brittlebush with Lupine looked like a painting to me so I used Photoshop to accentuate that.
Lupine
Wildflowers are still hanging on! Yesterday I concentrated on Lupine.
Lupine and Poppies
A little cloud cover made the colors pop. The wind, however, was a challenge. Photoshop art filters were perfect for this scene.
Desert Wildflowers
Our Death Valley road trip was awesome but better yet was that the wildflowers held on til we got home!