Caliente Bodfish Twin Oaks Lorraine turnoff © Alison Sheehey

February 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

 


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)

Carol Leigh's California Wildflower Hotsheet

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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Narrow-leaf Suncup

Camissonia refracta

Rancheria Road Bakersfield

21 Feb 2005

Western Marsh Cudweed

Gnaphalium palustre
Hwy 178 Bakersfield

21 Feb 2005

Hairy False Goldenaster

Heterotheca villosa
Hwy 178 Bakersfield

21 Feb 2005

San Joaquin blazing star

Mentzelia pectinata

Rancheria Road Bakersfield

21 Feb 2005

Showy Madia

Madia radiata
Hwy 178 Bakersfield

21 Feb 2005

Coulter's Jewelflower

Caulanthus coulteri

Hwy 178 Bakersfield

21 Feb 2005

Sierra Tidytips

Layia pentachaeta ssp. albida

Bena Road

14 Feb 2005

Charlock Mustard
Sinapis arvensis
Bena Road

14 Feb 2005

Sky Lupine

Lupinus nanus

Bena Road

14 Feb 2005

Chaparral Nightshade
Solanum xanti
Caliente Road

14 Feb 2005

Canyon Gooseberry
Ribes menziesii ?
Caliente/Bodfish Road

14 Feb 2005

Divaricate Scorpionweed
Phacelia divaricata
Bena Road

14 Feb 2005

San Joaquin Milk-vetch
Astragalus asymmetricus
Bena Road

14 Feb 2005

Miner's Lettuce

Claytonia perfoliata
Bena Road

14 Feb 2005

Spring Gold
Lomatium utriculatum
Bena Road

14 Feb 2005

Field Mustard
Brassica rapa
Rosedale Hwy - Bakersfield

11 Feb 2005

Common Chickweed

Stellaria media
Rosedale Hwy - Bakersfield

11 Feb 2005

Prickly Snow-thistle

Sonchus asper ssp. asper

Rosedale Hwy - Bakersfield

11 Feb 2005

Eastwood's fiddleneck

Amsinckia eastwoodiae
Hwy 178 - Kern Canyon

11 Feb 2005

western chamomile

Chamomilla occidentalis

Rosedale Hwy - Bakersfield

11 Feb 2005

hedge mustard

Sisymbrium officinale

Rosedale Hwy - Bakersfield

11 Feb 2005

Wild Radish
Raphanus sativus
Rosedale Hwy - Bakersfield

11 Feb 2005

Wild Radish
Raphanus sativus
Rosedale Hwy - Bakersfield

11 Feb 2005

Wild Radish
Raphanus sativus
Rosedale Hwy - Bakersfield

11 Feb 2005

California poppy

Eschscholzia californica
Sierra Way - Kern Valley

8 Feb 2005

Caterpillar Phacelia

Phacelia cicutaria

Sierra Way - Kern Valley

8 Feb 2005

Globe Gilia
Gilia capitata
Sierra Way - Kern Valley

8 Feb 2005

Silver Lupine

Lupinus albifrons

Sierra Way - Kern Valley

8 Feb 2005

Bishop Lotus

Lotus strigosus

Sierra Way - Kern Valley

8 Feb 2005

Spider Lupine

Lupinus benthamii

Sierra Way - Kern Valley

8 Feb 2005

Cow Clover

Trifolium wormskioldii
Sierra Way - Kern Valley

8 Feb 2005

Miniature Lupine

Lupinus bicolor

Sierra Way - Kern Valley

8 Feb 2005

Fremont's Pincushion

Chaenactis fremontii

Sierra Way - Kern Valley

8 Feb 2005

Desert Sand Verbena

Abronia villosa
Short Canyon - north Kern Desert

6 Feb 2005

Scale Bud

Anisocoma acaulis

Short Canyon - north Kern Desert

6 Feb 2005

Checker Fiddleneck

Amsinckia tessellata

Short Canyon - north Kern Desert

6 Feb 2005

Slender Keel Fruit

Tropidocarpum gracile
Sand Canyon - north Kern Desert

6 Feb 2005

White Fiesta Flower

Pholistoma membranaceum
Short Canyon - north Kern Desert

6 Feb 2005

Popcorn flower

Cryptantha sp.

Short Canyon - north Kern Desert

6 Feb 2005

Evening Primrose

Camissonia sp.

Sand Canyon - north Kern Desert

6 Feb 2005

Chia

Salvia columbariae

Short Canyon - north Kern Desert

6 Feb 2005

 Broad-flowered gilia
Gilia latiflora

Sand Canyon - north Kern Desert

6 Feb 2005

California Spectacle Pod

Dithyrea californica

Sand Canyon - north Kern Desert

6 Feb 2005

Bajada Lupine

Lupinus concinnus

Sand Canyon - north Kern Desert

6 Feb 2005

Popcorn flower

Cryptantha sp.

Sand Canyon - north Kern Desert

6 Feb 2005

Cooper's jewel-flower

Caulanthus cooperi

Sand Canyon - north Kern Desert

6 Feb 2005

Fremont's Phacelia

Phacelia fremontii

Sand Canyon - north Kern Desert

6 Feb 2005

Fremont's Phacelia

Phacelia fremontii

Sand Canyon - north Kern Desert

6 Feb 2005

Wallace's Wooly Daisy

Eriophyllum wallacei

Sand Canyon - north Kern Desert

6 Feb 2005

Baby Blue Eye's

Nemophila menziesii
Hwy 155 - Sequoia NF Lake Isabella visitor center

4 Feb 2005

Goldfields

Lasthenia californica

Hwy 155 - Sequoia NF Lake Isabella visitor center

4 Feb 2005

Bird's Eye
Veronica persica
Hart Park Bakersfield

2 Feb 2005

Miner's Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
Alfred Harrell Hwy Bakersfield

2 Feb 2005

bird's eye gilia

Gilia tricolor

Alfred Harrell Hwy Bakersfield

2 Feb 2005

small-flowered fiddleneck

Amsinckia menziesii

Alfred Harrell Hwy Bakersfield

2 Feb 2005

California mustard

Guillenia lasiophylla

Alfred Harrell Hwy Bakersfield

2 Feb 2005

common groundsel

Senecio vulgaris

Alfred Harrell Hwy Bakersfield

2 Feb 2005

blue dicks

Dichelostemma capitatum
Alfred Harrell Hwy Bakersfield

2 Feb 2005

lacy phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

Alfred Harrell Hwy Bakersfield

2 Feb 2005

bladderpod

Isomeris arborea

Alfred Harrell Hwy Bakersfield

2 Feb 2005

dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Hart Park Bakersfield

2 Feb 2005

Henbit
Lamium amplexicaule
Hart Park Bakersfield

2 Feb 2005

shepherd's purse

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Hart Park Bakersfield

2 Feb 2005

storksbill filaree

Erodium cicutarium

Alfred Harrell Hwy Bakersfield

2 Feb 2005

peppergrass

Lepidium densiflorum

Alfred Harrell Hwy Bakersfield

2 Feb 2005

London rocket

Sisymbrium irio

Alfred Harrell Hwy Bakersfield

2 Feb 2005

 

 

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