January 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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Bishop Lotus
Lotus strigosus
Old Kern Canyon Road

31 Jan 2005

California poppy

Eschscholzia californica
Old Kern Canyon Road

31 Jan 2005

oak gooseberry

Ribes quercetorum

Old Kern Canyon Road

31 Jan 2005

slender keel fruit
Tropidocarpum gracile
Old Kern Canyon Road

31 Jan 2005

moth

Old Kern Canyon Road

31 Jan 2005

red maids

Calandrinia ciliata
Old Kern Canyon Road

31 Jan 2005

Miner's Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
Old Kern Canyon Road

31 Jan 2005

moss

Hwy 178 near mouth of Canyon

31 Jan 2005

white fiesta flower

Pholistoma membranaceum
Hwy 178 near mouth of Canyon

31 Jan 2005

Bermuda Buttercup
Oxalis pes-caprae

Hwy 178 near mouth of Canyon

31 Jan 2005

storksbill filaree

Erodium cicutarium

Rancheria Road Bakersfield

31 Jan 2005

small-flowered fiddleneck

Amsinckia menziesii

Rancheria Road Bakersfield

31 Jan 2005

 

 

 

peppergrass

Lepidium densiflorum

Rancheria Road Bakersfield

31 Jan 2005

popcorn flower

Cryptantha sp.

Rancheria Road Bakersfield

31 Jan 2005

catseye

Cryptantha sp.

Rancheria Road Bakersfield

31 Jan 2005

Spider Lupine

Lupinus benthamii
Sierra Way Kern Valley

31 Jan 2005

globe gilia

Gilia capitata
Sierra Way Kern Valley

31 Jan 2005

brown-eyed evening primrose

Camissonia claviformis

Sierra Way Kern Valley

31 Jan 2005

chia

Salvia columbariae

Sierra Way Kern Valley

31 Jan 2005

Bigelow's coreopsis

Coreopsis bigelovii

Sierra Way Kern Valley

31 Jan 2005

desert gold

Gerea canescens

Near Badwater Death Valley

23 Jan 2005

Scented Crypantha

Cryptantha utahensis
Near Badwater Valley

23 Jan 2005

brown-eyed evening primrose

Camissonia claviformis

Near Badwater Death Valley

23 Jan 2005

creosote

Larrea tridentata

Near Badwater Death Valley

23 Jan 2005


 

 

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