Piute Mountain Road from Caliente - Bodfish Rd to Brown Meadow

7 June 2003

A single day's adventure to the Piutes for photography and butterflying produced all of the photos on this page. More will be added. All photos by Alison Sheehey ©  Nature Ali  All rights reserved.    

Wildflowers of the Month - Kern County Spring Landscapes - Breckenridge - Brush Creek Overlook - Carrizo Plain - Cherry Hill Road - Cow Flat Road - Jawbone Canyon - Kern National Wildlife Refuge - Kern River Preserve - Kern River Valley - Piute Mountains - Schaeffer Meadow Trail - Short Canyon

Kern County Spring Landscapes - Kern, Inyo, and Tulare Wildflower Reports: 2003 Season Wildflower Reports  

California Thistle

Cirsium occidentale var. californicum

Monardella

Monardella linoides

Golden Yarrow

Eriophyllum confertiflorum

Piute Mountains Jewelflower

Streptanthus cordatus var. piutensis

Western Wallflower

Erysimum capitatum

Coulter's Jewelflower

Caulanthus coulteri

Douglas' Phacelia

Phacelia douglasii

Davidson's Phacelia

Phacelia davidsonii

Phacelia

Phacelia sp.

Forest Clarkia

Clarkia rhomboidea

Mountain Clarkia

Clarkia heterandra

Forest Clarkia

Clarkia rhomboidea

Buckwheat

Eriogonum sp.

Buckwheat

Eriogonum sp.

Buckwheat

Eriogonum sp.

Buckwheat

Eriogonum sp.

Buckwheat

Eriogonum sp.

Buckwheat

Eriogonum sp.

Hansen's Larkspur

Delphinium hansenii

Parry's Larkspur

Delphinium parryi

Unexpected Larkspur

Delphinium inopinum

Monkeyflower

Mimulus sp.

Monkeyflower

Mimulus sp.

Monkeyflower

Mimulus sp.

Monkeyflower

Mimulus sp.

Collinsia

Collinsia sp.

Monkeyflower

Mimulus sp.

Penstemon

Penstemon sp.

Penstemon

Penstemon sp.

Pride of the Mountains

Penstemon newberryi

Northern Cloudywing

Thorybes pylades indistinctus

Convergent Lady Beetle

 

Rural Skipper

Ochlodes agricola

Acmon Blue

Plebejus acmon acmon

Acmon Blue

Plebejus acmon acmon

Indian Pink

Silene californica

Frying Pans

Eschscholzia lobbii

Big Deervetch

Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius

Lupine

Lupinus sp.

Violet

Viola sp.

Mountain Monardella

Monardella odoratissima

Mountain Collomia
Collomia grandiflora

Phlox

Currant

Ribes sp.

Gooseberry

Ribes sp.

Flannel Bush

Convulvulaceae

Nightshade

Golden Stars

Bloomeria crocea

Wild Hyacinth

Dichelostemma capitatum

Plain Mariposa

Calochortus invenustus

Butterfly Mariposa Lily

Calochortus venustus

Spanish Bayonet

Yucca whipplei

Onion

Allium sp.

Sierra Onion

Allium campanulatum

Sierra Onion

Allium campanulatum

 

 

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See Carrizo Plain trip for some  other Feb 2003 wildflower and critter photos.


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Photographs of Chaparral, Desert, and Mountain Wildflowers


Habitats

Chaparral     Great Basin Desert   Valley Grassland    Mojave Desert    Sierran Forest


PLANTS

Trees    Ferns   Kern River Preserve Flora


WILDLIFE

INSECTS

2003 Photos of Insects

Dragonflies of Kern County, California        

Butterflies of Kern County, California      Butterflies        North Fork Butterfly Count

 

FISH

 

Herps

Kern County Reptiles and Amphibians     KRV Amphibians    Checklist of KRV Amphibians & Reptiles    Southwestern Pond Turtle

 

BIRDS

Kern Photo Checklist   Kern Checklist Text Only  WHERE TO BIRD - Kern County 

Birds of the Kern National Wildlife Refuge      Checklist of KRV Birds

Field Guide to Birds of Kern County  Rose-ringed Parakeets of Bakersfield, CA Hummingbird Identification    Rivers of Birds    Summer Tanager      Vulture Facts     Willow Flycatcher     Yellow-billed Cuckoo

 

MAMMALS

mammal SPECIES OF KERN COUNTY       Kern County Mammals - a photo checklist

Mammals of the Kern River Watershed by John Harris     Mammals of Kern National Wildlife Refuge      Kern River Preserve Mammal Checklist    Rodents


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Kern River Preserve    Kern River Preserve Table of Contents    Valley Wild    Valley Wild Festivals


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