Natural History Wanderings

Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve just a published a new wildflower report on their website.  It reports:

“Individual poppy flowers have begun blooming around the reserve, so the fields are still mostly green but have brilliant orange dots scattered among the grasses. Grape soda lupine bushes are in bloom at the east end of the Tehachapi Vista Point Trail, and owl’s clover are starting to pop up on the North Poppy Loop Trail. Kitanemuk Vista Point has great views of the patches of goldfields that are starting to turn the surrounding hillsides yellow, and Lacy Phacelia are beginning to bloom on the west slope of the point. There are many poppy plants with buds forming, and several other wildflowers can be found blooming along the trails.”