Natural History Wanderings

On April 2011 Carrizo Plain National Monument published the following wildflower bloom report:

“The grasses are getting tall, and turning golden. We still have a nice display of Tidy Tips and the Coreopsis near the Education Center and Simmler Rd.

The Panorama Road is closed due to mud. Simmler Road is impassable. The south end of Elkhorn road is muddy and impassable for low clearance vehicles. Do not attempt unless you have a high-clearance 4X4.

• Coreopsis: Along the south side of Simmler Road. From Goodwin Education Center on both sides of Soda Lake Road.
• Filaree: There is a good bloom between the end of the pavement on Soda Lake Road south to Panorama Road. Note: Panorama Road is closed.
• Owl’s Clover: Small patches throghout the plain, usually mixed with goldfields. Nice patches in California Valley and along 7-mile road.
• Tidy Tips: Blooming in California Valley. Carpets of flowers both north and south of Goodwin Education Center along Soda Lake Road. Patches around Soda Lake, Traver Ranch, both sides of Panorama Rd., Elkhorn Plain the Temblor Range and at the south end of the monument.”