Natural History Wanderings

Pete Devine’s Yosemite Nature Notes has a new posting that includes a wildflower bloom report:

“Blazing stars and Clarkia are still in bloom in El Portal, buckeye flowers are gone and leaves are browning. Yosemite Valley has spicebush, cow parsnip, Draperia, Gray’s lupine and azalea in bloom….Flowers are pretty good at the 7-8000′ level now, with bright Sierra pride penstemon lighting up the road cuts.”

Read his full report at: http://yosemitenaturenotes.blogspot.com/2011/07/summer-still-coming.html