Natural History Wanderings

The Anza Borrego Desert Natural History Association posted a Wildflower bloom report and survey for November 7,  2011:

 “Tom Chester led a survey of plants in bloom down the Montezuma Grade and up Coyote Creek to Lower Willows. He reports “an amazing” 666 plants of 47 species, which beats any of his lists in 2010 and 2011 at this time of year, or at slightly later times of year. The Elephant Trees area on 12/1/09 had more plants, 1073, but only 39 species.

Plants seen most in bloom were Horseweed, Desert Dicoria, Tall Buckwheat, Sandpaper Plant, Desert Trumpet, Mule-Fat, Spanish Needles, and Dodder.”