Natural History Wanderings

Santa Monica Mountain National Recreation Area  just published a new wildflower report on 1/13/11 although the date on the report is 1/1/12. Below is the report:

Castro Crest         Backbone Trail: Corral Canyon Rd. to Latigo Rd           Date: 1/1/2012

“This hike is fantastic in the spring and not bad in the winter. The big podceanothus is well into blooming, there is California buckwheat, wild morning glory and milkmaids by the creek. To my surprise there were already peonies in bloom. The other flowers we saw were just small occasional patches. There was some chaparral current, twiggy wreath plant, purple nightshade, cliff aster, Indian paintbrush, bush sunflower and cudweed aster.” – Dorothy Steinicke.

Go to their website to see all of their reports: http://www.researchlearningcenter.org/bloom/