Natural History Wanderings

Joshua Tree National Park  posted a new wildflower report:

“The Ocotillo Patch is still magnificent, and more flowers are appearing along Pinto Basin Road and Park Boulevard.

In the south of the park, the Mastodon Peak Trail continues to delight, with cacti, Mohave asters and rock live-forever replacing the Canterbury bells and brown-eye evening primroses. Sand blazing star is still going strong and Sylvia’s Wash, 2.7 miles south of Cottonwood Visitor Center, is an excellent wildflower stop..”

To see the full report which includes detailed locations and abundance of each species that is in bloom go to http://www.nps.gov/jotr/planyourvisit/upload/bloom_report.pdf (This week includes a separate cacti bloom table as several species are beginning to bloom throughout the park.