Natural History Wanderings

Charlie Russell of California Wildflower Hikes posted a wildflower bloom report on Calphoto about Traverse Creek Botanical Special Interest Area:

Hiked through the Traverse Creek Botanical Special Interest Area out behind Placerville. There are flowers to see, but not as much variety as I had hoped for. The dry early season cut back on the bloom, and it is starting to get warm (in the mid 80’s). The creek still has a lot of water, though, so there should be flowers for a while. We saw Yellow Star Tulip (you had to search), several kinds of Monkey Flower, a LOT of Blue Dicks, Canyon Dudleya, Foothill Poppies, Indian Paintbrush, Tomcat Clover and a number of others I’m still working on identifying. On the road up there, on Highways 49 and 193, there were a LOT of Fairy Lanterns on the shaded roadside.

I’ll have an article with directions on my blog by next weekend.

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