Natural History Wanderings

Desert USA had the following reports for Northern Arizona:

• Joshua Tree Parkway on US 93 outside Wickenburg is full of trees in full bloom. Just outside Bullhead City along Boundary Cone Road there was a massive field of purple Desert Sand Verbeena. North of Bullhead City and Davis Dam, along Kathrine Spur Road was a surprisingly early bloom of Prickly Pear cactus.
•  Flagstaff to South Mtn Park looking for wildflowers, but found nothing.
• McDowell Mtn Park the figurative pot o’gold! They were mainly in the wash near the Granite Trail, but some I climbed up out of the wash to photograph. Still mainly poppies, saw owl clover here and there, but not much else. Rangers at the entry station were helpful in explaining where to find the best showing.
• Bartlett Lake– I would say the North Bartlett Dam Road has reached peak color. Abundant poppies and a good variety of other flowers if you do a little walking from the road. Some white poppies mixed in.

See photos and older reports for Northern Arizona at:

Desert Wildflower reports for Phoenix and Northern Arizona Area – DesertUSA.