Natural History Wanderings

DesertUSA has the following update from Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve

Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve reports: We got almost 4 inches from this storm! We went from a season total of .7 to 4.2 inches!!! This means we MIGHT have a great year after all- we’ll have lots of seedlings coming up, but the plants that sprout this late will have shallow roots and they’ll be more vulnerable to freezes, hot spells and drying winds. So it’s not guaranteed, but it’s certainly going to be a vastly better season than we were expecting!

See more wildflower reports for Southern California at: Desert Wildflower Reports for Southern California by DesertUSA.