Natural History Wanderings

Bloom Blog Wildflowers in Plumas County Northern California reports on the Oakland Camp Area wildflowers for Plumas County

Wildflowers are beginning to “pop” around Oakland Camp, but the signs of drought are more obvious than ever and I don’t expect the wildflower season to last very long or to be as intense as in normal years. I saw no Indian Rhubarb starts, for instance, and most of the mid-stream clumps of sedge and grasses they grow from were high and dry.

What I have called “another mustard” is in the same family, the mustard family, as the rock cress and may well be in the same genus. I’m not sure. What I call “flying flowers” because of their bright colors are the Common Merganser. There are new leaves of many other species appearing, but we’re going to need some rain if many of them get to mature and bloom.

See photo at  Bloom Blog Wildflowers in Plumas County Northern California.