Natural History Wanderings

DesertUSA  reports

April 4, 2015 – Cottonwood Cove Road and the Road to Nelson, NV. Both roads had beautiful displays of numerous species of wildflowers. Alongside the Cottonwood Cove Road, plants that were in abundance included globe mallow, desert marigold, purplemat, beavertail cactus, mohave aster, fiddle neck, lupine, and phacelia. Behind the motel at Cottonwood Cove, along the dirt road up the hillside, cholla were in bloom, along with desert primrose and sand verbena. The hillsides on the road to Nelson were thickly covered with globe mallow, as well as blanked with numerous plants with white and yellow blooms. Huge rock nettle was found on the road past Nelson near the water, on the cliffs alongside the road. Beautiful cholla in bloom, as well as rosy two toned penstemon. The display this year is much more than in past years – just beautiful right now!
See photos at: http://www.desertusa.com/wildflo/nv.html#ixzz3WZQHgTnz