Natural History Wanderings

Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association has an early season bloom report for Thimble View Trail View Hike details here.

Desert holly, Atriplex hymenelytra in real bloom. We checked some plants that looked as they didn’t have any bloom and yes female and blooming. Soon thereafter we found dozens of bloomers, that’s why we missed them all these years, the blooming plants are not so showy before they start to bloom. Surely a place to go back and make another loop. The germination is good in some isolated spots only….. but with a good variation in species.

See photos at  Anza-Borrego Desert Wildflowers Update