Natural History Wanderings

Wild in Arizona has a wildflower field report for 3/11/18

I wish I had better news but the rains came a little to late this year still some roadside brittle bush between Yuma and Tucson with some small displays in Organ Pipe Cactus National Park and Tucson pima canyon. Also poppies at 10% and probably peak bloom for Catalina State Park. Creosolt and other bushes are showing but small. The Ocotillo is budding and should show in a few weeks. I did find one pincushion bloom in the Sonoran Desert National Monument. Beavertail cactus are starting to show near the Colorado river. Desert Botanical Gardens and Boyce Thompson Arboretum are both showing some color. We should have a ok cactus and tree bloom in the deserts

See photos at  Arizona Wildflower Field Report 3/11/18