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Eastern Arizona wildflowers
Flower diary for Thursday, Mar. 18
---------------------------------------------- Scattered flowers (poppies/bladderpods) along I-10 E of Tucson, with some pretty good displays near the Yucca exit, W of Benson. The first outstanding poppy-bladderpod field I saw is on the S side of I-10, at the W exit to US 191 N -- easily accessible by driving the ranch road (HCV req'd). Very colorful and a fine lunch break yesterday. Color continues pretty much continuously along both sides of 191 all the way to Safford. Here are some highlights: Nice flower-fields near MP 101, and near MP 104 -- W side of hiway, in foothills S of AZ-266. MP 106.5: big, colorful fields on the slope W of 191 -- looks like a there's a road to the best, but didn't have time to check it. Flowers pick up again E of Safford on US-191 towards Clifton. Best poppy-fields start near MP 144.5 on 191: there's a nice, rocky ampitheatre with a fine hillside poppy display N of hiway, with a ranch road (4WD) almost to the flower fields. But wait: MP 147 to MP 157 (US-191 and AZ -78) has stunning roadside displays: square miles of poppies, +/- lupines, blue gilia, a white daisy I didn't recognize, filaree, bluedicks etc etc. Many of these fields have ranch-roads through them, but I didn't have time to drive them (sigh). This would be the place for photographers, and flower-lovers -- the best poppy-fields I've seen this spring. Note that these flower-fields aren't as dense or continuous as those in the bonanza years, but they are spectacular all the same, especially for a year that no one was expecting too much from. Lots of photo and flower-viewing opportunities here. From MP-157 (AZ-78) (big powerlines, ranchette subdivision), I could see more poppy-fields all the way N to Morenci. So: eastern Graham and Greenlee counties may be THE poppy-places in Arizona this spring. Cheers -- Pete Tillman, the Poppy Prospector --multiplaza.nl.nu-- |
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