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desert bloom
Is it too late to catch desert bloom this year? If not, where is the best
place to go for bloom this time of year. Thnaks |
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jcoulter wrote:
Is it too late to catch desert bloom this year? Although I don't know, I believe it is. Y'gotta go when it's first announced at the risk of missing it. __________________________________________________ __________ One of (as of 2003) 751,682 residents of San Francisco http://geocities.com/dancefest/ http://geocities.com/iconoc/ ICQ: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/19098103 IClast at SFbay Net |
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"jcoulter" wrote in message ... Is it too late to catch desert bloom this year? If not, where is the best place to go for bloom this time of year. Thnaks There's a lot of stuff blooming in Arizona through June at least. We were in Sedona last June, and the cacti had flowers all over. Don't look for much pretty desert in California. Also, the desert around Tucson is always beautiful. Bruce |
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Is it too late to catch desert bloom this year?
In the low desert areas near Phoenix it was peak the first two weeks of March, then we had two days with temperatures in the high 80's and many flowers dried out. Still blooming but past peak. If not, where is the best place to go for bloom this time of year. Phoenix is around 1,000 ft above sea level ... I'd guess places 2,000 - 4,000 ft would be peaking later? I doubt the California Poppy Preserve areas have approached peak yet, for example, though I could be wrong. Anyone know? |
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Is it too late to catch desert bloom this year?
In the low desert areas near Phoenix it was peak the first two weeks of March, then we had two days with temperatures in the high 80's and many flowers dried out. Still blooming but past peak. If not, where is the best place to go for bloom this time of year. Phoenix is around 1,000 ft above sea level ... I'd guess places 2,000 - 4,000 ft would be peaking later? I doubt the California Poppy Preserve areas have approached peak yet, for example, though I could be wrong. Anyone know? |
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Is it too late to catch desert bloom this year? I don't know, but you might try checking the official web sites for the various U.S. parks in desert areas (Death Valley, etc.). They might say, and if not you can get their phone numbers or email addresses from the sites and send your question directly to them. I'm sure it's a question they get a lot. (Calling would obviously be quickest; I've found that they often take a few days to reply to emails.) Jim |
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In article . net,
BruceB wrote: Don't look for much pretty desert in California. Visitors to the Carrizo Plain, Death Valley, Anza-Borrego, etc. will disagree with you about that. And I've been seeing reports from people who say this is the best year they've ever seen. This page: http://www.nps.gov/deva/FrameSet-Wildflower.htm has a link to a PDF file with the latest update. (The last one was done on Saturday.) Here's the main page for Anza-Borrego Desert SP: http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=638 And for Carrizo Plain NM: http://www.ca.blm.gov/bakersfield/carrizoplain.html (I swear there used to be a really good wildflower update page for Carrizo, but I can't find it now. The main wildflower page is at http://www.ca.blm.gov/caso/wildflowers.html.) Patty |
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It seems to me I heard somewhere that BruceB wrote in article
. net: "jcoulter" wrote in message . .. Is it too late to catch desert bloom this year? If not, where is the best place to go for bloom this time of year. There's a lot of stuff blooming in Arizona through June at least. We were in Sedona last June, and the cacti had flowers all over. Don't look for much pretty desert in California. Except for the acres and acres of California poppies in the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve [http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=627], the yuccas and Joshua trees throughout the deserts, and the several desert sites described at http://www.desertusa.com/wildflo/ca.html. A (not very technically good) picture of the AVCPR poppy fields is at http://www.lnholt.com/wildflowers/, which also describes a number of other viewing sites in Southern California. -- Don |
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I was at Anza-Borrego on 3/12 and 3/20, and it the flowers were doing
pretty good. The wildflower update page is here... http://www.anzaborrego.statepark.org/wildflowers.html The shots I got are here... http://www.pbase.com/madhatter/abdsp We went to Joshua Tree National Park on the 26th. The southern portion is still blooming rather nicely. I heard that the northern section is just starting to come into bloom, but we didn't have time to check it out. |
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