May 2006

Wildflowers

Kern, Inyo, & Tulare County Wildflowers rival any that can be found in the garden. Delicate delights for the senses, you are invited to experience the wondrous vistas awaiting with our spectacular year-round shows. Although spring is best. All year you can find amazing floral treats. 


Kern - Inyo - Tulare Wildflower Reports:

2006 WILDFLOWERS

January Wildflowers

February Wildflowers

March Wildflowers

April Wildflowers

May Wildflowers

June Wildflowers

July Wildflowers


Plants

Trees of Kern County

Ferns of Kern County  

Flora of the Kern River Preserve

Habitats

Chaparral

Great Basin Desert  

Valley Grassland

Mojave Desert

Sierran Forest


WILDFLOWER HOTLINES

Carrizo Plain - Goodwin Education Center

Desert Wildflower Watch

Red Rock Canyon State Park

Death Valley National Park Wildflowers

Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve Wildflower Hotline (661) 724-1180

Gorman/Tejon Pass
Hungry Valley Ranger Station (661) 248-7007

Fort Tejon Ranger Station (661) 248-6692

Kern County Wildflower Hotline (800) 500-KERN (starting end of March/early April)

Carol Leigh's California Wildflower Hotsheet

Theodore Payne Foundation Wildflower Hotline

PLACES TO VISIT

Southern California Wildflower sites

Identifying California Wildflowers

CalFlora - $10 per year

CalPhotos Plants

California Academy of Science Wildflower Online Encyclopedia

Death Valley Plants

Photographs of Chaparral, Desert, and Mountain Wildflowers

The Jepson Manual Higher Plants of California

Almaden Wildflowers

SIMPLE CHECKLISTS

Kern Butterflies

Tulare Butterflies

Kern Dragonflies

Kern Fish

Kern Amphibians

Kern Reptiles

Kern Birds

Kern Mammals

Exotic Animals

Exotic Plants

Sensitive Species

All photos by Alison Sheehey ©  Nature Ali  All rights reserved. 

AREA SPECIFIC BIRD LISTS

Birds of Buena Vista Area   

Birds of the Kern River Parkway

Birds of Hart Park

Birds Of Pin Oak Park

Birds of the Kern National Wildlife Refuge

Birds of Pixley National Wildlife Refuge

Mammals of the Pixley National Wildlife Refuge

Mammals of the Kern National Wildlife Refuge

   

ILLUSTRATED CHECKLISTS

 

Kern Butterflies

Kern Dragonflies

Kern Fish

Kern River Valley Amphibians

Kern Reptiles and Amphibians

KRP Amphibians & Reptiles

Kern Birds

Kern Mammals

Kern River Watershed Rodents

Ferns of Kern

Kern Trees


WILDLIFE



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California buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum

Sprague Ranch

29 May 2006

cow's clover

Trifolium wormskioldii

Sprague Ranch

29 May 2006

branching phacelia

Phacelia ramosissima

Sprague Ranch

29 May 2006

desert calico

Loeseliastrum matthewsii

Sprague Ranch

29 May 2006

wedge-leaved draba

Draba cuneifolia

Sprague Ranch

29 May 2006

Golden Ear Drops

Dicentra chrysantha

Sprague Ranch

29 May 2006

Pricky Poppy

Argemone munita

Sprague Ranch

29 May 2006

Kern Dwarf Brodiaea

Brodiaea terrestis kernensis

Sprague Ranch

29 May 2006

Hornwort

Ceratophyllum demersum

Sprague Ranch

29 May 2006

Bakersfield Cactus

Opuntia basilarus treleasii

Bena Road

4 May 2006

Silver Cholla

Opuntia echinocarpa

Sprague Ranch

29 May 2006

Spreading Fleabane

Erigeron foliosus

Paradise Cove

9 May 2006

Yerba Santa

Eriodictyon californicum

South Creek Falls, Mtn. 99

 20 May 2006

Western Dog Violet

Viola adunca

Trail of Hundred Giants

20 May 2006

Snow Plant

Sarcodes sanguinea

Kern River Preserve

20 May 2006

Tehachapi Mallow

Malacothamnus marrubioides

Canebrake Ecological Preserve

20 May 2006

California Evening Primrose

Oenothera californica

Canebrake Ecological Preserve

20 May 2006

California Four O'clock

Mirabilis californica

Canebrake Ecological Preserve

20 May 2006

Poison Hemlock

Conium maculatum

Poso Creek, Bakersfield

12 May 2006

Mountain Blue Penstemon

Penstemon laetus

Canebrake Ecological Preserve

20 May 2006

Rayless Goldenhead

Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus

Canebrake Ecological Preserve

20 May 2006

Common Madia

Madia elegans

Caliente Lions Trail

4 May 2006

Common Madia

Madia elegans

Sawmill Road

12 May 2006

Yellow Pincushion

Chaenactis glabriuscula

Sawmill Road

12 May 2006

Shredding Suncup

Camissonia boothii decorticans
Bena Road

4 May 2006

Milk Thistle

Silybum marianum

Poso Creek, Bakersfield

12 May 2006

don't know

polygonaceae?

Poso Creek, Bakersfield

12 May 2006

Gypsum-loving Larkspur

Delphinium gypsophilum

Poso Creek, Bakersfield

12 May 2006

Wishbone-bush

Mirabilis bigelovii

Poso Creek, Bakersfield

12 May 2006

Floriferous Monkeyflower

Mimulus floribundus

Poso Creek, Bakersfield

12 May 2006

Winecup Clarkia

Clarkia purpurea purpurea

Glennville Woody Road

12 May 2006

Four Spot Clarkia

Clarkia purpurea quadrivulnera

Glennville Woody Road

12 May 2006

Foothill Larkspur

Delphinium hesperium

Sawmill Road

9 May 2006

Pale Western Larkspur

Delphinium hesperium pallescens

Lower Kern Canyon

9 May 2006

Wind Poppy

Stylomecon heterophylla

Caliente Lions Trail

4 May 2006

Padre's Shootingstar

Dodecatheon clevelandii

Rancheria Road

12 May 2006

Field Suncup

Camissonia campestris

Caliente Lions Trail

4 May 2006

Common Bedstraw

Galium aparine

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Chickweed

Stellaria media

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Bolander's woodland star

Lithophragma bolanderi

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

California Blackberry

Rubus ursinus

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

California Thistle

Cirsium occidentale californicum

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Hairy Vetch

Vicia villosa

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Burweed

Ambrosia sp.

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Creek Clover

Trifolium obtusiflorum

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Charlock Mustard

Sinapis arvensis

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Sour Clover

Melilotus indica

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Watercress

Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Periwinkle

Vinca major

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Fiddleneck

Amsinckia sp.

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Common Monkeyflower

Mimulus guttatus

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

San Diego Fiesta Flower

Pholistoma racemosum

Glennville Woody Road

2 May 2006

Wax Currant

Ribes cereum

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Pygmy Linanthus

Linanthus pygmaeus

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Speckled Fairyfan

Clarkia cylindrica

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Ithuriel's Spear

Triteleia laxa

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Poison Oak

Toxicodendron diversilobum

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Bird's Eye Gilia

Gilia tricolor

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Chick Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Kern Canyon Clarkia

Clarkia xantiana ssp. parviflora

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

California Figwort

Scrophularia californica

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

False Babystars

Linanthus androsaceus

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Elegant Fairyfan

Clarkia unguiculata

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Bush Monkeyflower

Mimulus aurantiacus

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Elegant Fairyfan

Clarkia unguiculata

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Lacy Phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Sierra tidy-tips

Layia pentachaeta

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006

Caterpillar Phacelia

Phacelia cicutaria

Lower Kern Canyon

2 May 2006



 

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