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Wildflower Reports Overview www.DesertUSA.com April 11, 2011 – The forecast is good for the desert and it is getting warm. The blooms are slowing down on the lower valleys. Cool weather and rain along the coast last week may extend the wildflower season in some area. Updated reports below. Desert Wildflower 2011 Season Updates [...]
Mojave Max, the desert tortoise, emerged from his burrow on March 29, so it must be spring. Granted that the spring arrival is a little late this year due to lingering cool temperatures, still it is welcomed with no less enthusiasm. Max’s girlfriends emerged a few weeks earlier, but Max has the official word. Mojave [...]
All I want for Christmas is to get outside…
Giving your kids the gift of the great outdoors is one of the best intangible gifts around.
Beware the rock goblins that lurk in the mountains around Titus Canyon. The road can be treacherous if you spend too much time gaping at super-sized stone gargoyles and goblins. Trek carefully past the guardians of Red Pass, and the gravel washboard road leading to Titus Canyon’s steep-walled limestone cliffs will take you through some [...]
Joshua Tree National Park Wildflower Update Admission: FREE this week in honor of National Park WEEK! Free Admission through April 25th, 2010. The wildflower displays at the southern part of Joshua Tree National Park, near the Cottonwood Visitor’s Center, have recently peaked. You can still see abundant showings of yellow brittlebush blooms and chuparosa [...]
Andreas Canyon Hike & Murray Canyon Hike Indian Canyons, Palm Springs, CA April 8th 2010 The wildflowers have reached their peak in the Palm Springs, CA area. The temperatures have warmed up and the pungent aroma of flowers in bloom fills the desert air. April is the perfect month to hike the desert trails, as [...]
Expect 2010 desert wildflowers to be brilliant!
Wildflower season is coming into its own in Southern California, and the nooks and crannies of desert and chaparral plant communities are beginning to show their flowery finery. Whitewater River Canyon and Whitewater Preserve in Riverside County are not as well known as their more popular cousins, the Anza Borrego Desert or Death Valley, but [...]
The DesertUSA Staff headed out to Anza-Borrego on Sunday, Feb. 21st to photograph and shoot video of the current wildflowers conditions. Get the Flash Player to see this content. This next photo gives you an idea of how small some of the wildflowers are. The macro lenses make the desert wildflowers look spectacular, but the [...]
Wildflower Report Feb. 14th ’10 One of DesertUSA.com readers sent in a photo of a desert lily blooming in the same area where the DUSA Staff saw buds just a few days before the photo was taken. On Sunday, Feb. 14th ’10 Michael Pique took the following photo and sent it to DesertUSA from his [...]
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