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Hot and cold, little rain. In my circle to check cattle and feed conditions on March 10th, I caught a few early wildflowers.
Chemise - Greasy Creek
Purple Chinese Houses, Lacepod, Miner's Lettuce - Greasy Creek
Fiddleneck - Greasy Creek
Putting out salt and mineral, Paregien Ranch, March 14th.
Wild Cucumber - Top Paregien
Chia - Ridenhour Canyon
Salt & mineral, March 15, 2012
Tree Lupine - Greasy Creek
Scorpionweed - Greasy Creek
Sierra Shooting Star - Greasy Creek
Common Brodiaea - Greasy Creek
Silvercrown Lucina - Greasy Creek
Goldfields - Greasy Creek
Salt & mineral, March 16, 2012
Manzanita - Greasy Creek
Interior Live Oak - Greasy Creek
Hill Sun Cup - Dry Creek
Alkali Weed - Dry Creek
Popcorn Flower - Dry Creek
March 27th, between rains, too wet to get very far off the road
Tidy Tips - Dry Creek.
Bird's Eye Gilia (Bird's Eyes) - Dry Creek
Yellow Pincushion - Dry Creek
Deltoid Balsamroot (Chuchupate) - Dry Ceek
March 29th, check cattle, salt & mineral.
Miner's Lettuce - Greasy Creek
Agoseris - Greasy Creek
Paiute Morning Glory - Greasy Creek
Pretty Face - Dry Creek
Miniature Lupine - Dry Creek
White-veined Mallow - Greasy Creek
White Mustard - Dry Creek
California Poppy - Dry Creek
Strawberry Clover - Greasy Creek
Bush Monkeyflower - Greasy Creek
Fiesta Flower - Greasy Creek
Valley Elderberry - Greasy Creek
Deltoid Balsamroot - Greasy Creek
March 30, 2012: Check feed & cattle, drag roads
Blue Lupin - Ridenhour Canyon
Pipe Stem Clematis - Paregien
Monkeyflower - Paregien
Headed Gilia - Ridenhour Canyon
Western Redbud - Dry Creek
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Gorgeous photos!
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