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More Great California Wildflower Pics

April 26, 2010

If you’re looking for another great spot for springtime wildflowers, the Carizzo Plain National Monument is a good place to head. I went there last year as part of a wildflower tag team with Pinnacles National Monument, and while I found the Plain to be desolately beautiful, there wasn’t that much of a flower show [...]

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Hiking the Antelope Valley California Poppy Preserve

April 26, 2010

A short and easy but breathtaking stroll through the Antelope Valley California Poppy Preserve – a 1800 acre reserve of prime California poppy real estate. Accessible for just about everyone, this small unit of the State Park system is a must-see during bloom season, when the low hills become absolutely covered in carpets of orange. [...]

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Poppy Reserve in Full Bloom!

April 19, 2010

Just a quick note to let you know the Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve is currently in peak bloom. The LAist has a post with all the details, but apparently the time to see massive carpets of orange flowers is RIGHT. NOW. I was out in Point Mugu State Park this weekend, and while there were [...]

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Review: SGMPlants for the iPhone

April 14, 2010

After you’ve been hiking for a while, you might start to notice some of your other interests sneaking their way into your trail routines. As a history and geography nerd, I absolutely love poring over topo maps before I hit the trail and comparing my visualizations with the actual trail, and if I come across [...]

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Saturday Wildflower Hike on Sandstone Peak

April 9, 2010

If you’re in the mood to go wildflower-peeping this weekend, the National Park Service will hold a ranger-led 4-mile hike on the Mishe Mokwa Trail to find out what’s blooming at 2000 feet tomorrow morning. On Saturday, April 10th at 9AM, an NPS Ranger will take a group of hikers onto the Mishe Mokwa Trail, [...]

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Fire-Followers in the San Gabriels

March 19, 2010

“Fire-Followers” is the name given to plants that tend to pop up after a wildfire has cleared the land of the usual vegetation. Many of these plants are unusual to the neighborhood, and generally don’t stick around for a long time, so if you’re going to venture into one of the open areas like Eaton [...]

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Desert Wildflower Video

March 10, 2010

I’m a little sorry to keep harping on Anza-Borrego here, but I really want to let LA hikers know about this little gem to our southeast. Also, the wildflowers are probably going to be pretty amazing this year, and it’s worth a trip to see them. Here’s a PBS video on the current bloom and [...]

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Anza-Borrego Expects “Riot of Colorful Blossoms”

March 9, 2010

Yeah. RIOT OF COLORFUL BLOSSOMS. That’s the phrase used by the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Wildflower Report (PDF) for this week. And worry not, fellow procrastinators – because of the recent cooler temperatures, they now expect peak bloom to be the second or third week of March – so there’s still time to plan the [...]

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Plan for Wildflower Season

March 1, 2010

With a healthy dose of rain over the past few months (and a little bit more expected soon), the 2010 wildflower season is expected to be a great one – and it’s never too early to start planning those flower-peeping treks. In Southern California, the desert wildflower blooms start in the southern end of the [...]

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Don’t Forget – Anza-Borrego Event at A16 Tonight

February 24, 2010

I’m still neck-deep in New Zealand photos, and it will be a little while before I can give a full update, but I just wanted to remind everyone about the free Anza-Borrego event at the West LA Adventure 16 tonight at 7PM. The night will start with a wine and cheese happy half-hour, then show [...]

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