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Arizona wildflower conditions
Local experts are expecting an exceptional wildflower bloom due to
heavy winter rains but it's still too early. Several Az State Parks are posting near-daily photos of current blooms so you can actually preview conditons instead of relying on written descriptions. Here are a couple of sites of interest ... http://www.azstateparks.com/pressrel...cams_prls.html (press release describing current conditions etc) http://www.azstateparks.com/wildflowers/picachowf.html (photo site from Picacho Peak State Park, roughly 1/2 way between Tucson and Phoenix off I-10 ... typically one of the best spots in Arizona in a good year) http://www.azstateparks.com/wildflowers/dutchmanwf.html (Lost Dutchman State Park, located about an hour east of Phoenix at the base of the Superstition Mountains. Another great area when in bloom). Typically the other non-park areas bloom in cycle with Picacho and Dutchman ... we were at a hotspot near Saguaro Lake yesterday (just north of Dutchman) and I would rate the poppy bloom a 2 on a 1-10 scale since there are only isolated patches blooming, but the hills are green with plants ready to blossom when the rains stop and the temperatures warm up 10 F. Bill |
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Bill, There is a good display of poppies on highway 86 before you get to
Sells. See http://members.cox.net/nsphotos/wild...wildstuff.html for some shots I took yesterday Norm |
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"Norm" wrote: Bill, There is a good display of poppies on highway 86 before you get to Sells. See http://members.cox.net/nsphotos/wild...wildstuff.html for some shots I took yesterday Norm, thanx for the nice fotos, and the tip! Cheers -- Pete Tillman |
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