Grant County Park - 5/5/2021

First time I've been to Grant this spring, and boy is it yellow! I did a loop around Halls Valley and Los Huecos, where the hills are covered in blooming Hawksbeard, zillions of them, which was awesome in a visual way, but very unfortunately I don't think they're native. It was by far the most dominant flower, but there were also a lot of yarrow, along with wine cup Clarkia, a few patches of poppies, and other usual suspects at this time of year.

While I didn't see anything particularly interesting in the burn areas, one commonality with other places I've been recently is there being lots of Chinese houses in the forested understories where it burned.

And a special treat was encountering several very healthy patches of Thermopsis, all in one particular area. They have an interesting scent to them, and such a glow in the sun. Oh! And two large turtles swimming in one of the ponds.

Where are all of the insects? I walked past a zillion Hawksbeards and yarrows (among many others) for several hours in the middle of a warm, clear day, and saw very few insects, just a butterfly here, a bumblebee there, so many fewer than I'd expect.

Publicado el 06 de mayo de 2021 por newtpatrol newtpatrol

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newtpatrol

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 09:50 MAÑANA PDT

Descripción

As elsewhere, lots of these in areas that burned last year

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Milenrama Eurasiática (Achillea millefolium)

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newtpatrol

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 09:53 MAÑANA PDT

Descripción

Lots of yarrow on this hike

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 09:54 MAÑANA PDT

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 10:04 MAÑANA PDT

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newtpatrol

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 09:57 MAÑANA PDT

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As elsewhere, lots of these in areas that burned last year

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 10:09 MAÑANA PDT

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Almirón (Crepis vesicaria)

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newtpatrol

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 10:10 MAÑANA PDT

Descripción

Vast fields of Hawksbeard! Beautiful and depressing at the same time. In areas that burned last year, but I haven't been here enough to know whether they increased with fire or not.

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Trébol Rosa (Trifolium hirtum)

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 10:17 MAÑANA PDT

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 10:20 MAÑANA PDT

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 10:55 MAÑANA PDT

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 11:02 MAÑANA PDT

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 11:07 MAÑANA PDT

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 11:34 MAÑANA PDT

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Lengua de Pájaro (Rumex acetosella)

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 11:43 MAÑANA PDT

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Almirones (Género Crepis)

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newtpatrol

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 11:53 MAÑANA PDT

Descripción

Vast fields of Hawksbeard! Beautiful and depressing at the same time. In areas that burned last year, but I haven't been here enough to know whether they increased with fire or not.

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newtpatrol

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 11:57 MAÑANA PDT

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Arañas (Orden Araneae)

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newtpatrol

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 12:28 PM PDT

Descripción

Large hole with what seemed to be silk around the entrance. Tarantula? They do live around here.

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Milenrama Eurasiática (Achillea millefolium)

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newtpatrol

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 12:38 PM PDT

Descripción

Lots of yarrow on this hike

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newtpatrol

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 12:45 PM PDT

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newtpatrol

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Mayo 5, 2021 a las 12:53 PM PDT

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