Baneberry along the North Crest Trail |
Our drought-stricken State of New Mexico had a bountiful rainfall in July due to the monsoon rains and the wildflowers currently blooming show it. New Mexico has now received 71% of its normal precipitation from January-July 2013, although we are still in "extreme to exceptional drought" in 2/3 of the state, including Sandia Park where I live. Locally, we were overjoyed by the more than 3 inches of rain in July.
It's not a banner year for the wildflowers, but there are species showing up that I've not seen growing in these locales before. I led a Cibola National Forest Wildflower Walk last Saturday morning. Eleven people showed up and we walked the North Crest Trail. Here are some of the flowers we encountered:
NORTH
CREST WILDFLOWERS 8/17/13
- Aster, New England
–Aster novae-angliae –Aster Family
- Baneberry
– Actaea rubra – Buttercup Family
- Buttercup,
Fanleaf/Crowfoot – Ranunculus inamoenus –
Buttercup Family
- Cicely,
Sweet - Osmorhiza obtusa – Parsley Family
- Cinquefoil,
Pretty – Potentilla pulcherrima –Rose Family
- Cinquefoil,
Wooly – Potentilla hippiana – Rose Family
- Clover,
Yellow Sweet – Melilotus officinalis –
Pea Family
- Columbine,
Red – Aquilega triternata – Buttercup Family
- Coralbells
– Heuchera pulchella – Saxifrage Family
- Current,
Wolf – Ribes wolfi – Gooseberry Family
- Draba,
Twisted Pod – Draba helleriana – Mustard Family
- Dragonhead
– Dracocephalum parviflorum – Mint Family
- Elderberry,
Red/Flor Sauco – Sambucus racemose – Honeysuckle Family
- Fireweed
– Epilobium angustifolium – Evening Primrose Family
- Fleabane,
Beautiful Daisy - Erigeron formosissimus –
Aster Family
- Fleabane,
Spreading – Erigeron divergens- Aster
Family
- Fleabane,
Trailing - Erigeron flagellaris-
Aster Family
- Gentian,
Green/Deer’s Ears – Frasera speciosa – Gentian Family
- Geranium,
Richardson’s – Geranium richardsonii – Geranium Family
- Goldenrod, Parry’s - Oreochrysum parryi – Aster
Family
- Groundsel, Nodding – Senecio
bigelovii – Aster
Family
- Groundsel, Notchleaf – Senecio
fendleri – Aster Family
- Groundsel, Threadleaf –
Senecio flaccidus var. flaccidus – Aster Family
- Harebells –Campanula
rotundifolia – Bellflower Family
- Jacob’s
Ladder –Polemonium
foliosissimum – Phlox Family
- Jasmine,
Northern Rock – Androsace septentrionalis –Primrose Family
- Larkspur,
Sapello Canyon –Delphinium sapellonis – Buttercup Family
- Ninebark
– Physocarpus monogynus – Rose Family
- Onion,
Geyer’s – Allium geyeri – Lily Family
- Oshá
– Ligusticum porteri – Parsley Family
- Paintbrush,
Scarlet – Castilleja miniata – Figwort Family
- Parsley,
Mountain – Pseudocymopterus montana – Parsley Family
- Penstemon,
Whipple’s – Penstemon whippleanus – Figwort Family
- Rue,
Meadow – Thalictrum fendleri – Buttercup Family
- Snowberry – Symphoricarpos
oreophilus – Honeysuckle Family
- Solomon
Seal, Star – Maianthemum stellatum – Lily Family
- Starwort,
Tuber – Stellaria jamesiana – Pink Family
- Umbrellawort,
Velvet – Mirabilis oblongifolia – Four o’clock Family
- Violet,
Canada – Viola canadensis – Violet Family
- Western Wallflower
– Erysimum capitatum – Mustard Family
- Woodsorrel, Violet – Oxalis
violacea –Woodsorrel Family
- Yarrow – Achillea
lanulosa – Aster Family
- Fendler's Sandwort - Arenaria fendleri – Pink Family
- Showy Goldeneye - Heliomeris multiflora - Aster Family
There are many trails to hike in the Sandias. Here are some views to the west from the South Crest Trail:
The switchbacks of the La Luz Trail ascending the mountain from Albuquerque
Looking north from the South CrestTrail toward the Crest House
Looking at Albuquerque at the base of the Sandia Mountains
If you like wildflowers, I have a lot of wildflowers growing around my house which you can see here.
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