Wildflowers - Cottonwood Cove and Eldorado Canyon.

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This page last updated on 04/01/2020

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04/01/2020 Trip Notes: Due to the coronavirus, access to the Cottonwood Cove inside the Lake Mead National Recreation Area was closed and we were turned around at the LMNRA check point. Even though we couldn't drive to the lake, there were some wildflowers along the sides of the road. Even though it was just a little early in the season, the Beavertail Pricklypear (Opuntia basilaris)  cactus were just beginning to bloom (Figs. 01-03). With its brilliant magenta flowers, they can be seen from a distance and are always eye catching. Next there is a wide variety of wildflowers, there were many more that I didn't even catch (Fig. 05). Then there is always another standout that is easily spotted, the bright orange the Desert Globemallow (Fig. 06). Even though we spotted several wildflowers, we were not overly excited as compared to some previous years. After apicnic lunch at the library in Searchlight, we drove down to the end of the road in Eldorado Canyon. Lots of yellow,but not much else. Here are a few pages from previous years ... Cottonwood Cove Wildflower Visit; 2017 Desert Foliage; 2016 Desert Foliage.

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Cottonwood Cove Wildflower Visit

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This page last updated on 04/14/2017

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04/14/2017 Trip Visit: Every couple of years I try to make a drive down the 13.5 mile long Cottonwood Road that runs to Cottonwood Cove Marina on the banks of Lake Mohave in search of wildflower pictures. This year my friend Jim Herring accompanied Connie and I. Because the flowering of wildflowers and cactus differs each year depending upon the weather, rain and temperatures, getting the timing right is always a wild guess. In 1913 Connie and I went on March 26th  and had great luck. Last year I visited with Jim and we didn't find any. Even though we seemed a little early for this year, we had pretty good luck. Most of the cactus had yet to bloom. The Joshua trees usually bloom between late February and April, and showed none; though some years they don't bloom at all. Many of the flowers and bushes we observed had lots of buds that had yet to open. Globe mallow, seen in the collage above (Fig. 01) were very abundant and seemed to be everywhere. There we only a handful of Beavertail Cactus like those shown in the college in (Fig. 04). All in all we had a good day and got the pictures shown below.
                       

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