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Natural History Wanderings on Desert North & South West Wildflower Destinations & Reports
Arizona
Desert Wildflower Watch, ~March
Arizona/Sonora Desert Museum Wildflower Resource
Desert Botanical Garden (covers Arizona, phone hotline open only during March and April)
Arizona State Parks website has a wildflower link with some images. Click on the Rangercam drop-down menu at the bottom of the page.
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
California
California Wildflower Hotsheet (Posts current reports for CA sites)
Theodore Payne Foundation (covers southern California, phone hotline open only during March and April)
Desert Wildflower Watch, ~March
DesertUSA Wildflower GuideAntelope Valley California Poppy Reserve
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (California, ~Feb)
Joshua Tree National Park (California, links to another site)
Carrizo Plain National Monument
Colorado
http://www.crestedbuttewildflowerfestival.com/
A Guide to Colorado's Best Photography Locations
Natural History Wanderings on Colorado Wildflowers
Desert Wildflower Watch, ~March
DesertUSA Wildflower GuideNorth Carolina
Grandfather Mountain, www.grandfather.com
Pennsylvania
Shenk's Ferry Wildflower Preserve (PPL Corp)
Texas
Edwards Plateau, www.wildflower.org ~April
Virginia
DC Wild Flower Season & Locations
Virginia Native Plant Society Links of Interest
Bles Park, 44830 Riverside Parkway, Ashburn/Sterling, VA
(Bles is somewhat behind the GW Campus, take Rte 7 to GW Blvd to the North end of Riverside)
Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship, VA
Field of Flowers, Purcellville, VA
Clinch Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Blue Ridge Parkway, http://www.nps.gov/blri/index.htm
Photography by Stone (Mid-Atlantic Flora & Fungi)
West Virginia
WV Blooming Schedule (also birds and fall colors)
Enchanter's Garden, open by appointment April-Aug 304-466-3154
Books:
Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains, Atkins, Menasha Ridge Press, 2005
Central Appalachian Wildflowers, Medina, The Globe Pequot Press, 2002
Wildflowers of the Appalachian Trail, Atkins, Menasha Ridge Press, 1999
Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Alderman, The University of North Carolina Press, 1997