Some updates are only given on the main Plants Site Update Log.
2 February 2012 updated blooms page from 1/30 fieldtrip, except for the plots and table.
23 January 2012 updated blooms page from 1/22 fieldtrip.
20 January 2012 added page of all annuals observed in bloom in 2008-2012, along with the first baby pix, of nama.
19 January 2012 updated blooms page to include detailed report from 1/18 fieldtrip, with pix, and updated summary.
18 January 2012 updated blooms page from 1/18 fieldtrip, for plots and tables, but not yet including detailed report.
11 January 2012 updated blooms page from 1/8 and 1/10 fieldtrips.
7 January 2012 updated blooms page with better characterization of observed bloom state, updated list of species in bloom, updated table, and new pix at top of page.
6 January 2012 updated blooms page from 12/19, 12/23, 12/28/11 and 1/6/12 fieldwork, except for list of species in bloom.
17 December 2011 updated blooms page from 11/30/11, 12/4, 12/10 and 12/15/11 fieldwork, and last week's rainfall. Added plot of borrego springs and tucson germinating rainfall, and added a discussion of it.
25 November 2011 updated blooms page from 11/15/11 and 11/22/11 fieldwork, and last week's rainfall.
12 November 2011 updated blooms page from 11/11/11 fieldwork and today's rainfall.
10 November 2011 added 2011-2012 blooms page, including adding discussion of summer and winter rainfall, and list of summer annuals, and added observations from 11/7/11.
9 November 2011 updated photo gallery to include 32 more species, now with 208 taxa, up from 176 taxa.
9 October 2011 added Boerhavia page to plant species.
11 March 2011 updated plots in blooms page from 3/8/11 trip, but nothing else on that page.
6 March 2011 updated plots in blooms page from 2/28/11 and 3/4/11 trips, but nothing else on that page.
23 February 2011 updated plots in blooms page from 2/22/11 trip, but nothing else on that page.
20 February 2011 updated plots in blooms page from 2/18/11 trip, but nothing else on that page.
13 February 2011 updated plots in blooms page from today's trip, but nothing else on that page.
8 February 2011 updated plots in blooms page from today's trip, but nothing else on that page.
5 February 2011 updated plots in blooms page, but nothing else on that page.
2 February 2011 updated plots in blooms page, and added detailed observations from last several hikes.
1 February 2011 updated blooms page to add rt hawke observations, map of good / bad bloom locations, bloom status and bloom prediction.
24 January 2011 updated plots in blooms page, but nothing else on that page.
21 January 2011 updated everything in blooms page.
17 January 2011 updated plots, bloom status, and bloom prediction in blooms page, but nothing else on that page.
12 January 2011 updated plots in blooms page, but nothing else on that page.
7 January 2011 updated plots in blooms page, but nothing else on that page.
22 December 2010 updated rainfall totals in blooms.
21 December 2010 added page for blooms for 2010-2011.
21 October 2010 corrected typo in name for Margaret Clary, in bursera page.
14 April 2010 updated plots of # of species in bloom, etc., in bloom, from the 4/11/10 fieldtrip.
10 April 2010 updated plots of # of species in bloom, etc., in bloom, from the 3/26, 4/2 and 4/6/10 fieldtrips.
25 March 2010 updated plots of # of species in bloom, etc., in bloom, from the 3/23 fieldtrip.
16 March 2010 updated plots of # of species in bloom, etc., in bloom, from the 3/11 and 3/15 fieldtrips.
8 March 2010 updated gallery to include pix from 2/28 and 3/4, to include headers to separate the different sections, and to give quick links to them. I also reorganized the groupings, and moved all the grasses to a new category at the end. i also moved flowers whose color isn't clear, primarily due to the lack of a corolla, such as ambrosia, croton, salix, etc., to the "brownish, greenish, etc." category just before the grasses.
7 March 2010 updated blooms from 2/28 and 3/4 fieldwork.
5 March 2010 updated blooms plots from the 3/4/10 fieldwork; added camera info for pix in blooms and gallery.
28 February 2010 updated blooms plots from today's fieldwork.
26 February 2010 updated blooms to fix links to other Anza-Borrego Desert State Park wildflower pages, thanks to bill sullivan; modified 2/23/10 report to remove two annuals not found this year that actually were not very abundant in 2008.
25 February 2010 updated pix gallery from 2/23/10 trip.
24 February 2010 updated blooms from 2/23/10 alcoholic pass trip.
20 February 2010 updated pix gallery from 2/15 trip; corrected typo in blooms, changing Amsinckia menziesii var. menziesii to the correct var. intermedia.
19 February 2010 updated blooms from 2/15 borrego palm canyon trip.
17 February 2010 updated blooms to add short section on Bad Bloom Years Are All The Same; Good Bloom Years Are All Different, with quote from janice bowers.
14 February 2010 updated blooms and pix gallery from 2/13 mostly-car-trip.
12 February 2010 updated blooms and pix gallery with pix from 2/9 borrego palm canyon trip.
11 February 2010 added tips for photographers for getting correct identifications from pix to gallery page.
10 February 2010 updated blooms from 2/9 borrego palm canyon trip.
3 February 2010 updated blooms and pix gallery from 1/31 borrego palm canyon trip. Added another sort to the gallery page, to put asteraceae at end of each group together, and to put small flowers at beginning of each group.
29 January 2010 updated blooms and pix gallery from 1/28 borrego palm canyon trip.
25 January 2010 updated blooms and pix gallery from 1/10, 1/15 and 1/24 trips.
8 January 2010 updated blooms and pix gallery from 12/27, 1/3 and 1/7 trips.
29 December 2009 added page on lyrocarpa to hold pix of plant seen 12 days apart in alma canyon; added two pix of bursera from alma canyon near starfish cove, and a pix of the elephant tree area sign, to the bursera page.
28 December 2009 updated blooms page from 12/19, 12/23 and 12/27 hikes; updated gallery page to say that the date and location of the pix are given in the fourth line.
22 December 2009 added coordinates for elephant trees to clark valley page; improved linking between that page and the main bursera page.
21 December 2009 added elephant trees of clark valley page; added main page on elephant trees; added incomplete page on cryptantha oxygona just so I wouldn't have to take its link off the main species page.
18 December 2009 updated blooms and pix gallery from 15 December 2009 trip; updated mirabilis page after realizing I have checked hundreds of plants for the retrorse hairs of var. retrorsa, eliminating the possibility of m. tenuiloba.
17 December 2009 added species page on mirabilis bigelovii and m. tenuiloba.
13 December 2009 updated rainfall totals.
12 December 2009 added pix for latest plants in bloom to blooms page and gallery.
10 December 2009 updated blooms from 12/5 and 12/9 trips; updated gallery to include pix locations and photographer.
4 December 2009 updated gallery to include cryptantha angustifolia.
3 December 2009 updated blooms to include report, plots and pix from 1 December 2009; added pictorial gallery of species in bloom so far in 2009-2010.
2 December 2009 updated blooms just to include species list from 1 December 2009.
29 November 2009 updated blooms page for improved readability, thanks to comments from jane strong and bill sullivan; added 26 pictures to the list of species in bloom; added rainfall from yesterday and today.
27 November 2009 began 2009-2010 blooms page.
20 November 2009 added beginning of page on similar species, giving distinguishing characteristics.
22 July 2009 added link to views of borrego desert from the Santa Rosa Mountains.
11 April 2009 updated blooms.
5 April 2009 updated blooms, including summary info on duration of peak bloom in various areas, a discussion of what is meant by "peak bloom", and comparison to srp.
13 March 2009 updated blooms.
9 March 2009 updated blooms; corrected determination of astragalus in palm canyon, from Astragalus lentiginosus var. borreganus to Astragalus crotalariae.
4 March 2009 minor updates to blooms.
3 March 2009 updated blooms.
27 February 2009 updated blooms.
22 February 2009 updated blooms.
19 February 2009 updated blooms.
14 February 2009 added link to this year's pix in blooms.
12 February 2009 updated blooms.
10 February 2009 added key and table of characteristics for cryptanthas.
9 February 2009 updated blooms.
3 February 2009 updated blooms, and moved reports prior to jan 1 to a separate page.
31 January 2009 updated blooms.
26 January 2009 added introductory text to go along with the formation of jackass flat; updated blooms.
25 January 2009 added cartoon view of Formation of Butler Canyon, Jackass Flat, and Lower Rockhouse Canyon.
23 January 2009 added # of days without rainfall to blooms, and updated rainfall table.
22 January 2009 added Origin and Meaning of Name, and Family Placement to hesperocallis page. Added two more families in which hesperocallis has been placed, thanks to input from michael charters. Updated blooms.
21 January 2009 added first species page, on desert lily, hesperocallis undulata. Reorganized main page to put blooms at top. Corrected spelling of "centinela" on views from palm wash, added namesake for the sierra cucapa mountains, both thanks to jane strong.
20 January 2009 added view from upper palm wash bank.
18 January 2009 updated blooms, and added plots of # species and # plants in bloom. Added history of the term "borrego desert" on the definition page, stimulated by a discussion with bill sullivan.
17 January 2009 added text to labeled pix from S22 mile 8.5, explicitly giving the farthest mountains seen and their distances from the Colorado River and Yuma, and adding the plots of the error in peak locations.
16 January 2009 added labeled pix from S22 mile 8.5.
14 January 2009 updated blooms, and added color-coding for tables to show a change in hiking venue.
13 January 2009 added views of upper henderson canyon.
10 January 2009 added tidbit to top 51 species list that creosote and burroweed are the most widespread species in the entire lower colorado valley.
9 January 2009 updated blooms.
6 January 2009 added a bit more to the extensive discussion in the top 51 species list; separated out the definition of the "borrego desert", and added notes on how it is an ecotone; added a few more wildflower links to borrego blooms.
5 January 2009 added a bit more on definition of the term "Borrego Desert"; added extensive discussion in the top 51 species list about what this list does and does not represent.
4 January 2009 updated blooms; added section on how long an annual bloom will last; added links to other wildflower reports.
1 January 2009 added the nifty fifty, the most common 51 species of the Borrego Desert, and the most common 172 species of the Borrego Desert.
31 December 2008 updated blooms; put in table of contents and proper section headers; separated germination section into general and specific to this year.
27 December 2008 updated blooms and rainfall; added links to analysis pages from main plants site that have info on borrego desert species
18 December 2008 added voucher collection dates for low elevation.
17 December 2008 placed first main page online, linking previous-online pages on 2008-2009 blooms and clark valley. Added page on views of Santa Rosa Mountains.
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