Just before the fall foliage starts in Nevada and Eastern California, you might notice small bushes loaded with yellow blooms. These plants are called rabbitbrush, or more specifically rubber rabbitbrush. The plant also goes by gray rabbitbrush, yellow rabbitbrush, or chamisa. You’ll find it growing along roadsides or covering whole
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One of the signs that winter is letting go of its hold on the area is when desert peaches start to color the high desert different shades of pink and fuchsia. And here’s good news—they’ve started to bloom. Where are the desert peaches and other Northern Nevada wildflowers blooming now?
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Over the last month, we’ve seen a lot of colorful displays of wildflowers here in Northern Nevada. Thanks to the historic snowfall, we’re seeing more wildflowers than usual in many places. Most recently, the wild roses are looking pretty in pink. You’ll find them in moist areas throughout many places
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You always know it’s spring in Northern Nevada when the desert peaches (Prunus andersonii) start to show off their pink and mauve flowers. Rarely, the pink is so pale the flowers look almost white. Desert peach serve as an opening act to the antelope bitterbrush, which bloom a week or
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Tahoe Meadows is a lush, mountain meadow at the top of the Mount Rose Highway (State Route 431) near Reno and Incline Village, Nevada. It’s also one of the best places to view wildflowers in Nevada. Wildflowers are blooming nearly everywhere there right now. On a hike through the area
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