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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It’s always a treat to see the desert peaches (Prunus andersonii) start blooming in northwestern and central Nevada and eastern California. They’re some of my favorite wildflowers of Nevada. From late March until mid-April they brighten up the desert landscape with their cheerful pink blooms. Some of these Northern Nevada
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