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Friday, July 15, 2022

Mahogany burn area wildflowers

 Two years ago the Mahogany fire burned 2700 acres on Mt Charleston east of Deer Creek road. The area now is devoid of live trees but is a great place for wildflowers to flourish. These are from June 7th 2022.

Sweet Clover at the trailhead.

We park in the Deer creek picnic lot and hike out the ridge till we come to the burned area. There is no trail.


The Thompson Penstemon are doing better here than any other place on the mountain.


Death Camus


Close-up of the Death Camus with ants and beetles.


Charleston Violets.


Thompson Penstemon


Thompson Penstemon


Thompson Penstemon



Blue Flax




Early Lily buds. Don't recognize the type at this stage. We went back three times before we caught some opening.


Charleston Violet


Drummonds false penyroyal. First time seeing this flower.


Drummonds false pennyroyal


Drummonds false pennyroyal



Prickly Poppy



Large areas of Scarlet Gilia.







Desert frasera, elkweed, swertia, green gentian






Coyote tobacco


Palmers Penstemon


Scarlet Gilia and Cooper Rubberweed





Charleston violet


Coyote Tobacco


Rattlesnake weed





White version of scarlet Gilia





Prickly Poppy



Went back on June 14 to see if any of the lilies had bloomed.


Scarlet Gilia mixed with Rose heath


Lobeleaf Groundsel


Giant Blazing star. This was on the roadside on the way up.



Mt Charleston Phacelia



Thompson Penstemon


A cryptantha



More lilies not blooming yet.


Coyote Tobacco


Thompson Penstemon










Evening Primrose


Prickly Poppy



Rose Heath



Seed pod of a Spotted Fritillary lilly



Thompson Penstemon

On June 18th we went back again and the lilies were open. I think they are Bruneau Mariposa. Can be called Sego Lilies.



Just starting to open










Fully open Sego lily



Wooly Mullein



Rose Heath


Likely a Hoary Aster


Sego Lily


A Milkvetch with dark hairy seed pods.



A bee in the Sego Lily


Common Thistle


1 comment:

  1. Absolutely beautiful photos David! Thank you for identifying all the flowers.

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