Wildflower Hotlines and Websites
Updated by Sharon Kato
To maximize your chances of being in the right place at the right time to see spring wildflowers, you might want to periodically check some of the wildflower hotlines, websites, and information sources around the state. Note: Various State Parks may close or have limited access during the year due to budget cuts, check before you go www.park.ca.gov.
MULTIPLE SITE LISTINGS
Bureau of Land Management Lands in California
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/recreation/wildflowers.
Contact numbers and a peak bloom chart
California State Parks
Discover Spring Wildflowers press release from March 2008 with 5 pages of contact numbers.
www.parks.ca.gov/pages/24317/files/2008_Spring_Wildflowers_release.pdf
California Vernal Pools
www.vernalpools.org
Links to guided tours of the Jepson Prairie, Mather Field, Rancho Seco Howard Ranch, Santa Rosa Plateau, Vina Plains Preserve & North Table Mountain.
Desert USA’s Wildflower Watch
www.desertusa.com/wildflo/wildupdates.html
Updates on desert wildflowers in AZ, CA, NV, UT, & TX.
Nevada Natural Heritage Program
http://heritage.nv.gov/wildflow.htm (not updated since 2008 but still useful information)
Theodore Payne Foundation Wildflower Hotline
818-768-3533—Taped wildflower reports for Southern California. Recording begins the first Friday in March, updated every Thursday through May.
www.theodorepayne.org/hotline.html includes links to dozens of wildflower sites.
US Forest Service
www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/regions/index.shtml
links to wildflower pages in 49 states.
INDIVIDUAL LISTINGS
Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve
www.parks.ca.gov takes you to State Parks
home page, click on “Find a Park” link.
661-724-1180 (recorded wildflower report)
Anza-Borrego Wildflower Hotline
760-767-4684—Recorded information
www.california-desert.org. Great information on
weather and timing for desert bloom.
Carrizo Plain National Monument
Goodwin Educational Center (some recorded info)
805-475-2131
Bakersfield BLM Field Office 661-391-6000 www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/bakersfield/Programs/carrizo.html
Death Valley National Park
760-786-2331—Press 1, then 5 for recorded
wildflower information.
(www.nps.gov/deva/naturescience/wildflower-update-2011.htm
Edgewood County Park
650-368-6283—Taped general information;
can leave a question for ranger.
866-463-3439—Friends of Edgewood Park, to leave a question for a docent.
(Weekend wildflower walks mid-March to June) www.friendsofedgewood.org
Henry W. Coe State Park
408-779-2728 (usually staffed on weekends) www.coepark.org
Jepson Prairie Preserve
Site operable from early March through Mother’s Day.
www.solanolandtrust.org Check calendar for guided walks.
Joshua Tree National Park
760-367-5500—Press 1, then 9, for recorded
wildflower information.
www.nps.gov/Jotr/index.htm
Kern County Wildflower Hotline
661-322-WILD—Reports beginning in March.
Mendocino Headlands State Park
The Ford House Visitors’ Center 707-937-5397 (open all week) www.parks.ca.gov takes you to State Parks home page, click on “Find a Park” link.
Mojave Desert
www.digital-desert.com/wildflowers/wildflower_report.html
Kelso Depot Visitor Center—Call 760-252-6108
Hole-in-the Wall Visitor Center—Call 760-928-2572
to speak to the ranger.
Mount Diablo State Park
Summit Visitors’ Center 925-837-6119
Junction Station 925-837-6129
Check mdia.org
Mount Tamalpais State Park
415-388-2070—Talk to rangers at Pan Toll Station.
www.parks.ca.gov
Pinnacles National Monument
Bear Gulch Visitor Center 831-389-4485 www.nps.gov/pinn
Point Reyes National Seashore
415-464-5100—Press 2 to talk to park ranger at
Bear Valley Visitor Center www.nps.gov/pore
Yosemite National Park
209-372-0200—Press 3, then 5, to speak to a ranger. www.nps.gov/yose
