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We proceeded out from LA county at 8 with just 4 people in 3 vehicles. There were some light sprinkles as we headed north, getting a little heavier as we climbed over the pass on the 14 frwy. It cleared rapidly as we arrived in Lancaster and turned west. The weather alternated throughout the rest of the day as sunny, then sprinkles, then sunny, then sprinkles...
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California Golden Poppies (eschscholtzia californica)
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Mixed wildflowers
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Owls Clover (castilleja exserta), Goldfields (lasthenia californica), Poppies (eschscholtzia californica), Pygmy-leaved Lupine (lupinus bicolor), Red Maids (calandrinia ciliata) and Filaree (erodium cicutarium).
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An Owls Clover in a sea of Goldfields.
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Behind the Lupine, the buttes glow yellow from the thick fields of Goldfields.
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Trip Report - March 2005