Wildflowers in Byxbee Park
Jan. 26th, 2022 10:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerOur visit to Byxbee Park on Sunday wasn't just spur-of-the-moment hawk watching. As much as we enjoyed the surprise visit from a few hawks we also hoped there'd be some good wildflowers. Although it's early in the year for wildflower blooms, the weather has been right: lots of rain several weeks ago, and warm and dry for 3 weeks since then.
There were no wildflower blooms up in the front area of the park, although the grass was richly green. As we looped around to the backside of the hill suddenly we found where all the wildflowers were hiding! This one hillside in particular was a riot of yellow flowers.
Following my "There are no wrong turns here" philosophy from hiking in Edgewood Park the day before, we crossed over the hill one direction, looped around, and then crossed back over it in a different direction.
The extra criss-crossing through the park allowed us to see many parts of it. There are wildflowers blooming out here, just not everywhere. I think largely that's because the park is covered-over landfill. A few years ago it was freshly laid dirt. Right now it's mostly in the stage of developing a solid natural grass covering. It'll take longer for wildflowers to spread. So far they're in specific clusters.
Fortunately we know where to find them!
There were no wildflower blooms up in the front area of the park, although the grass was richly green. As we looped around to the backside of the hill suddenly we found where all the wildflowers were hiding! This one hillside in particular was a riot of yellow flowers.
Following my "There are no wrong turns here" philosophy from hiking in Edgewood Park the day before, we crossed over the hill one direction, looped around, and then crossed back over it in a different direction.
The extra criss-crossing through the park allowed us to see many parts of it. There are wildflowers blooming out here, just not everywhere. I think largely that's because the park is covered-over landfill. A few years ago it was freshly laid dirt. Right now it's mostly in the stage of developing a solid natural grass covering. It'll take longer for wildflowers to spread. So far they're in specific clusters.
Fortunately we know where to find them!
