This winter’s relentless storms damaged homes, wrecked roads and flooded fields, and those hit hardest by the devastation might be struggling to find a bright side. Wildflowers can’t repair storm d…
Water, water everywhere. Let those flowers drink it up.
And sometimes, if the weather is just right, we get a superbloom — a burst of wildflowers that have been laying around as seeds, just waiting for the right conditions. Wildflower seeds fall onto the ground, then wait for sun and water to help them sprout. They might have to wait a long time, but plants are patient. LeNeve said fallen seeds can be viable for decades — “20, 30, 40 years” — just waiting for the perfect conditions.
Carpets of wildflowers accented the very green landscape along Bitterwater Road between Highway 101 and Highway 25. That diversity comes from the county’s huge variety of habitats. “We have redwood forests, we have pine forests, we have oak woodlands, we have sea shores, we have semi-alpine, we have semi-desert,” said LeNeve. “All these areas have different plants that grow in them and consequently Monterey County has the biggest flora of any county in the state, and a bigger flora than most states do.”
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