Thursday, June 24, 2010

Aurora Canyon, Bodie Hills

Today, my coworkers and I met with an engineer to discuss options for repairing headcuts along Aurora Canyon Creek in the Bodie Hills. A headcut occurs when a portion of the stream bottom suddenly drops away due to excessive erosion. If not restored, the headcut can "unzip" and form an incised channel or a gully in a meadow. I won't bore you with more details, but I thought you might appreciate some photos of wildflowers in bloom !


a small headcut

my "office"

Castilleja sp.
paintbrush

Delphinium andersonii
larkspur


Astragalus sp.


Circium scariosum
var. congdonii


Lewisia rediviva
bitteroot


Phacelia humilis

Posted by Lily at 8:22 PM
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3 comments:

  1. BiomouseJune 25, 2010 at 7:40 AM

    Gorgeous photos Lil! I love that little onion especially :)

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  2. LilyJune 27, 2010 at 9:23 PM

    The Lewisia? :) It's not the easiest to mess with layouts on this blog, but I added labels. :)

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  3. BiomouseJuly 8, 2010 at 7:11 AM

    Hahahaha, oops dumb me, yep I was talking about the Lewisia that is NOT an onion :D

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