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Tansy leafed phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) was another very common blooming plant found with common monolopia at Kreyenhagen Hills. If you see a significant patch of purple, it is most likely tansy leafed phacelia or another phacelia species.

Depending on the aspect of a particular hill at Kreyenhagen Hills, you would find different blooming plant species. South and east aspects tended to have common monolopia, while west slopes had fiddleneck, lupine, and desert candle.

This is a close up of the common monolopia that was blooming everywhere at Kreyenhagen Hills.

The hillsides of Kreyenhagen Hills were covered with common monolopia (Monolopia lanceolata). We did find other monolopia species such as Crum’s monolopia (Monolopia stricta) mixed in.

All of the valleys and hills at Kreyenhagen Hills Conservation Bank and the surrounding area were covered in spring 2023 by a variety of blooming plants. The most common plants were common monolopia (Monolopia lanceolata) – yellow and tansy leafed phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) – purple. We did see many fiddleneck (Amsinckia), California poppies (Eschscholzia species), Arroyo Lupine (Lupinus succulentus) – purple, and Desert Candle (Caulanthus inflatus). High precipitation rainfall, perfect temperatures, and adequate sunlight created the ideal conditions for a full bloom. Our ecologists saw over 50 species of plants here in March 2023.

This plant that we encountered at Kreyenhagen Hills is known as Snake’s-Head (Malacothrix coulteri). They are part of the Sunflower (Compositae- Asteraceae) Family. The phyllaries of this plant looked very beautiful.

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Project Type

Conservation Bank

Location

California | Fresno County

Solution

Species Habitat Mitigation

Species

San Joaquin kit fox

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The 1,295-acre Kreyenhagen Conservation Bank in Fresno County consists of annual grassland, juniper woodland, a seasonal/riparian drainage, and associated habitats.

The Bank was approved in 2005 by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to provide mitigation for unavoidable permitted impacts to the San Joaquin kit fox within Fresno, Kings, and Kern counties, as depicted in the Service Area map.

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