Springtime flower spectacle on Wildlife Refuge at Alameda Point – April 2012

Author: richard94501

My blog is Alameda Point Environmental Report covering environmental issues from wildlife to cleanup at the former Navy base in Alameda now called Alameda Point. Articles on my blog are frequently printed in the Alameda Sun newspaper. I also host a Twitter site and a Flickr photo site. I hope you find my stories and photos of interest. Richard Bangert Alameda, California View all posts by richard94501

5 thoughts on “Springtime flower spectacle on Wildlife Refuge at Alameda Point – April 2012”

cg says:

April 25, 2012 at 10:59 am

Beautiful, Richard! This looks like the “Magic Carpet” of ice plant described in the Alameda NAS Cultural Landscape Report. Originally, landscape architects had planned to splash this color all over the base, at key portals.

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SH says:

April 26, 2012 at 10:04 am

Richard, are you able to give any direction on where these photos were taken at the refuge?

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1. richard94501 says:
  
  April 26, 2012 at 10:42 am
  
  SH,
  
  Go to this Google map and zoom in for a closer look. The legend describes the marker on the lower part of the map where the photos where taken from, and also has arrows indicating the general angle. Note that this earth image is not current and does not quite jibe with my photos as far as all the color and greenery.
  http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=204228834561919358751.0004ba5bdf459cf165f74&msa=0&ll=37.78062,-122.310619&spn=0.037514,0.056133
  
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Mary says:

April 26, 2012 at 10:32 am

The pink ones are ice plant – not wildflowers, not even natives

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Jan Walton says:

October 10, 2012 at 2:33 pm

Not only not native, but at the top of the invasive wildland pest plant list of the CPNS. Sorry to rain on your parade. On the other hand, it’s probably better than asphalt…prettier, that’s for sure.

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