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Dutchman Trail #104
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Dutchman Trail #104, AZ
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Dutchman Trail #104Phoenix, AZ
Dutchman Trail #104
Phoenix, AZ
Hiking6.00 Miles
Hiking6.00 Miles
 
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I really love this time of year. Wildflowers, trees and cacti are all flowering. Had a huge weather break Saturday 4-28 and headed to Peralta. It was 90s last week and forecasted 90s next week but the day was mostly 60s. By 7:30 arrival time the lot was near capacity with several large groups preparing to leave. Amazingly, there was water in Peralta Canyon and also in Barks at Dutch crossing.

The wildflowers have not had rain for about 2 weeks. Grasses are dry or drying and the flowers are working overtime to bloom and seed while there is still time. Barkley Basin and Miners Canyon have really made extraordinary progress recovering from recent Woodbury fire. There are still many Saguaro skeletons standing in the most obliterated areas as reminder. I took extra pictures of the flora and I’m attempting to label them all.

Insect, reptile, bird and small mammal activity is high. There is all manner of flying, buzzing, constantly irritating insects and arachnids everywhere. Lizards are everywhere and I saw several snakes but surprisingly no rattlesnakes.

One huge development is the taking over of Stinknet Globe Chamomile - (Oncosiphon piluliferum) was a hundred times more than last year and next year will be a thousand times more than now. It seems to be unstoppable and there is no way at this point to weed it out. Not sure what the solution is but it concerns me.
 Flora
 Flora [ checklist ]
[ checklist ]  Brittlebush  Coulter's Lupine  Desert Ironwood  Desert mariposa lily  Desert woollystar  Engelmann Prickly Pear  Fairy Duster  Mexican Gold Poppy  Ocotillo  Owl Clover  Plumeless thistle  Staghorn Cholla  Stinknet  Strawberry Hedgehog  White Ratany  Wild Buckwheat
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 Named place [ checklist ]
[ checklist ]  Barkley Basin
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water 1 out of 5water 2 out of 5water less than maxwater less than max Bark at Dutchman Crossing Light flow Light flow

water 1 out of 5water 2 out of 5water less than maxwater less than max Peralta Creek at #102 Crossing Light flow Light flow
 
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