More about Bellsprings
Bell Springs Mountain is a rolling landscape of watercourses, rock outcroppings, grasslands, and mixed forests, in the center of Northern California's Inner Coast Mountain Range. Peak elevation is 3880 feet.
The climate is considered transitional, influenced by the cool coastal zone to the west and the warmer inland regions to the east.
Winter and early spring are primarily defined by coastal conditions with intermittent periods of warm and dry weather from the interior areas. A common summer pattern is river valley fog cooling the morning, high heat during the mid day, broken by cool late afternoon coastal breezes and then warm calm nights. Fall is primarily defined by the dry interior weather with some coastal moderation.
Doug Zimmerman has been photographing, identifying and cataloging wildflowers growing in this area since arriving in the early 1980's. This site displays photographs of over 185 wildflowers living on the eastern slopes of Bell Springs mountain.
Here are some of my favorite sources for identification, information and inspiration.
All photographs copyrighted. © Doug Zimmerman