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Naomi Fraga, PhD
@naomibot
Director of Conservation @CABotanicGarden. I study #monkeyflowers, California #floristics, and rare #plants. #iamabotanist. Tweets my own.
Aug 20, 2023 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
We experienced an epic wildflower season in CA following a series of atmospheric rivers. I'm still recovering! 🫠 Now SoCal will experience its first tropical storm in over 80 years! Does this mean CA will see more CA wildflowers? 🌸🧵 linanthus parryae The short answer is YES! The summer monsoon brings up a whole different suite of wildflowers then we see in the spring. There are not as many species, but they are still stunners! In this thread I'll give the long and the short of it. What should we expect to see?🧐 summer monsoon bloom
Feb 28, 2023 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
These recent cold storms mean that a magnificent bloom is even more likely in some parts of CA. Why you ask? Have we reached a threshold in total precip? Has the timing and spacing of rain events helped? Lets talk about it and explore the science of superblooms. 👩🏽‍🔬🌸

A thread superbloom in carrizo plain 1st, what is a superbloom (SB)? Not my fave term, but public opinion won, so lets go with it. Is there a threshold to qualify as a SB? Not in any quantifiable sense, but characteristics include diverse & abundant wldflowrs such that they become the dom. lifeform in the ecosystem. short canyon superbloom
Jan 5, 2023 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
I am so incredibly grateful for this California rain, but I am also anticipating the inevitable... The dreaded conversations about the "superbloom". You might be saying, what the heck Naomi, you are a botanist, don't you love superblooms? 🧵 Yes, I LOVE wildflowers intensely. You might even say my world centers on plants. I live to serve them. But I have come to understand why the search for the superbloom is not just an annoyance, but it also makes me deeply sad.