This California drought is prettty awful- 25% of normal rainfall has fallen this year in the LA area, and of course, that is having an impact on the flora and fauna.
""We don't have poppies this year. This is about the worst we've seen," she said. "It's desert-brown."
The relentlessly dry weather has made this a spring like no other across the region, wreaking havoc on the ecosystem.
The effects of the prolonged dryness can be seen and felt all around. Seasonal ponds are cracked dry, leaving no haven for some frog eggs or fairy shrimp to hatch. Some flower-dependent butterflies are staying dormant for another season.
Plants aren't bearing berries; some oak trees aren't sprouting acorns. Bees are behaving strangely.
The problem is apparent in Ventura County, where ranchers are selling their cattle early or thinking about moving them to other states. Ranchers' lands, starved of rainwater, have not grown the natural grasses key to feeding cattle through the spring and summer." LINK
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