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Yellow dead nettle (Lamium galeobdolon) surrounded by bluebells (Hyacinthae non-scripta probably spelt that wrong) #wildflowers #wildflower #woodlandflowers #forest #trees #nature #naturephotography #flowers #flower
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Nearly a year has passed since Sierra and I took a trip to Ketchum, Idaho and I reported on some of thesnagswe encounteredthere. After months without a break, we finally had the chance to get away for a few days, and since we were desperate for some time off and a change of scenery, we couldn’t turn it down. Plus, we were heading back to Ketchum, so I knew I’d get to check out a few more…
SPRING IS HERE
Their majesties orange lilies. Lilium bulbiferum. The species with biggest flowers of all my wild native plants. Góry Orlickie near Polish/Czech border.
From late June through early August, the sphagnum bogs, marshes, and partly-shaded seeps of Cranberry Glades host a non-stop procession of wetlands-loving orchids, some showier than others but all incredibly fascinating to me. Irrespective of where they grow, our native orchids rely on a tricky underground fungal association (mycorrhizae) to germinate and derive nutrients from the environment. I regard them as precious miracles borne of happenstance and a fragile symbiotic biology. The photos above were taken earlier today at various locations around Cranberry Glades. From top: rose pogonia (photos 1 - 3), also known as snakemouth orchid; tuberous grass pink (photos 4 - 6); large purple-fringed orchid (photos 7 - 9); and northern tubercled bog orchid (photo 10).
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Asclepias asperula and friends.
Right next to the passionflower was Funastrum crispum, a vining asclepiad. Unfortunately we were just a bit too early to find any open flowers.
Passiflora tenuiloba, the birdwing passionflower, in Comal County. The flowers are petite and green, but the leaves more than make up for it. Going to try very hard to get seeds this year.
Some purple rocket (Iodanthus pinnatifidus) hanging out with a bunch of Gray’s sedge (Carex grayi).
#floodplain #Brassicaceae #Cyperaceae #botany #plants #botanizing #Missouri #biodiversity #carex #iodanthuspinnatifidus #forest #foresthealth #trees #nature #ecology #spring #wildflowers #nativeplants
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Whorled Milkweed, Asclepias verticillata near the Kansas/Oklahoma border near Wichita, Kansas.
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An unknown wildflower at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, near Stone City Kansas. I tried to figure out what this little fellow was, but couldn’t!
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Summer clouds and wild grasses in the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City Kansas. A swelteringly hot day, but very much worth the hike through the preserve, many prairie flowers I’d never seen before!
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The wildflowers we planted from seed are starting to bloom #maui #hawaii #kula #upcountry #wildflowers #flowers
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The wildflowers we planted from seed are starting to bloom #maui #hawaii #kula #upcountry #wildflowers #flowers
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