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Album: Prairie Plants
Date: 04/18/2009
Size: 2 items
Views: 277
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PARRY'S MILKVETCH
Both Parry's milkvetch and silky milkvetch bloom on the slopes of Wildcat Canyon in early May.
Date: 05/10/2009
Views: 2458
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PINYON PINE CONES AND TASSLE
Most of the pinyon pines in Colorado grow from Colorado Springs south. The nuts are in great demand and the aroma of the pitch and leaves is elegant.
Date: 10/22/2008
Views: 1439
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HOARY PEA (Lathyrus polymorphus incanus)
This low bush sweet pea blooms in mid-May in sandy prairie soils.
Date: 05/17/2009
Views: 1100
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PATCH OF HOARY PEAS
Date: 05/17/2009
Views: 795
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PRIMROSE
There are several primrose species on the Colorado plains. Spring, 2009 is a big year for this large, all-white, showy species.
Date: 05/13/2009
Views: 694
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BUFFALO GOURD BLOSSOM
Buffalo gourd vines grow in big blue-green clumps amongst the dry grasses of the summer and early fall prairie. Their blossoms are much like those of domestic squash, pumpkins and gourds.
Date: 07/08/2007
Views: 619
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BUFFALO GOURD
The bitter wild gourds are baseball-sized.
Date: 09/24/2008
Views: 654
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DAISY FLEABANE
This tiny fleabane species grows in sandy soil and blooms in mid-May. The flowers are only a little larger than a dime.
Date: 05/20/2007
Views: 580
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SOAPWEED (Yucca glauca)
Soapweed or yucca is abundant on sandy or partially sandy soils in northeast Colorado. The leaves have sharp points but the flowers prove it is a member of the lily family.
Date: 06/09/2006
Views: 628
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GOLDEN CROWNBEARD
This handsome flower can be quite abundant in late summer.
Date: 09/04/2006
Views: 604
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COSMO (DOMESTIC)
A cosmo from my sister-in-law Andii's back yard in Farmington, Maine.
Date: 10/08/2007
Views: 621
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Album: PLAINS PRICKLYPEAR
Date: 06/22/2009
Size: 4 items
Views: 304
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ORANGE HAWKWEED (MAINE)
This common and beautiful invasive is an abundant hayfield weed in Maine but just beginning to invade eastern Colorado.
Date: 06/27/2009
Views: 718
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BOG LAUREL ON A MAINE LAKE SHORE
This beautiful native laurel of northern Maine lakeshores is largely outshone in spring by other larger flowers.
Date: 07/03/2009
Views: 884
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INTERESTING AND VERY EPHEMERAL MUSHROOM
This tiny, ridged mushroom was no larger than a nickel. Every morning in the first week of July it sent out 3-4 caps that lasted until about noon in my sister-in-law Andii's flower garden.
Date: 06/27/2009
Views: 2449
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