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HOARY BATS - MOTHER AND CHILD

HOARY BATS - MOTHER AND CHILD

Date: 10/11/2009 Views: 610

HOARY BAT MOM FINDS LOST OFFSPRING

HOARY BAT MOM FINDS LOST OFFSPRING

Date: 10/11/2009 Views: 606

HOARY BAT - ONE-THIRD-GROWN JUVENILE

HOARY BAT - ONE-THIRD-GROWN JUVENILE

Date: 10/11/2009 Views: 578

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Date: 04/18/2009
Size: 16 items (22 items total)
Prairie Plants

Album: Prairie Plants

Date: 04/18/2009
Size: 2 items
Views: 90
PARRY'S MILKVETCH

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: 171
PINYON PINE CONES AND TASSLE

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: 153
HOARY PEA (Lathyrus polymorphus incanus)

HOARY PEA (Lathyrus polymorphus incanus)

This low bush sweet pea blooms in mid-May in sandy prairie soils.

Date: 05/17/2009
Views: 159
PATCH OF HOARY PEAS

PATCH OF HOARY PEAS

Date: 05/17/2009
Views: 149
PRIMROSE

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: 182
BUFFALO GOURD BLOSSOM

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: 147
BUFFALO GOURD

BUFFALO GOURD

The bitter wild gourds are baseball-sized.

Date: 09/24/2008
Views: 181
DAISY FLEABANE

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: 172
SOAPWEED (Yucca glauca)

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: 134
GOLDEN CROWNBEARD

GOLDEN CROWNBEARD

This handsome flower can be quite abundant in late summer.

Date: 09/04/2006
Views: 142
COSMO (DOMESTIC)

COSMO (DOMESTIC)

A cosmo from my sister-in-law Andii's back yard in Farmington, Maine.

Date: 10/08/2007
Views: 143
PLAINS PRICKLYPEAR

Album: PLAINS PRICKLYPEAR

Date: 06/22/2009
Size: 4 items
Views: 65
ORANGE HAWKWEED (MAINE)

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: 84
BOG LAUREL ON A MAINE LAKE SHORE

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: 68
INTERESTING AND VERY EPHEMERAL MUSHROOM

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: 121
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