Wildflower Diary 3
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Found throughout the area around the park, esp. in the shaded forest areas, this precursor to the beautiful purple Lupine has a purple top that is attractive in its own right. Mature specimen finally appeared 6/22/08. | ||
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This small white flower has been blooming for a few days but I had mistaken it with another flower I thought I had cataloged. Very delicate flower found throughout the forest, this one across from the RV Park. | ||
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A beautiful little flower with a cluster of pea-like flowers growing along Red Rock Creek in Montana, about 12 miles west of the RV park in Centennial Valley. | ||
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Small mottled red specimen of this species at Red Rock Lakes in an open meadow above Upper Red Rock Lake. MORE | ||
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This is a beautiful (poisonous) plant that was blooming under the trees and along the path to Upper Red Rock Lake in the Refuge at the refuge campground. (Actaea rubra) | ||
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It's a very tiny bloom and found on a woody shrub on a dry rocky slope near Elk Lake in Montana (about 12 miles from RV Park). MORE: See Size comparison (Ribes cereum) | ||
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This beauty grows along Red Rock Creek in Centennial Valley (about 10 miles west of the RV Park). | ||
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Today the Western Virgin's Bower bloomed. It's on a vine in the forest across from the RV park. Very delicate and beautiful. (Clematis occidentalis ) MORE The Seed stage is pretty, appearing in late August. | ||
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Found in the Meadow Vue Pasture next to the RV Park, this larger variety of the Buttercup stands tall among the Dandelions and Camus. MORE | ||
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Found along Red Rock Rd near the RV Park. | ||
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Found next to Red Rock Rd west of the RV Park a few hundred yards. Contains an alkaloid that is extremely toxic to livestock and humans. (Zigadenus venenosus) | ||
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In Meadow Vue pasture next to RV Park. This appears to be an immature specimen (prior to blooming). Also found in meadow #1. (Eriogonum umbellatum) | ||
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Lovely single flower on a very long 12" to 15" green stalk with very narrow long leaves at the base. Found first in meadow #1. (Agoseris glauca) MORE | ||
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The white mule ears are shown next to this hybrid (cream) between a yellow version of the mule ears and the white version. They appeared in a bunch below meadow #1. The only such hybrid in the area. MORE | ||
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Although I've shown the Lupine above, this is the more mature (not quite, notice it unfolding as it goes from top to bottom). Soon it will form fields of purple flowers. This speciman found along forest road #2 near RV Park. MORE Here's one more closeup of the flowers (pea family).(Lupinus sericeus) See the bouquet of geraniums and lupines. | ||
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Found in meadow #1. Beautiful member of the pea family. Very small flowers (about 1/2 inch)(Oxytropis sericea) MORE | ||
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Very tiny flowers on 12 to 14" stalks, hard to find, growing in forest across from RV Park. (Mitella stauropetala) MORE See the several growing together. | ||
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This appears to be a low-growing specimen of the Evening Primrose. This bloom only lasts a day. Found a couple specimens in Meadow Vue Ranch next to RV Park today. (Oenothera villosa) | ||
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This plant has started popping up all over the area in the last week in small numbers. It prefers dry areas and rocky soil. It is also called 'Western paintbrush'. (Castilleja occidentalis) | ||
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A small plant found in the border of a meadow about 2.5 miles East of the RV Park along Red Rock Road which contained a huge field of White Mule's Ears. MORE (Microsteris gracilis) | ||
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This immature Indian Paintbrush will soon be bright red and brighten the forest floor across from the RedRock RV Park. (Castilleja Miniata) | ||
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In the forest meadow across from RV Park, two specimens bloomed today. Not sure what type this is. It has 7 toothed leaves radiating from a center point. MORE By July 15, there are lots of these in the meadow. | ||
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In the forest meadow across from RV Park, two specimens bloomed today. In the forest meadow across from RV Park, several specimens bloomed today. Differs from Heartleaf Arnica by having leaves long slender leaves. Arnica longifolia | ||
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One of the most beautiful flowers nearby, in the forest across from RV Park, two specimens bloomed today. MORE This one is a hybrid between the red and yellow versions. (Aquilegia flavescens) | ||
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Beautiful small clumps of rose colored bracts found in meadow #1. There were a few specimens, see a bouquet here (Antennaria microphylla) | ||
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These mushrooms appear to be related to a species called wood polypore. They have no stalks and attach to wood. These were attached to a felled aspen along the second forest road just west of the RV Park. | ||
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Tiny pink flowers at the top of this plant are beautiful accent to all the other flowers in the Meadow across from the RV Park. (Collomia linearis) MORE | ||
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Found in the shade of the forest across from the RV Park along with 3 or 4 other specimens. This is part of the Orchid Family. It has no cholorphyll and grows from the decayed remains of other plants. MORE (Corallorhiza striata) | ||
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Found this specimen with several others at RedRock Pass about 7 miles west of the RV Park. Some starting to appear in meadow #1 also. (Castilleja miniata) MORE | ||
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Another Coralroot type found in meadow #1 today. (Corallorhiza maculata) | ||
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This shrub is starting to bloom all over meadow #1 and elsewhere in the forest. A beautiful long cylinder of flowers, soon to be berries covers this bush. (Prunus virginiana) MORE | ||
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Found a few along side RedRock road about 1/4 mile west of the RV Park. (Tragopogon dubius) Seed head before complete deployment and after deployment. | ||
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