Baneberry, white berries
Baneberry, red berries
Alfalfa
Magpie Inky Cap / Coprinus picaceus?
Scaly Pholiota / Pholiota squarrosa
European Skipper
Once-married Underwing / Catocala unijuga, left fr…
Puffballs / Calvatia sp.
Succulent beauty
Cracker sp.
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Peony seedpods
Hollyhock
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Globe Thistle / Echinops ritro
Butterfly on Joe Pye Weed
Clouded Sulphur on Lettuce sp.?
Sea Holly
Artichoke in bloom
Happy Thanksgivng, everyone!
After our first major snowstorm
Much-needed colour!
Trillium, Day 2, Rondeau PP, Ontario
Day 2, yes, another Trillium, Rondeau PP
Day 2, a more typical Trillium, Rondeau PP
Day 2, White Trillium, Rondeau PP
When fall comes after 'winter'
Pumpkin season, kid-style
Weathered door
Powderpuff flower
Day 3, Large-flowered Bellwort / Uvularia grandifl…
Day 3, Daffodil (or Narcissus?), Pt Pelee, Ontario
Day 3, Dryad's Saddle (?), Pt Pelee, Ontario
Day 3, Daffodil (Narcissus?) growing wild, Pt Pele…
Lest We Forget
A much-needed change of colour
Fall colours
Winter in the park
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Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Delicate hoarfrost
Day 6, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
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Dreaming of spring
Day 7, Hong Kong orchid tree / Bauhinia (blakeana?…
Day 1, Thistle sp., southern Texas
Day 1, Thistle sp., southern Texas
Day 1, Thistle sp., southern Texas
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Day 1, Thistle / pink form of Cirsium horridulum,…
THE TICK THAT BIT ME in South Texas! LONE STAR TI…
Day 4, Aloe vera, Bishop City Park, South Texas
Day 4, Silver argiope / Argiope argentata, Bishop…
Gorgeous succulent flower
Day 5, White Prickly Poppy / Argemone albiflora
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Wild Blue Clematis
Insect on Steven's shirt - some kind of Borer?
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Resting on a window
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Yellow Penstemon with wildflower bokeh
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Great Orange Tip / Hebomoia glaucippe
Western Wood Lily
Blue Himalayan Poppy
Orange Peel Fungus, Peyto Lake
Blue Flax / Linum lewisii
Horsetail strobilus
Fungus (Dryad's Saddle?), Pt Pelee, Ontario
Yellow Lady's-slipper / Cypripedium parviflorum
Wolf Willow / Elaeagnus commutata
Trillium with a visitor, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Dutchman's Breeches / Dicentra cucullaria, Pt Pele…
Dryad's Saddle Fungus (?), Pt Pelee, Ontario
Beauty
Pretty in pink
Trillium
Dragonfly, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Milk Thistle, I believe
Sedge
Bear Grass, Waterton Lakes National Park
Shoo-fly / Nicandra physalodes
Tropical plant, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Dreaming of spring and summer
The beauty of Borage
Plant from the Whaleback
Unidentified tree, Trinidad
A scream from the Asa Wright verandah, Trinidad
Dragonfly at Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Dragonfly at Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Dragonfly sp., Trinidad
Asystasia gangetica, Trinidad
Silky Scorpionweed / Phacelia sericea, Pocaterra C…
Tropical flower, Trinidad - Begonia
The end of an Artichoke
Purple Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Pachystachys coccinea?
In memory of my daughter
The final stage of an Artichoke
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Before "winter" arrived
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Lest we forget
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Dragonfly - Black Meadowhawk?
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"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
Lichens on nature trail at KOAC
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End of the season
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Nodding Thistle / Musk Thistle / Carduus nutans
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Definitely past its prime, but I love these Nodding Thistles at any stage, but especially when the pinky purple flower has died and the beautiful pattern of the spiny bracts can be seen more clearly. Flower head is 4-6 cm in diameter. The large Nodding or Musk Thistle is my favourite species of Thistle. Unfortunately, this quite spectacular and beautiful species is on the list of Restricted, Noxious, and Nuisance Weeds In Alberta. Its name, Nodding Thistle, comes from the fact that the flower heads commonly droop to a 90° to 120° angle from the stem when mature. It is a biennial that spreads rapidly by seed forming extremely dense stands, though when I have seen this species growing in several places within the city, there are usually only a few of them. It looks like i may have captured two insects as well - a teeny red mite on the left of the stem, and something else in the centre of the stem. I don't know if the latter is a moth or a beetle.
www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/potd/2011/08/carduus-nutans.php
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carduus_nutans
This photo was taken at the Erlton/Roxboro Natural Area, not far from downtown Calgary, yesterday afternoon, 24 July 2018. It is the richest botanical area, for its size, within the city. Over 385 species have been recorded in an area of about three hectares. (All of Fish Creek Provincial Park has only about 460 species). Eighty species, however, are aliens, now occupying 90+% of the Erlton/Roxboro Natural Area. It is such a shame to see how the area is being devastated by plants that include Baby's Breath, Creeping Thistle, Yellow Clematis and other invasive species.
The weather forecast for yesterday afternoon called for a risk of a thunderstorm. The sky was dark and gloomy, but we were very lucky that the rain stayed away. Our temperature at 9:00 this morning, 25 July 2018, is only 12C, which feels really good. This afternoon, it is supposed to get up to 23C.
www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/potd/2011/08/carduus-nutans.php
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carduus_nutans
This photo was taken at the Erlton/Roxboro Natural Area, not far from downtown Calgary, yesterday afternoon, 24 July 2018. It is the richest botanical area, for its size, within the city. Over 385 species have been recorded in an area of about three hectares. (All of Fish Creek Provincial Park has only about 460 species). Eighty species, however, are aliens, now occupying 90+% of the Erlton/Roxboro Natural Area. It is such a shame to see how the area is being devastated by plants that include Baby's Breath, Creeping Thistle, Yellow Clematis and other invasive species.
The weather forecast for yesterday afternoon called for a risk of a thunderstorm. The sky was dark and gloomy, but we were very lucky that the rain stayed away. Our temperature at 9:00 this morning, 25 July 2018, is only 12C, which feels really good. This afternoon, it is supposed to get up to 23C.
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