West Virginia Native Wildflowers-The Big Year, 2013: May 2016

Thursday, May 12, 2016

May 2016 Last of the Ephemerals

#344 - Pawpaw

Various wanderings around Raleigh County WV in late spring has reveled a new wildflower for this blog and some old friends.

Yellow Lady Slipper with two blooms

Pink Lady Slipper

Painted Trillium

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Albuquerque

Dimorphocarpa wislizeni Spectacle pod

I was privileged to spend a few days in Albuquerque, NM during early April. It was amazing and I would love to go back some time. I also got to drive up to Santa Fe and Los Alamo's. Every spare moment I had was spent outdoors looking at Wildflowers, Petroglyphs, Mesa's and Mountains. I even spent a couple hours hiking through snow at an altitude of 10,000 plus feet on Sandia Peak in the Cibola National Forest.Below are many pictures, most unlabeled. I will label as I get the opportunity

Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa)

tumbleweed

Stemless Townsend Daisy

Mallow

Fringed Puccoon

Petroglyphs in Petroglyph National Monument

Thick-sepal Cat's Eye

Sandia Peak trail

Sandia Peak trail with knee deep soft snow

Sandia Peak

Sandia Peak CCC Rock House

Mesa near Santa Fe

Miraculous Staircase in Santa Fe

Purpose

In 2013, I started this blog to photograph and record every wildflower that I can in West Virginia for one year. In that one year, I was able to find and photograph 308 wildflowers. These include natives, tree, shrubs and introduced flowers that have been here awhile and are here to stay. I was inspired to do this after reading several books about orchids and birding.

Now, in 2014 and the future, I am adding flowers that I missed in the past hope to create a pretty comprehensive list of WV wildflowers.

Why don't I use proper scientific names ?

It has been suggested that I should use scientific names for the flowers that I identify. I could do that by using Google, but, when I read blogs or forums that use only scientific names I get frustrated, I have to Google it to see if the author is referring to Nodding Ladies Tresses or Shining Ladies Tresses or maybe Slender Ladies Tresses. I cannot remember all of them, so I plan to use the most common name for this region but I am going to try to make every common name a link to the USDA Plants Profile page for that plant. There you will see the scientific name, range maps and other useful info. Thanks for your interest.

West Virginia Native Wildflowers-The Big Year, 2013

Thursday, May 12, 2016

May 2016 Last of the Ephemerals

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Albuquerque

Dimorphocarpa wislizeni Spectacle pod

Stemless Townsend Daisy

Fringed Puccoon

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