Saturday, July 27, 2013

Enough of the Wildflowers Already!

I am winding up my Wildflower Frenzy with this post, after finding 22 of the 25 flowers on the list.  I did intend to find them all, but such is life.   I  scored 40 points total, and counted my points 3 times.  Sounding a bit crabby because the list got the best of me, but I did enjoy the hunt and got to know several new (to me) flowers. 


Columbia Tiger Lily (Lilium columbianum) (2 points) was found at Bridalveil State Park on May 30, 2013.












Lonicera ciliosa - Orange Honeysuckle May 2013
Oregon stonecrop - Sedum oreganum July 2013

Fringed grass of parnassus (Parnassia fimbriata) May 2013


Common Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) are blooming now (end of July) in the Western Gorge.  This flower is found throughout the Northern part of the Northern Hemisphere (circumboreal).


The hay has been cut at home





Indian Pipe - on the flower list, this picture is from last year (end of July 2012) on the trail to Wahclella Falls.   This flower looks like a fungus but is a saprophytic plant (no chlorophyll, gets nutrition directly from other plants) Did not find it this year, am done looking!