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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 12, 2011 - 04:54pm PT
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Very dry Spring here is Taos. Maybe not the best year but still they are out there.
Rock Clematis
Fairy Slipper
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sempervirens
climber
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Jun 12, 2011 - 08:51pm PT
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I'm working on my weak photography skills. It's been very late in coming, but field season finally arrived here in eastern Plumas County. The snow plants are extremely common here; they're popping up by the thousands.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jun 12, 2011 - 10:05pm PT
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Sempervirens, that snow plant is gorgeous!!!!
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Longstick
Social climber
Seattle, WA
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Jun 13, 2011 - 12:24am PT
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A hike near Enumclaw, WA ...last week.
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10b4me
Ice climber
Happy Boulders
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Jun 13, 2011 - 12:44am PT
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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Jun 14, 2011 - 03:02pm PT
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A few flowers from the past week, all located high on Mt Washington's Alpine Gardens.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 14, 2011 - 03:05pm PT
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Jun 14, 2011 - 06:57pm PT
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S-MF, Eastern Plumas county...Where are you living these days?
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sempervirens
climber
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Jun 14, 2011 - 08:40pm PT
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Hi Nita, I'm in Portola, yeah,... it still perplexes me every time I drive up to the driveway. But somehow it works.
Thought you and Andy would appreciate the flower threads.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Jun 14, 2011 - 09:10pm PT
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Josh 3 weeks ago. Late Spring this year. Lupines are raging in Wawona right now
Peace
Karl
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 14, 2011 - 09:24pm PT
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hey there say, bob... i got a few michigan wildflowers/plants that are some i'd never seen before in my near 8 years, here... (i was able to identify about 35? jor more, one year, too, in a field-i always get THAT NUMBER mixed up!!) *mix it up with some other numbers on my lists of things, :))
well, these three, i have no clue and can't seem to find them... but--they have not fully bloomed yet, either...
i will post them by tommorrow, maybe some of you michigan or at least, up northeastway type folks will know what they are...
*oh the " mr smartypants " flower i.d. didn't help this time--but thanks to the one that shared the link, a ways back, :)
say, thanks for the really neat shares here...
:)
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 14, 2011 - 10:08pm PT
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dougalclimber
climber
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Jun 14, 2011 - 11:19pm PT
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Nice shots Karl, especially the night sky. What is the first flower? Here's my favorite JTree shot from this spring. Shot from the hip, more or less with 100 mm macro.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Jun 15, 2011 - 12:32am PT
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I call em "purple flowers!"
Had some fun with a laser pointer in the campground when I couldn't sleep
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 15, 2011 - 01:16am PT
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Sorry, don't know my flowers. A cold morning dew at Lavabeds SP, CA.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jun 15, 2011 - 01:18am PT
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cool shots Karl
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dougalclimber
climber
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Jun 15, 2011 - 02:00am PT
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I call em "purple flowers!"
That was going to be my first guess too.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Jun 15, 2011 - 02:46am PT
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Reilly, I'm stumped.....do you have different picture of this same flower?
My only guess, is some kind of buckwheat...
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sempervirens
climber
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Jun 15, 2011 - 11:42am PT
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I agree with Nita. I think Reilly's photo form Lave Beds SP is pussy paws (Calyptridium monosperma), in the Buckwheat family.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 15, 2011 - 11:45am PT
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Who you callin' pussy paws? I've climbed some respectable 5.6's with these paws!
And that flower was about 2" in diameter if I recall.
This is exactly the way I found them - just lying in the rocks as it were.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Jun 15, 2011 - 11:56am PT
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sempervirens, me thinks ..you are right..(-;...pussy paws........always loved seeing the hardy TM pussy paws growing out of dry sandy soil.... pretty amazing seeing them in volcanic rock too.
Reilly, better view....thanks
ps..Lava Beads- is on my top 10 list of favorite parks to camp in...My favorite campsite is..............not telling...
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Jun 16, 2011 - 11:59am PT
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jun 24, 2011 - 02:36pm PT
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Nice flowers everyone. TFPU!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jun 24, 2011 - 11:28pm PT
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Karl, AWESOME night photos!!!!
The flowers are RAD too, everyone--I wonder when the b/c in Colorado
will show some this year, it's still covered in lots of snow!
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em kn0t
Trad climber
isle of wyde
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Jun 25, 2011 - 01:39am PT
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kinda amazing how a dry prickly cactus on a dusty hillside can produce such a luscious and delicate bloom
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redsolarearth
climber
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Jun 25, 2011 - 04:18pm PT
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these are from the Sonoma Coast, CA
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spot
Boulder climber
Atascadero,Ca
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Jun 25, 2011 - 07:25pm PT
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Flowers off of Mazourka Canyon road, Inyo Mts., Memorial Day weekend.
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Reeotch
Trad climber
Kayenta, AZ
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Jun 26, 2011 - 12:02pm PT
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I took a hike around Navajo Mountain in April, the timing was perfect for wildflowers. Here's some highlights:
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ryankelly
Trad climber
el portal
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Jun 26, 2011 - 03:41pm PT
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Reeotch
Trad climber
Kayenta, AZ
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Jun 26, 2011 - 09:38pm PT
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Hmmm, ryankelly, that first pic looks a lot like opium. It usually has more colorful flowers. I was mainly looking at the pods. El Portal seems a likely place to find such an exotic-mind altering-plant growing . . .
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Reeotch
Trad climber
Kayenta, AZ
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Jun 26, 2011 - 09:57pm PT
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Really!
You can smoke it?!?!?!
Cool man . . .
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 26, 2011 - 10:32pm PT
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hey there say, bob... or anyone... folks from michigan? or similar area?
do you know WHAT this could be?
can't really tell, and the flowers, do not show yet...
some kind of wild lily, or wild orchid type thing????
thanks for any help....
:)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 26, 2011 - 10:38pm PT
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hey there say, all...
another view, but, as i said it IS having a taller stalk, and the flowery TOP piece is NOW another few inches longer but still curled downward, but not as tightly...
:)
note:
my OTHER mystery plant was one:
clammy ground cherry...
and,
the real long-time mystery was:
motherwort...
i have moved it from taking over the whole back-corner of the yard,
to the FENCE instead... it looks very nice there, :)
:)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 26, 2011 - 10:45pm PT
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hey there say, ekat...
i love that prickley poppy...
it is also called, nickname, cowboy's eggs...
*looks like a sunny side up egg...
it was all along the rail tracks in south texas...
it looked like bits of soft tissue paper, with bright yellow on it...
had a very differen and nice shade of green leaves, too...
:)
once up close though, you'd manyyyyyyyyyyyy a thorn, :O
sure miss seeing it, though...
:)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 26, 2011 - 11:45pm PT
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hey there say, timid.... say, thanks for making note of trying :)
also... love all these pics...
also, thanks for the neat share, timid, :)
love that area, too!
edit: would make some better comments, but not all the pics show up, yet,
:(
:)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there bob, and all...
say, the mystery flower, i am more and more thinking may be a
wild orchid... there are supposed to be many species here...
possibly a fringed one... not sure...
think it was not enough like the bog orchid, but i did not have
a good pic of that...
here it is now, it is NEAR to open...
standing tall, orchid are supposed to be for late spring,
and summer... and some 'til aug. so this may be on schedule,
if that it turns out to be one...
i have about 14 of them, at various locations in the backyard...
two died of water drenching and shriveled under an eaves...
and two, i ruined, by trying to dig up and transplant to where the kids would not step on them... :O
and--i have about two in the front yard...
very strange and fun to watch them since they popped up, kind of like the
lilly of the valley did, but thinner-leafed, lighter, and now it appears they are grooved... and as the plant-stalk grew from an odd curl, it began to UNCURL and the leaves spread apart and more leaves manesfested...
very neat plant, whatever it is...
here you go--will see what color it blooms to be:
:)
*well, the top of the flower looks like the one in this article,
but the LEAVES do not, (though the one picture is from india orchid)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habenaria
but they say there are some 800 species of this bog orchid:
Habenaria, commonly called bog orchids, are a far ranging genus of orchid, one of approximately 800 described Orchidaceae genera within that large and diverse family. There are species in both tropical and temperate zones.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, guys!! hey you all....
wow, i am fairly SURE i found it ... here it is...
sure looks like it, but i must wait 'til it blooms...
:)
http://www.nmorchid.org/gallery/Native/helleborine.jpg
*now, i got a surprise pack of wildflower here, though some i moved over from the other house, and some from the nearby field... all are local to this area... i am more wooded though, than field....
got:
chicory
poke
goatsbeard
clammy ground cherry
this orchid
*some kind of bluish-purple bell deal, not sure...
*some kid of small tiny, though tall, white daisy thing...
mother wort...
two more need to id. weeds, :))
wild violets
ragweed that i do not want, :))
lily of the valley
orange lily, near like wild mich lily
*another mystery weed or flower
*that night-flower, white, forgot the name, but can edit later
moth mullein
great mullein
wild rasberries, and, black...
wild geranium...
two more wildflower, tiny, weed things...
star grass...
and, hmmm, that may be it for now...
haha HAH! no WONDER there is NO lawn here, ;)
i sure love the woods and the fields, :))
*back later...
:)
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sempervirens
climber
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I was in southern Arizona for the last two weeks of June.
I think this one will survive despite the obvious fire damage.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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sempervirens
climber
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Stahl bro, nice shot of mountain pride (Penstemon newberryi), high Sierras?.
Neebee, any flowers on that orchid-looking plant yet. I'd love to see it. I don't know the plants of your area but hopefully we could narrow it down to orchid or lily.
"uh, I don't make up the names"
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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We headed to Tensleep Canyon (WY) over the weekend. The most beautiful part of the trip was the wildflowers. WOW!
Even the approaches to the climbs were beautiful.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, sempervirens... and all...
*wow, you all have sure filled in a LOT more wonderful wildflowers!!
yes!!! i know what my wildflower is now:
i will post the picture of mine, too, IT OPENED!!!!
WELL, it only opened on the bottom, so far...
and the others, more in the shade, did not open yet...
*am worried though, a few buds just fell off before opening,
and this ONE is getting lots of hot sun... the other only get a
little... more shade and more moisture...
this one MAY need water, as, it IS in sand, of all things..
but there is DIRT UNDER IT... the sand's from the play area...
but the dirt here is sandy mixture of sand and woodland soil...
http://www.nmorchid.org/gallery/Native/helleborine.jpg
*will be back later with my pic... :)
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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sempervirens,
Thanks. Dinkey Creek on the west side. Great fairy lantern.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Crimpie--You been to Valhalla!!!!!
OMG!!!!
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sempervirens
climber
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Crimpergirl's Mule's ears? are a type of Balsamroot, probably Hooker's balsamroot (Balsamorhiza hookeri). I believe native americans used both the root and the seed as a food source.
Stahlbro with a great close up of Umbrella plant (aka Elephant ears, Indian rhubarb, and Darmera peltata).
.....and I did not get outdoors today............
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sempervirens
climber
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This one came out almost Ok. I know,... wrong thread, but I had to show it to someone.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Beautiful! Hope you put it on the bird thread too.
Mule's Ears is what I was told. I know the names about four flowers I think. It isn't one of them. :) Someone also told me they are invasive and considered weeds. Who cares - they are gorgeous. It was all I could do not to dig some up and take them home. I'd be psyched if they took over my yard.:)
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sempervirens
climber
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Crimper,
Mule's ears are kind of similar, same family and the flowers themselves are very similar. But the leaves are not similar. Niether mule's ears nor balsamroot are invasive; they are native to western north america. Who cares...., well I do since I do battle with invasive noxious weeds. They win most of the time.
Mule's ears are believed to produce an allelopathic chemical compound that seeps into the soil and that most other plants cannot tolerate. Therefore they can spread and take up large areas of ground. Cattle ranchers may consider them weeds because they can crowd out other more preferred forage plants, mainly grasses. I don't think the balsamroot has that allelopathic compound. But some other plants do, mesquite for example.
Keep the photos coming, I sure appreciate 'em.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Cool stuff Semper! Thanks for the lesson. Is there a native mint that grows in Colorado? I was cutting the grass today and starting smelling it. I saw a plant that looks like a much tougher version of the mint that is slowly taking over Houston.
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sempervirens
climber
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I don't know the plants of Colorado. There are native mints and non-native mints in the western US. If it was in the lawn I think it's more likely the non-native pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) 'cause it could have spread from a neighbor's garden, it could be a remnant from the garden of the previous owners of your house, could've come in with commercial grass seed.
Have you been to pennyroyal arches in Tuollumne Meadows? I don't recall if that was a native mint there, but I'd guess it is the native coyote mint (Monardella odoratissima). Anybody know? Anyway it enhances the whole area.
Houston, hmmm... I know even less about that area, never been.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jul 11, 2011 - 10:35pm PT
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Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia). Shot this weekend
at about 8,000 Ft. in Central Idaho.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jul 11, 2011 - 10:50pm PT
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Semperv,
Thanks for the ID on the elephant ears. Really interesting growing out of these crazy vines that were submerged.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Aug 28, 2011 - 12:29am PT
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Hiking up Haystack in the La Sals. Lots of flowers.
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