Tufted White Prairie Aster / Symphyotrichum ericoi…
Forest floor
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Black footed polypore
Bunchberry berries - fall is on its way
Sacred Lotus / Nelumbo nucifera
Water Smartweed / Polygonum amphibium
Polypore
Police Car Moth / Gnophaela vermiculata
Bearberry / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Beetle
One of my favourite fungi : )
Very large Artist's Conk / Ganoderma applanatum
Two of a kind
Indian Paintbrush / Castilleja rhexiifolia
Harvest is done
Yesterday's treasure : )
Jazzy eyes
Stiff Yellow Paintbrush / Castilleja lutescens
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Bull Thistle / Cirsium vulgare
Light tricks
Oxeye Daisy bokeh
Indian Paintbrush
Clavariadelphus
Always a delight
An unusual find
Yellow Mountain Saxifrage / Saxifraga aizoides
Puffballs
Blue Lettuce / Lactuca tatarica
Alkali Cordgrass / Spartina gracilis
Beauty in the forest
Bird's-foot Trefoil / Lotus corniculatus
Juvenile Swainson's Hawks
Little dancers
Just for the record
Alpine Bistort / Polygonum viviparum
Mayfly on Echinacea
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk / Accipiter cooperii
Kananaskis Lakes
My little angel
Slime mold on moss
Underside of Shingled/Scaly Hedgehog fungus
Lovely while it lasted
Orange Hawkweed / Hieracium aurantiacum
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Thesium / Thesium arvense


When you look up this plant's range in North America, you see a map showing that Thesium arvense (common name is Thesium) is found only in Montana and North Dakota. Somehow, the seeds of this tiny plant found their way (maybe in someone's pocket??) all the way to Fish Creek Park in Calgary : ) This seems to be the only record of this plant in Canada, which is pretty interesting. This tiny member of the Sandalwood family is a native of Eurasia. It had been a mystery plant to one of the main naturalists here, but, with a lot of research, I managed to track down the plant's ID. It is the tiniest plant, that you would never normally notice in amongst the grasses and other plants. I can barely see the individual flowers with my naked eye, but what tiny beauties they are when seen though a hand lens or macro lens. Both photos were taken at Shannon Terrace, Fish Creek Park, on July 4th.
plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=THAR10
To help take my mind off all the other urgent things that are going on at the moment, my youngest daughter has just headed across the US to Savannah, Georgia, for a six-day break before starting a new job back here. The up-to-date weather forecast for Savannah: "Hurricane Irene may affect the area Friday night"! Sigh ....! I'm trying to forget that a huge interest she has had for most of her life is Disaster Planning, lol!!!
plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=THAR10
To help take my mind off all the other urgent things that are going on at the moment, my youngest daughter has just headed across the US to Savannah, Georgia, for a six-day break before starting a new job back here. The up-to-date weather forecast for Savannah: "Hurricane Irene may affect the area Friday night"! Sigh ....! I'm trying to forget that a huge interest she has had for most of her life is Disaster Planning, lol!!!
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