Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Bowmont Park

Normally, Hedysarum is purple, but we saw this unusual white one at Bowmont Park. Doug, if you happen to see this, perhaps you would confirm (or otherwise) that this is the only place where this has been found in Calgary. Or maybe there is one other place?

I believe I have the right ID for this plant : ) The various Locoweeds are bad enough to tell apart, but, oh, the Vetches and milkvetches! Trouble is, each photo that you see looks somewhat different, which makes everything even more confusing. Saw this plant at Bowmont Park, west end, the other day.

This is one of my favourite wildflowers/weeds. "This member of the Pea family only occurs in a very few places in this city - I think I have seen it in just three locations. Love the brilliant yellow with faint red lines, and the way the flowers tend to form a ring or a partial ring. This one was growing in Bowmont Park. Unfortunately, it is an introduced (non-native) plant from Eurasia. My thoughts turn to spring : )

I liked the soft colours of both the flower cluster and the bokeh in this image : ) This is Early Yellow Locoweed, a native wildflower which blooms May to June on prairie grassland, dry hillsides and roadsides. It is a member of the Pea family.

This is one of our small, wild Orchids, Striped Coralroot. It is a native plant and grows in open woods. Grows 15-40 cm tall, June-July. Always a good feeling when we come across a few clumps of this attractive plant.

One of my favourite wildflowers, Bird's-foot Trefoil, that is found in only a few locations in the city. Love the colour and the way the flowers form almost a circle.

Took this photo on Sunday, shortly before we got caught on some hillsides in a nasty, severe rainstorm accompanied by thunder, lightning and HAIL! I was soaked to the skin and of course ended up with few photos : ).

This member of the Pea family only occurs in a very few places in this city - I think I have seen it in just three locations. It's one of my favourite wildflowers. Love the brilliant yellow with faint red lines, and the way the flowers tend to form a ring or a partial ring. This one was growing at Bowmont Park. Unfortunately, it is an introduced plant from Eurasia.

This is the gorgeous flower of the dreaded Goat's-beard, which is a highly invasive weed that overtakes natural areas. Though people do Goat's-beard "pulls", there seems to be no end to this battle. Too bad it has such a beautiful flower and an enormous seedhead similar to that of a Dandelion.

This is an introduced plant from Europe.

I was thrilled to bits this morning, on a walk at Bowmont Park (Maranatha Church entrance), when this gorgeous Tiger Swallowtail butterfly flew near us. Of course, it is missing an antenna and a "tail", but the colours and patterns are still beautiful! After disappointment when it flew off before I could get a photo, it then landed on a nearby tree - and just sat there! couldn't believe it - I never see these butterflies land, or if they do, then it always seems to be high up in a tree. Today, I was able to approach fairly close. Now there is one less thing on my "Wish List", LOL! At the top of my list, a Blue Jay close-up remains number one!

Well, with little Yellow Warblers, I'll take any shot I can get, even a very distant one like this one! Love its bright splash of yellow, flitting from tree to tree. I'm posting this in the hope that one day I WILL manage to get a closer shot : )

Seen growing at Bowmont Park (north area). "This species produces two types of flower. Large showy flowers (as in my photo) that appear early in the season are often sterile. The majority of the nutlets are produced by small, inconspicuous flowers that appear late in the summer." From Plants of Alberta by France Royer and Richard Dixkinson.

Smooth Blue Beardtongue adds beautiful colour to hillsides here. Sometimes, you see a plant that has a lot more pink/purple, but this is a very blue one. It gets its name from the sterile stamen (staminode) which is covered in hairs.

Northern Hedysarum roots are extremely poisonous!

This is one of our earliest wildflowers to bloom (May to early June). Adds a brilliant splash of colour anywhere it grows. Such a cheery yellow! Respiratory paralysis is caused if any part of this plant is eaten!

This is where I went walking this afternoon on a Botany walk (after a morning of walking in my favourite place to see Hummingbirds!). This is called Bowmont Park and this was the very first time I had ever been here. Lots of wildflowers even though you can't see them in the photo, including three types of wild orchid. A hot day which clouded over late afternoon, with a little thunder and lightning.

We saw several stems of this wild orchid, Striped Coralroot, yesterday at Bowmont park.