Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: GPS: N50.53.811/W114.24.627

Just "playing" with my macro lens outdoors here - a lens that had previously only ever been used indoors for flowers and waterdrops : ) Because I have to be within about 6" of the subject, I find this lens is an absolute neck-killer! I LOVE the strobilus (cone-like structure at the tips of some of the stems) of any kind of Horsetail - not sure which species this one is. The much-reduced leaves of horsetails "grow in whorls fused into nodal sheaths. ... The stems are green and photosynthetic, and distinctive in being hollow, jointed and ridged (with sometimes 3 but usually 6-40 ridges) and these are often played with by children who will separate and then seamlessly rejoin the segments." The leaves are seen here across the middle of the image. Taken while we were botanizing Priddis Greens Golf Course, recording all the flora and fauna seen that day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equisetum

When I checked my photostream, I discovered that I didn't have a photo of Northern Bedstraw (Galium boreale), so wanted to upload this for friend, Barbara, who is beginning on the huge challenge of learning our wild plants of Alberta, LOL! We saw quite a lot of this species on our recent day trip to the Open House at the Field Station of the University of Calgary, near Barrier Lake, Kananaskis. My photo was taken two days ago, while botanizing the forested areas at the Priddis Greens Golf Course, west of Calgary. www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kukkakasvit/northern-bedstraw