Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Sarrail Falls trail

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all Americans today, whatever part of the world they may be living in. Our Canadian Thanksgiving was on 13 October 2014. We have so much to be thankful for, even when times are tough. A photo from my archives, taken when I went with a few friends to Upper Kananaskis Lake on 5 August 2012, where we hiked the Sarrail Falls Trail. Our original plans had been to hike the Mt. Everest Trail (which I'd never be able to manage now!), but coming across a Grizzly Bear sow and cub right near the parking lot made us change our plans : ) I was thrilled that we found this fungus along the trail – I had only ever seen it once before (in West Bragg Creek, Kananaskis). A difficult fungus to photograph in the forest, but any photo is better than none : ) Some nice moss and lichen growing around it, too. "The fruit body 3-12cm high, 2-6mm wide individually; numerous slender cylindrical to spindle-shaped, compressed fruit bodies in a tuft; purple, lavender, amethyst, or pale brownish or smoky purple fading to pinky-buff." From Rogers Mushrooms website. www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5739.asp

This is one of the smallest and most difficult flowers I ever get to photograph : ) I took about 25 photos of two or three different ones and this was the last I took and the only one to come out even remotely OK. The top flower of this wild Orchid does show the split blade reasonably clearly, though. Seen on the Sarrail Falls trail, Kananaskis, at Upper Kananaskis Lake on July 8th. If I remember correctly, I've only seen this species in a couple of different locations. This is a native, woodland species, only a few inches tall, and not easily seen. Each flower is only 3/16 inch across and the plant blooms June-August. The flowers are pale green to purplish-brown in color, with the lip divided for more than half its length into 2 linear lobes with a pair of horn-like teeth at the base. There are two varieties, one with pale green flowers and the other with purplish-green flowers (as in my macro photo). I think I'm correct in saying that my photo shows Listera cordata var. nephrophylla forma rubescens.

Not sure if I'd ever seen this plant before, but the little pink, bell-shaped flowers look so delicate and pretty. Photographed along the Sarrail Falls trail, along the edge of Upper Kananaskis Lake, in the mountains, when a small group of us went to botanize the area on 8 July 2012. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menziesia_ferruginea

This is a very tiny wild Orchid and proved to be very difficult to photograph, lol. Seen on the Sarrail Falls trail, Kananaskis, at Kananaskis Lakes on August 7th. This is a native, woodland species, only a few inches tall, and not easily seen. Each flower is only 3/16 inch across and the plant blooms June-August. The flowers are pale green to purplish-brown in color, with the lip divided for more than half its length into 2 linear lobes with a pair of horn-like teeth at the base. There are two varieties, one with pale green flowers and the other with purplish-green flowers (as in my macro photo). I think my photo shows Listera cordata var. nephrophylla forma rubescens.