These photos are especially for the enjoyment of my dear friend, Daniel Berry, who lives in the Alberta Winter Zone!
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| Western Spring Beauty ~ Claytonia lanceolta ~ Indian Potatoe |
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| The Yellow Bells ~ Fritillaria pudica ~ were just starting to bloom |
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Brittle Prickly-Pear Cactus ~ Opuntia frilis The flowers of this cactus are spectacular. In another two weeks it shoud be in bloom. |
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| A stately and very old Rocky Mountain Juniper ~ Juniperus Scropulorum. |
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| Big Sagebrush ~ Artemisia tridenta |
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| Ponderosa Pine |
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| There was lots of Wolf lichen ~ Vulpina letharia ~ growing on the trees |
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Several Lomatium species in various stages of growth. Thinking Lomatium triternatum... |
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| Lomatium dissectum or macrocarpum. I'll go back and key them out. |
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| Yellow Glacier Lily ~ Erythronium grandiflorum |
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Arrow leaf Balsam Root ~ Balsamoriza sagittata ~ We could smell the volatile resins/oils all around us! |
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| Close up of the Balsam Root flower |
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| Looking east up the Shuswap River |
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| Fly away, fly away, fly away home! |
