Favorite Photos: Plants

Let me continue my showing of my favorites of the photos I have taken that have appeared on this blog.

Today we’re going to go with plants (and for the purpose of this, I’m going to include fungi, even though I know full well they are completely different).

I’m going to start with the blossoms of one of the Buckeye Trees in my back yard. This appeared in my post Bloomin’ Buckeyes.

Buckeye Blossoms

And I’ll follow up with what they eventually turn into. I like this photo because the buckeye husks have opened up enough to see the nuts, but they haven’t fallen out yet. This picture appeared in The Birth of a Buckeye.

Opening

Here’s a nice shot of some wintergreen, taken in the north woods of Wisconsin. It’s from the post A Walk in the Woods.

Wintergreen

Next up, some more nuts. These are what Chinese Chestnuts look like as they come out of their burs. These are hell on bare feet. However, they do sharpen one’s observational skills . . .. I wrote about these in Oh, Nuts!.

Mystery Nuts in the Mystery Bur of the Mystery Tree

Let me return to the north woods of Wisconsin to see this Tamarack tree in one of the bogs there. Tamaracks are one of the few conifers to lose their leaves in the winter, and here it has changed color in preparation of that. This photo appeared in This’ll Do.

Tamarack of the Bog

Next up is a sassafras tree infected by the Nectria Canker. This is sitting along the Whitehead Gorge trail, one of the specially guided hikes at Clear Creek Metro Park. It is from the post A Visit to Whitehead Gorge.

Sassafras Trees Infected with Nectria Canker

How about some Indian Pipe? While I saw this in the north woods of Wisconsin, it can be found all over. From Indian Pipe.

Indian Pipe

Here’s a nice shot of some knotweed along Salisbury Hill. From the post Salisbury Hill.

Native Knotweed

Here’s a May Apple. You can see its flower growing right out of the fork of its split stem. This was taken near Lake Hope/Zaleski, and appeared in Textures.

Blooming May Apple

Another cool plant from the same barefoot hike: this is squaw root, which lives on oak tree roots. Again, it appeared in Textures, glorifying the various textures you can feel when you hike barefooted.

Squaw Root

I’ll finish up with a really nice picture of some scarlet cap fungi. I saw these in the Hocking State Forest just north of Cantwell Cliffs, as I was barefoot bushwhacking along a Blackhand Sandstone escarpment there. From the post Escarpment Escapement.

Mushrooms

Hope you’re still enjoying the look back.

More scenery tomorrow.