July 2, 2016
More from along the Munson Creek trail
Near the start of the trail, where it first crosses the stream, the vegetation is heavy at the crossing. The flowering shrub to the right of the trail is called “Ocean Spray”.
Ocean-spray, Creambush ~ Holodiscus discolor
Sometimes a tree will fall across the trail. This one is a couple miles up from the trail head. For perspective, I leaned my hiking staff on the tree: the staff is 62 inches long.
Brown-eyed Susan ~ Gaillardia aristata
White Spirea, Shinyleaf Spirea ~ Spiraea lucida
Many flowers have already completed their summer and have already gone to seed. This one is from a Yellow Salsify.
I think this one is from a species of Butterweed.
Common St. Johnswort, Klamath weed ~ Hypericum perforatum
Thimbleberry ~ Rubus parviflorus
Scarlet Gillia, Sky Rocket ~ Ipomopsis aggregata
Liverleaf Wintergreen, Pink Pyrola ~ Pyrola asarifolia
Wood’s Rose ~ Rosa woodsii
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Wonderful creation of God and keen observation of montucky. Great.Congrats.
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Comment by nvsubbaraman — July 2, 2016 @ 10:10 pm
Nature does hold many beautiful creations and shares them with whomever travels there.
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Comment by montucky — July 3, 2016 @ 8:22 am
Love the ocean spray.
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Comment by nexi — July 2, 2016 @ 10:55 pm
I do too. It is abundant this time of year and really brightens up the scenery!
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Comment by montucky — July 3, 2016 @ 8:23 am
Gorgeous pictures. We have ocean spray spirea here too and of course the wild roses (not sure they are exactly the same though), but I don’t know about the rest.
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — July 2, 2016 @ 11:57 pm
I think we share many of the same plants, although you have the coastal influence. My favorite wildflower guidebook is titled “Plants of Southern Interior British Columbia and the Inland Northwest”.
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Comment by montucky — July 3, 2016 @ 8:26 am
That should pretty much cover your part of Montana. Where you are is far enough west to qualify.
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — July 3, 2016 @ 9:20 am
love the ocean spray …. looks like Eden … on the first photo of Liverleaf Wintergreen, Pink Pyrola there appears to be larvae (?) would this be butterfly eggs or an insect of some type?
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Comment by Teresa Evangeline — July 3, 2016 @ 7:35 am
The foamy substance on the Pink Pyrola is probably from Spittlebugs. Here is some information about them: http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/spittlebug-control.htm
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Comment by montucky — July 3, 2016 @ 8:54 am
Wonderful pictures and interesting about that large tree. I follow another blog of a man from the Troy area and he posted some pictures of a hike he took up in his area which showed massive tree downings from the previous winter.
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Comment by Ron Mangels — July 3, 2016 @ 8:07 am
I’ve seen a lot of blowdowns on various trails in this area too. There must have been some severe storms at the higher elevations over the winter.
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Comment by montucky — July 3, 2016 @ 9:00 am
That would be a sweet trail to hike….or even meander upon……
Beautiful images, Terry……thank you. 🙂
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Comment by seekraz — July 3, 2016 @ 8:23 am
That’s an excellent trail. It goes about 7 miles up into a roadless area along the creek. The first mile gets a fair amount of hiker traffic, but after that it gets quite steep and there it gets very little traffic. My kind of place!
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Comment by montucky — July 3, 2016 @ 9:02 am
Sounds great…my kind of place, as well!
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Comment by seekraz — July 3, 2016 @ 1:09 pm
I love when you take us on a hike… Lol! We get to see all of that beauty..
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Comment by Mother Hen — July 3, 2016 @ 12:32 pm
I’m glad that you like the scenes. I’m hoping there will be some very pretty trips this summer!
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Comment by montucky — July 3, 2016 @ 8:50 pm
The ocean spray bush is different. I’ve never seen one like it.
The pink pyrola is unusual too. It’s almost like a cross between a shinleaf and pipsissewa.
I think my favorite is the scarlet gillia, but I’d love to meet them all in person someday.
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Comment by New Hampshire Garden Solutions — July 3, 2016 @ 3:46 pm
With your knowledge, background and love for the plants, you would love to spend some time in our forests!
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Comment by montucky — July 3, 2016 @ 8:51 pm
I’d sure like to!
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Comment by New Hampshire Garden Solutions — July 4, 2016 @ 3:41 pm
Interesting flowers. Love the dainty red flower of the Thimbleberry. Looks a bit like one of our native fuchsia.
I thought that ocean spray might be an elder.
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Comment by Vicki — July 3, 2016 @ 5:42 pm
The elderberry here is already past its blooming cycle. Things are early this year: huckleberries are beginning to ripen already
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Comment by montucky — July 3, 2016 @ 8:54 pm
This post is full of incredible beautiful flowers. Thank You.
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Comment by Sartenada — July 5, 2016 @ 2:36 am
I love hiking that trail and each time I go there are different wildflowers in bloom. It’s pretty in winter too, but very icy and cold.
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Comment by montucky — July 5, 2016 @ 6:40 pm
I’m so proud of myself. When I saw your scarlet gillia, I thought, “That looks like our standing cypress.” In fact, they’re in the same genus. A friend in Michigan mentioned thimbleberry recently, and here it is. That’s fun — they don’t grow in her area, but farther north in the state, so I’m going to send her a link to the photo here. At first, i thought the ocean spray was some sort of wisteria. It gives a bit of the same effect. I once came upon a thick stand of white wisteria in Mississippi, and was so surprised. I’d assumed it only came in lavender.
Our blackberries are gone already — but some are safely in the freezer, designated for the Christmas cobbler!
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Comment by shoreacres — July 5, 2016 @ 5:20 am
Some of our berries are already gone too, but my favorite (the Saskatoon) is ripe and the Huckleberries are beginning to ripen in the high elevations. Thimbleberries are gone now too in the valley locations, but in full bloom above about 3,000 feet. It’s nice to follow their ripening schedule as I hike up the steep trails.
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Comment by montucky — July 5, 2016 @ 6:43 pm