June 3, 2018
American Vetch ~ Vicia americana
This is a vine and can create some fairly large patches but it is also palatable to cattle and I suspect deer and elk use it as well. I see quite a bit of it locally, but none that has ever grown so thick and large that it seems to be a problem.
March 2, 2018
After one of my last hikes of last summer into the Patrick’s Knob Roadless area on the top part os USFS trail 205 and the east end of USFS trail 404 I put these photos into a pending file and forgot them. It might be interesting to note that these plants are presently resting under about eight feet of snow.
Along USFS trail 205
American Vetch ~ Vicia americana
Parship-flower Buckwheat ~ Eriogonum heracleoides
Douglas’ buckwheat ~ Eriogonum douglasii
Pearly Everlasting ~ Anaphalis margaritacea
Yellow Clover ~ Trifolium aureum
Pearly Everlasting ~ Anaphalis margaritacea
Fireweed ~ Chamaenerion angustifolium
Birch-leaved Spirea ~ Spirea betulifolia
Mountain Ash ~ Sorbus scopulina
June 25, 2017
Once the weather warmed up the wildflowers began to bloom with new species starting every day. It is hard to keep up with all of them.
Narrow-leaf Mountain-trumpet ~ Collomia linearis
Hound’s Tongue ~ Cynoglossum officinale
American Vetch ~ Vicia americana
Viper’s-bugloss ~ Echium vulgare
American twinflower ~ Linnaea borealis
Queen’s Cup ~ Clintonia uniflora
White Sweet-vetch ~ Hedysarum sulphurescens
American speedwell ~ Veronica americana
Yellow Clover ~ Trifolium aureum
Bird’s-foot Trefoil ~ Lotus corniculatus
Sulphur Penstemon ~ Penstemon attenuatus
Oxeye Daisy ~ Leucanthemum vulgare
May 24, 2012
American Vetch, Vicia americana , May 19
Annual Hawksbeard, Crepis tectorum , May 19
Midget Phlox, Phlox gracilis, Microsteris gracilis , May 20
Common Camas, Blue Camas, Camassia quamash , May 20
August 14, 2011
I have gotten far behind in posting summer wildflower finds. Perhaps I can catch up…
Prickly Sandwort ~ Eremogone aculeata – Found on Big Hole Peak
Spotted Saxifrage ~ Saxifraga bronchialis – Found on Big Hole Peak
American Vetch – Found along Big Hole Peak trail
White Bog-orchid ~ Platanthera dilatata – Found along Little Thompson River
Unidentified – Found along Little Thompson River
Unidentified -Found along Little Thompson River
June 10, 2011
Prairie Smoke ~ Geum triflorum 6/1
Great Polemonium, Royal Jacob’s-ladder, Salmon Polemonium ~ Polemonium carneum 6/1
Meadow Hawkweed ~ Hieracium caespitosum 6/2
American Vetch ~ Vicia americana 6/2
Prickly Rose ~ Rosa acicularis 6/2
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