Even in the smoke

Even in the smoke that now fills our skies, wildflowers and other plants in the high places seem unaffected. Here are a few photos of them from the top of Mount Baldy.

A cone on a Subalpine Fir

Shrubby Penstemons

Prickly Sandwort

Pearly Everlasting

Pine White Butterfly on Goldenrod

Wildflowers of summer (9)

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