Wood’s rose

Wood’s rose ~ rosa woodsii

It is very difficult (at least for me) to determine the exact species of the wild roses because there are several and the differences are very slight, but I think believe is rosa woodsii. It is growing at the border of a dense thicket of Black Hawthorn in a very large, open prairie.

A nice way for June to begin

Just a short hike today, but some new flowers in bloom. I’ll hike up high tomorrow, probably above the wildflowers, but who knows.

Wild Blue Flax~ Linum lewisii

Wood’s Rose ~ Rosa woodsii

Three-spot Mariposa Lily ~ Calochortus apiculatus

Silvery Lupine (in white) ~ Lupinus argenteus

Yarrow ~ Achillea millefolium

Elegant Mariposa Lily ~ Calochortus elegans

Sulphur Penstemon ~ Penstemon attenuatus

Mallow Ninebark ~ Physocarpus malvaceus

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

Rosa woodsii

Wood’s Rose ~ Rosa woodsii

Honeysuckle, Miterwort, Twinflower and a rose with a beard…

Orange Honeysuckle, Lonicera ciliosa

Smallflower Miterwort, Mitella stauropetala

Twinflower, Linnaea borealis

Woods Rose, Rosa woodsii

Without which, no summer would be complete… wild rose

Wood’s rose, Rosa woodsii