What’s Blooming: Early winter hellebores (Helleborus sp.). At Portsmouth, Virginia. Please click photo for full view.
On mornings like today when the frost is heavy, these look a bit bruised at first, but they thaw and plump up again as the day warms.
What’s Blooming: Early winter hellebores (Helleborus sp.). At Portsmouth, Virginia. Please click photo for full view.
On mornings like today when the frost is heavy, these look a bit bruised at first, but they thaw and plump up again as the day warms.
Herbage: Two-needle pinyon pine (Pinus edulis), at Walnut Canyon National Monument, near Flagstaff, Arizona.
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Herbage: Two-needle pinyon pine (Pinus edulis), at Walnut Canyon National Monument, near Flagstaff, Arizona.
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Desert globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua), at Petrified Forest National Park.
Desert globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua), at Petrified Forest National Park.
Shinnery oak (Quercus havardii), in Arches National Park.
Bonus etymology: the common name shinnery probably derives from chêne, French for oak.
Shinnery oak (Quercus havardii), in Arches National Park.
Bonus etymology: the common name shinnery probably derives from chêne, French for oak.
Pinyon dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium divaricatum) on two-needle pinyon pine (Pinus edulis), at Colorado National Monument.
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Pinyon dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium divaricatum) on two-needle pinyon pine (Pinus edulis), at Colorado National Monument.
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