Nine years ago today 🌿 Pedicularis groenlandica, our Elephant's Head, blooming at Beaver Meadows #nativeplants

Two years ago today 🌿 Carex utriculata, our Northwest Territory Sedge, blooming in State Forest State Park #nativeplants

Two years ago today 🌿 Primula pauciflora, our Shooting Stars, blooming roadside in North Park #nativeplants

Subalpine Larkspur blooming above Straight Creek Friday #nativeplants 🌿

Seven years ago today 🌿 Mitella stauropetala, our Side-Flowered Mitrewort, blooming on the Rocky Fork Trail #nativeplants

Seven years ago today 🌿 Aquilegia elegantula, our Western Red Columbine, blooming on the Rocky Fork Trail #nativeplants

Two years ago today 🌿 Carex magellanica, our rare Tall Bog Sedge, seen in a fen is all of six inches tall #nativeplants

Six years ago today 🌿 Bee on Erigeron at some beaver ponds on West Willow Creek just below 11,000' above Creede #nativeplants 🌿 🐝

Tree trunk texture, Clinton Gulch Dam Reservoir 🌿

Four years ago today 🌿 Anemonastrum zephyrum, our Narcissus Anemone, blooming at Pass Lake #nativeplants

Skyline cleanse 🌿 Clinton Gulch today

Eternally intertwined tree trunks today 🌿

Gunnison’s Mariposa Lily blooming today above Clinton Gulch Dam Reservoir #nativeplants 🌿

Anemonastrum zephyrum, our Narcissus Anemone, blooming above Clinton Gulch Dam Reservoir #nativeplants 🌿

Fairy Puke lichen (Icmadophila ericetorum) today above Clinton Gulch Dam Reservoir 🌿

Underneath the hood 🌿 Monkshood blooming in a willow thicket at Clinton Gulch Dam Reservoir today #nativeplants

Swertia perennis, our Felwort (Star Gentian), blooming along Straight Creek today #nativeplants 🌿

Gentiana parryi, our Parry's Gentian, blooming along Straight Creek today #nativeplants

Straight Creek area today. 🌿

Looking up Straight Creek watershed today 🌿

Nine years ago today 🌿 Phacelia sericea, our Silky Phacelia, blooming in Indian Peaks Wilderness #nativeplants

Nine years ago today 🌿 Lewisia pygmaea, our Alpine Lewisia, blooming in Indian Peaks Wilderness #nativeplants

Large Copper butterfly today on fleabane flowers along Straight Creek #nativeplants 🌿

Penstemon whippleanus, our Whipple's Penstemon, blooming now along Straight Creek #nativeplants

Photographing Castilleja miniata on Straight Creek today 🌿

Senecio atratus, our Tall Blacktip Ragwort, blooming now with ant 🐜 pollinators along Straight Creek #nativeplants

Rarely seen rock gnomes now

Golden Moonglow Lichen growing on granite now 🌿

Nine years ago today 🌿 Mitella pentandra, our Alpine Mitrewort, blooming in Indian Peaks Wilderness #nativeplants