We see them every day, walking, hiking and driving past them.
There has to be some that make you stop and wonder and marvel.
I'll start with some cool saguaro specimens from Arizona.
Plants and Trees
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nyker
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Re: Plants and Trees
Llareta plant, Cerro Cerani Peru.
Hanging cactus vines, Celaque Honduras:
I don't know what kind of plant this is, Mount Qua Qua Grenada (island):
Giant fan palm, Flagstaff Hill, Tobago:
I don't know what kind of plant this is, Cristoffelberg, Curacao:
Not really a plant, but it sure looks like one, Cameron HIghlands Malaysia:
Hanging cactus vines, Celaque Honduras:
I don't know what kind of plant this is, Mount Qua Qua Grenada (island):
Giant fan palm, Flagstaff Hill, Tobago:
I don't know what kind of plant this is, Cristoffelberg, Curacao:
Not really a plant, but it sure looks like one, Cameron HIghlands Malaysia:
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MtnHub
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Re: Plants and Trees
Very cool, guys!
Here are two plants I came across this past summer looping around Lumpy Ridge. The one little shrub was really cool, with psychedelic red stems. The stems and branches just seemed to glow! I've never been able to truly ID them, so if anyone knows what it is, I'd appreciate it.
The second is just common Mullein, but when I came across it, it somehow reminded me of saguaros. Yours are much nicer, Nyke!
Here are two plants I came across this past summer looping around Lumpy Ridge. The one little shrub was really cool, with psychedelic red stems. The stems and branches just seemed to glow! I've never been able to truly ID them, so if anyone knows what it is, I'd appreciate it.
The second is just common Mullein, but when I came across it, it somehow reminded me of saguaros. Yours are much nicer, Nyke!
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ECF55
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Re: Plants and Trees
I really love the splash of color that the Western Paintbrush adds to the mountain landscape.
No trees are more impressive to me than the Coast Redwood. If you have never been out that way, it's definitely worth a stop.
No trees are more impressive to me than the Coast Redwood. If you have never been out that way, it's definitely worth a stop.
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Re: Plants and Trees
Bald Cypress in and around Caddo Lake, TX. Magical place I have been drawn back to several years in a row now.
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One of my coolest finds was stumbling onto wild Venus fly traps in North Carolina.
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cactus
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
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Walk away from the droning and leave the hive behind.
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Walk away from the droning and leave the hive behind.
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Alpine Guy
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Re: Plants and Trees
This very determined elm in my old Chicago suburb makes me think about the show "Life After People"
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Christian Nunes
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Re: Plants and Trees
@ MtnHub- The shrub you have there is Mountain Ninebark (Physocarpus monogynus).
~Christian
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disentangled
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Re: Plants and Trees
ah..... thank you!! i was hoping someone would name it..... i know that plant well but my mind was going blank to identify it.Christian Nunes wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 1:05 pm @ MtnHub- The shrub you have there is Mountain Ninebark (Physocarpus monogynus).
~Christian
Re: Plants and Trees
Lobelia bequaertii
lobelia wollastonii
lobelia wollastonii
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MtnHub
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Re: Plants and Trees
Christian, thanks for the ID!Christian Nunes wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 1:05 pm @ MtnHub- The shrub you have there is Mountain Ninebark (Physocarpus monogynus).
~Christian
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