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Native Common Hops In The Wasatch Mountains

By |2023-09-06T05:20:13-06:00September 6th, 2023|Categories: East Canyon, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On my last trip into the Wasatch Mountains, the first thing I photographed was Common Hops near a creek in East Canyon, Morgan County.

Greater Yellowlegs And Pickleweed Photos

By |2022-09-04T03:49:03-06:00September 4th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Greater Yellowlegs, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On my last trip up to Bear River MBR I had a Greater Yellowlegs land close to me in pickleweeds while I was parked on the north side of the auto tour route.

Lewis’s Flax – Feeling The Blues

By |2022-07-04T04:50:15-06:00July 4th, 2022|Categories: Lewis’s Flax, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While I was up in the Wasatch Mountains last week I saw several clumps of blooming Lewis's Flax and I stopped to take a few photos of these lovely wildflowers.

Ornate Checkered Beetle In Sticky Purple Geraniums

By |2022-07-01T05:16:58-06:00July 1st, 2022|Categories: Ornate Checkered Beetles, Sticky Purple Geraniums, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When my trips to the field are slow bird-wise there is always something else to focus on. Earlier this week it was an Ornate Checkered Beetle on Sticky Purple Geraniums.

Blooming Longleaf Phlox In The Wasatch Mountains

By |2022-05-31T12:54:31-06:00May 31st, 2022|Categories: Longleaf Phlox, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Earlier this month I found an area where Longleaf Phlox were blooming in the Wasatch Mountains and I just had to take a few photos of them.

Dame’s Rocket – Invasive Biennial From Eurasia

By |2022-06-19T03:41:59-06:00June 28th, 2019|Categories: Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

What I didn't know at the time that I photographed the flowering Dame's Rocket was that it is a prohibited plant in Utah.

Blooming Showy Milkweed at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By |2021-05-16T04:04:22-06:00June 16th, 2018|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Showy Milkweeds are an important source of nectar for butterflies, especially Monarch Butterflies who not only use them as a nectar source but also use them for laying their eggs on and as a larval host.

Blooming Desert Globemallows – Orange Wildflowers That Brighten the Desert

By |2024-02-29T07:06:28-07:00May 22nd, 2018|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The wildflowers I photographed are Desert Globemallows (Sphaeralcea ambigua) and they were blooming abundantly on the road to the jetty, I don't think I have seen so many of them in full bloom before.

Prickly Poppy – Argemone munita

By |2023-10-08T06:17:57-06:00July 19th, 2013|Categories: Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Prickly Poppy is well named because the leaves and flower stems do have spines on them.

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