Flowers, shrubs and trees, seeds and leaves.
Long before I became a bird photographer one of my passions was photographing flowers whether they were cultivated or wild. Some of my first digital images taken with my Sony Mavica were of flowers and flowering shrubs and trees that I grew in my backyard. That seems so very long ago and many cameras ago too.
Some of these photos also include birds, animals, insects, spiders and bees that were on the plant, shrub, or tree when I photographed them.
Plants, trees, shrubs, bushes, and wildflowers that are native are noted as such below, introduced nonnatives are noted as nonnative. Garden variety and cultivated plants and flowers are not noted or are noted as a cultivar.
I hope that you enjoy viewing my photos of flowers, shrubs and tree photos.
Blooming Sunflower volunteer in Arkansas
Title: Blooming Sunflower volunteer in Arkansas
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 06/12/2025
Cultivar
American Black Elderberry in bloom at Sequoyah NWR
Title: American Black Elderberry in bloom at Sequoyah NWR
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 06/10/2025
Native
Blooming American Black Elderberry at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Title: Blooming American Black Elderberry at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 06/10/2025
Native
Blooming Indian Blanket in Comanche County, Oklahoma
Title: Blooming Indian Blanket in Comanche County, Oklahoma
Location: Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, Comanche County, Oklahoma
Date: 05/12/2025
Native in North America, introduced to Comanche County
Side-by-Side Dandelions in spring grass
Title: Side-by-Side Dandelions in spring grass
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 04/24/2025
May be Taraxacum officinale ceratophorum, might not be.
White Clover close up in Oklahoma
Title: White Clover close up in Oklahoma
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 04/21/2025
Introduced
Sunlit Blooming Blackberry brambles in Oklahoma
Title: Sunlit Blooming Blackberry brambles in Oklahoma
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 04/21/2025
Native
Flowering Black Locust tree
Title: Flowering Black Locust tree
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 04/13/2025
Native
Black Locust blossoms
Title: Black Locust blossoms
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 04/13/2025
Native
Blooming Black Locust tree
Title: Blooming Black Locust tree
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 04/13/2025
Native
Black Locust in bloom
Title: Black Locust in bloom
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 04/13/2025
Native
First of spring blooms on Meadow Sage
Title: First of spring blooms on Meadow Sage
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 04/03/2025
Nonnative
Eastern Redbud in bloom in Arkansas
Title: Eastern Redbud in bloom in Arkansas
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 03/26/2025
Native
Eastern Redbud blossoms close up
Title: Eastern Redbud blossoms close up
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 03/26/2025
Native
Eastern Redbud blossoms in March
Title: Eastern Redbud blossoms in March
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 03/26/2025
Native
Blooming Eastern Redbud in Arkansas
Title: Blooming Eastern Redbud in Arkansas
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 03/26/2025
Native
Tree covered with American Mistletoe
Title: Tree covered with American Mistletoe
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 12/19/2024
Native
Blooming Juda’s Bush with seeds
Title: Blooming Juda’s Bush with seeds
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 10/27/2024
Native
Juda’s Bush in bloom with seeds
Title: Juda’s Bush in bloom with seeds
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 10/27/2024
Native
Blooming Juda’s Bush at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Title: Blooming Juda’s Bush at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 10/27/2024
Native