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 might not be noted or may be noted as a cultivar or cultivated.
I hope that you enjoy viewing my photos of flowers, shrubs and tree photos.
Blooming Roughleaf Dogwood kissed by morning light
Title: Blooming Roughleaf Dogwood kissed by morning light
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 05/03/2026
Native
Flowering Roughleaf Dogwood at the edge of a forest
Title: Flowering Roughleaf Dogwood at the edge of a forest
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 05/03/2026
Native
Blooming Roughleaf Dogwood at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Title: Blooming Roughleaf Dogwood at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 04/29/2026
Native
Roughleaf Dogwood in bloom with insect eggs on a leaf
Title: Roughleaf Dogwood in bloom with insect eggs on a leaf
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 04/29/2026
Native
Blooming Climbing Milkweed in Oklahoma
Title: Blooming Climbing Milkweed in Oklahoma
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 09/04/2025
Native
Climbing Milkweed at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Title: Climbing Milkweed at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 09/04/2025
Native
Horse Guard Wasp at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Title: Horse Guard Wasp at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 08/21/2025
Native
Horse Guard Wasp nectaring on a Water Smartweed
Title: Horse Guard Wasp nectaring on a Water Smartweed
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 08/21/2025
Native
Common Hibiscus and feeding bumble bee
Title: Common Hibiscus and feeding bumble bee
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 08/02/2025
Nonnative
Low light American Lotus in Oklahoma
Title: Low light American Lotus in Oklahoma
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 08/02/2025
Native
Sunflower, shadows and bugs
Title: Sunflower, shadows and bugs
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 06/22/2025
Cultivar
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