
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.
Curtain of Phragmites
Title: Curtain of Phragmites
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/3/2009
Nonnative, invasive
Wild Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) blossom
Title: Wild Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) blossom
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/8/2009
Native
Lance-leaf Arrowhead and a Honey Bee
Title: Lance-leaf Arrowhead and a Honey Bee
Location: Lake Carillon, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/18/2009
Native, aquatic
Shades of green
Title: Shades of green
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 3/22/2009 […]
Young mangrove in early morning light
Title: Young mangrove in early morning light
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 3/22/2009
Native
Lance-leaf Arrowhead in bloom
Title: Lance-leaf Arrowhead in bloom
Location: Roosevelt Wetland, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 2/28/2009
Native, aquatic
Back lit Virginia Pepperweed
Title: Back lit Virginia Pepperweed
Location: Wilderness Park, Hillsborough County, Florida
Date: 2/23/2009
Native
Green Dragon in Hillsborough County, Florida
Title: Green Dragon in Hillsborough County, Florida
Location: Wilderness Park, Hillsborough County, Florida
Date: 2/23/2009
Native
Golden Sea Oats on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico
Title: Golden Sea Oats on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 8/6/2008
Native
Towering Jacob’s-ladder and American Hoverfly
Title: Towering Jacob’s-ladder and American Hoverfly
Location: Big Cottonwood Canyon, Brighton, Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 7/29/2008
Native
Nature’s Anniversaries
Title: Nature’s Anniversaries
Location: Big Cottonwood Canyon, Brighton, Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 7/29/2008
Indian Paintbrush, Towering Jacob’s Ladder, and Meadow Forget-me-not
Native
Sticky Purple Geranium in bloom
Title: Sticky Purple Geranium in bloom
Location: Big Cottonwood Canyon, Brighton, Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 7/29/2008
Native
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on a Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)
Title: Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on a Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 7/28/2008
Native
Buttonbush in Pinellas County
Title: Buttonbush in Pinellas County
Location: Sawgrass Lake Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/12/2008
Native
Horrible Thistle
Title: Horrible Thistle
Location: Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 3/21/2008
Native
Wild Blackberry in bloom at Sawgrass Lake Park
Title: Wild Blackberry in bloom at Sawgrass Lake Park
Location: Sawgrass Lake Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 3/16/2008
Blue-eyed Grass blooming on Honeymoon Island
Title: Blue-eyed Grass blooming on Honeymoon Island
Location: Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 3/11/2008
Native
Palmetto frond close up
Title: Palmetto frond close up
Location: Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 3/1/2008
Native
Pink Lotus or Scared Lotus
Title: Pink Lotus or Scared Lotus
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Date: 01/05/2008
Amazon Water Lily photographed in Auckland, New Zealand
Title: Amazon Water Lily photographed in Auckland, New Zealand
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Date: 01/05/2008