{"id":102785,"date":"2022-05-31T04:52:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T10:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=102785"},"modified":"2022-05-31T12:54:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:54:31","slug":"blooming-longleaf-phlox-in-the-wasatch-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/05\/31\/blooming-longleaf-phlox-in-the-wasatch-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Blooming Longleaf Phlox In The Wasatch Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LongleafLongleaf Phlox in bloom \u2013 Nikon D500, f10, 1\/2500, ISO 640, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

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. The pink blossoms surrounded by dark green foliage caught my eyes immediately.<\/p>\n

Longleaf Phlox are low-growing, perennial<\/a> wildflowers that come in shades of pink, white and sometimes, purple. I notice them blooming from mid May until about mid June in northern Utah depending on the elevation. Typically they have five petals to the flower. I mention “typically” because in this photo there is one individual flower that has six petals. I wonder if that is the Longleaf Phlox equivalent to the four leaf clover.<\/p>\n

Longleaf Phlox can be found in western North America<\/span><\/a> in both the U.S. and southwestern Canada. These phlox were blooming on a small hill above a riparian habitat.<\/p>\n

Bumble bees, honey bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators are frequent visitors to phlox blooms. On my last visit to where these Longleaf Phlox<\/span><\/a> are blooming I noticed small bees and and one very dainty butterfly visiting the phlox but I was unable to get clear photos of them. I would love to photograph Black-chinned or Broad-tailed Hummingbirds nectaring from these dainty native wildflowers.<\/p>\n

Even though birds are my primary subjects I pay attention to and take photos of almost everything I see when I am in the field. That includes wildflowers when they are in bloom. If the wildflowers are in an area where I like to sit and wait for birds to show up that is even better!<\/p>\n

When Longleaf Phlox (Phlox longifolia<\/em>) are not in bloom the plants themselves are inconspicuous and blend in to the grasses and other plants where they are found.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my wildflower, shrub and tree photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12912,4594,26,773,5347],"tags":[6627,6098,7353,6518,12931,12934,4069,4302,9673,2291,12932,12930,12933,5064,9626,165,12935,5065,11716],"class_list":["post-102785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-longleaf-phlox","category-morgan-county","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","category-wildflowers","tag-bloom","tag-blooming","tag-blossoms","tag-flowering","tag-longleaf-phlox","tag-low-growing","tag-mountains","tag-native","tag-north-america","tag-perennial","tag-phlox","tag-phlox-longifolia","tag-phloxes","tag-pink-wildflowers","tag-riparian-habitat","tag-spring","tag-western","tag-white-wildflowers","tag-wildlfowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/longleaf-phlox-morgan-county-mia-mcpherson-7207.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-qJP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109093,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/12\/29\/wildflowers-i-photographed-in-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":102785,"position":0},"title":"Wildflowers I Photographed In 2022","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"December 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning I wanted to share some of the wildflowers I photographed in 2022. 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