{"id":115686,"date":"2023-09-06T04:46:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T10:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=115686"},"modified":"2023-09-06T05:20:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T11:20:13","slug":"native-common-hops-in-the-wasatch-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/09\/06\/native-common-hops-in-the-wasatch-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Common Hops In The Wasatch Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"CommonCommon Hops in the Wasatch Mountains \u2013 Nikon D500, f10, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I try to photograph Common Hops at least once a year; more often than not, I take images of them several times during the growing season.<\/p>\n

Common Hops, or hops in general, are used in the beer brewing process. This species of hops, Humulus lupulus var. neomexicanus<\/em>, is native to Utah and western North America. The hops I saw and learned to identify as a child growing up in Germany looked very much the same as these do.<\/p>\n

Yes, as many of you can probably tell, I’ve been a nature geek pretty much my entire life.<\/p>\n

Common Hops are climbing, perennial herbaceous plants that grow from rhizomes. I’ve always called hops a vine, but technically, they are a bine<\/span><\/a> because of their downward-facing, stiff hairs that allow the hops to climb. The hops in my photograph were climbing on willows next to a creek.<\/p>\n

What I didn’t know until I did more research on Common Hops<\/span><\/a> is that hops are in the same family as hemp and marijuana and they diverged from Cannabis sativa over 20 million years ago. I’m always learning something new about the subjects I photograph.<\/p>\n

I’ve held the female flower cones of hops in my hand, and they were very light. Almost weightless, actually.<\/p>\n

Now that it has gotten cooler in the mountains, the hops will start to turn a burnt rusty color. I hope to photograph them again before I lose access to the hops because of snow closing my access to some of the roads.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good. Hop to it!<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

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

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