Wildflowers

Here are some wildflowers I have seen and photographed.  When I went to college, I believed I wanted to be an interpretive naturalist working in the National Park system.  It seemed a very fun thing to do, based on my experience as the recipient of the guided walks given by naturalists.  I even worked in Acadia National Park one summer, employed by the Department of Interior, National Park Service.  It was a lot of fun.

When I attended college I studied Plant Ecology, Plant Natural History, Coastal Plant Ecology (a graduate level course with Dr. Paul S. Godfrey), and Ecology (with Dr. Lincoln P. Brower, the Monarch Butterfly researcher).  I was also interested in photography, and photographed wildflowers as I chanced upon them.  Because of the science interest, I tried to identify the Latin names of the plants I photographed.  Feel free to correct me if any of these are not accurate.

Arisaema triphyllum

Jack in the Pulpit

In the Massachusetts woods

Cornus canadensis

Dogwood

On the coast of Maine

Beach Pea
On the coast of Maine

North Carolina

Nebraska

Dodecatheon

Shooting Star

Idaho

Gilia aggregata

Scarlet Gilia

Allium acuminatum

Wild Onion

Sunflower

Round-lobed Hepatica

Massachusetts woods

Polygala paucifolia

Gaywings

Polygala paucifolia

Gaywings

Uvularia perfoliata

Perfoliate Bellwort
Massachusetts woods

Houstonia caerulea

Bluets

This is one reason I did not want to mow the lawn in Maine.

Hieracium aurantiacum

Orange Hawkweed

Maine

Mimulus nanus

Dwarf Lewis' Monkeyflower

Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho

Cypripedium calceolus

Yellow Lady Slipper

Canada

Trillium ovatum

Trillium

Olympic National Park, Washington

Trillium erectum

Trillium
Massachusetts woods

Calypso bulbosa

Calypso Orchid
Olympic National Park, Washington

Calypso bulbosa

Calypso Orchid
Olympic National Park, Washington