Wildflowers

The last day of the conference we set out on our own to visit some nearby areas, including a hike into the Jedediah Smith Wilderness.

Bluebell Bellflower

Campanula rotundifolia

Cyndi photographing the Bluebell Bellflower

Campanula rotundifolia

Red Clover

 Trifolium pratense

pollinator on False Hellebore

Veratrum californicum

Columbian Monkshood

Aconitum columbianum

False Hellebore

Veratrum californicum

and Cyndi with Coneflower and  Red Clover

Bumblebee and Larkspur

Bombus and Delphinium sp.

Explorer's Gentian

Gentian calycosa

Ruffed Grouse

Bonasa umbellus

Mourning Cloak butterfly on Cow Parsnip (I think ... all feedback about identifications is welcomed).

Sticky Geranium

Geranium viscosissimum

This large lichen was growing on the forest floor.

Grand Teton, near Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Botanizing, Grand Targhee Ski Area

The Grand Targhee Ski Area opens its lifts in the summertime so mountain bicyclists can take their bikes on the lift to the top, and ride the trails down for that adrenaline rush all speed junkies crave.  Cyndi and I went on a field trip with the naturalist, to view the alpine wildflowers.

Small-flowered Penstemon

Penstemon procerus

Sulphur Indian Paintbrush

Castilleja sulphurea

Alpine Milkvetch

Astragalus alpinus

Colorado Blue Columbine

Aquilegia coerulea

Shooting Star

Dodecatheon conjugens

Desert Parsley

Lomatium cous

Green Gentian or Elkweed

Frasera speciosa

Alpine Wildflowers

Grand Teton

Alpine Wildflowers 

including the orange Wyoming Indian Paintbrush

Castilleja linariifolia

Pika

Ochotona sp.

Parry's Primrose

Primula parryi