Weeds and Seeds
Indignity
Above and Beyond
Pickerelweed
Fall Release
Critter on the Brink
Mission Accomplished
Down by the Pond
Indignity
Cholla Skeleton with Ocotillo Blossom, Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
April 21, 2017
What do you see? I see a mythical figure with wild hair. Check out my Pareidolia Collection for some more examples.
Above and Beyond
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM
January 25th, 2024
This day dawned quite foggy after overnight rainfall and created many beautiful views of wet foliage in the soft light of the fog.
I do not know what type of reed this is. It is common here in the perenially wet areas of the Refuge, as are cattails.
Pickerelweed
Ooms Pond Conservation Area, Chatham NY
July 9, 2022
Pickerelweed is the common name of several species of Pontederia.
Pickerelweed
Pontederia is a genus of tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. Pontederia is endemic to the Americas, distributed from Canada to Argentina, where it is found in shallow water or on mud.[citation needed] The genus was named by Linnaeus in honour of the Italian botanist Giulio Pontedera.
Pontederia plants have large waxy leaves, succulent stems and a thick pad of fibrous roots. The roots give rise to rhizomes that allow rapid colonization by vegetative reproduction. Species are perennial, and produce a large spike of flowers in the summer. There is a species of bee (Dufourea novaeangliae) that exclusively visits Pontederia cordata;[citation needed] waterfowl also eat the fruit of the plant.
Pontederia cordata and Pontederia crassipes (formerly known as Eichhornia crassipes), have become invasive in many tropical and temperate parts of the globe, but are, on the other hand, efficient biological filters of polluted water in constructed wetlands.
Wikipedia
Fall Release
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM
October 29, 2016
I could use a little help identifying this wildflower. I think it may be some type of aster but really don't know what it is. I found it growing along the roadside amongst some sunflowers on the east side of the North Loop at the Bosque.
Critter on the Brink
Elephant Butte Lake State Park, Elephant Butte NM
April 4, 2016
This old weed stalk was lying on the brink of the hill along Ridge Road with the deep blue of Elephant Butte Lake in the distance behind it. It was a simple composition I couldn't resist.
Mission Accomplished
Desiccated Yucca Seed Pod, Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
March 12, 2016
The Yuccas at Pancho Villa State Park were in full bloom by the end of March last year. I see no new growth on them yet this year. Can they possibly bloom in the next two weeks? Spring growth in the Southwest can be dramatically fast but so much in the next two weeks seems a bit of a stretch. We shall see.
Down by the Pond
A Still Life, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM
December 26, 2013
Snow Goose down and Western Sunflower seedheads; a still life.