Archive for the ‘Flora’ Category
17
Dec
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Flora, Sustainability. 2 Comments
In a society hell-bent on making everything convenient, it’s easy to forget how convenient it actually is to simplify. That’s the beauty of sustainability: simplification. It may look like more work but in reality, there are usually fewer future detriments to deal with. We’ve already talked about composting and harvesting rainwater, so here a few [...]
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2
Dec
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Flora. Tagged: nature, photography, tree. 5 Comments
3
Nov
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Biology/Ecology, Flora. Tagged: broadleaf, conifer, coniferous, deciduous, flora, nature, pinecone, plants, seed, survival strategy, trees. 12 Comments
Have you ever wondered why some trees have leaves while others have “needles”? Well, me neither, but I found the answer in a righteously awesome book, conveniently called The Nature Handbook, and wanted to share it with you fine folks. Now, being a naturalist, I was a little ashamed that I’d never really stopped to [...]
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18
Oct
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Flora, Weekly Photo Wunderbar. Tagged: flora, flowers, four o clock flower, micro photography, mirabilis jalapa, mystery photo, nature, photography, plants, pollen. Leave a Comment
Not that I should, for you people took no guesses! I still love you anyway. The funtastic photo (repictured below) is a microscopic shot of the stigma and pollen of the four-o-clock flower (Mirabilis jalapa). Click on it to see the Best Micro-Shots of 2010 by National Geographic – they’ll blow your mind! [...]
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16
Oct
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Flora, Weekly Photo Wunderbar. Tagged: gardening, lupine, nature, outdoors, photography, plants. 1 Comment
Hello friends. You can tell I’m stuck on summer (even as the heat comes on in the house above my head) because I refuse to get outside and take photos of autumn-type things, but maybe that will be this week’s task… le sigh. Oh, how I hate to see summer go! Here’s some lupine leaves [...]
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15
Oct
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Flora, Weekly Photo Wunderbar. Tagged: flora, mystery photo, nature, photography. Leave a Comment
Can you guess what this is a photo of? I’ll give you a hint: plant. If you can guess it or know where it comes from, you will win…a pinecone! Why, yes, I will send you a pinecone in a package to your very own mailbox. How about that? (I don’t know if it’s legal [...]
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6
Oct
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Flora. Tagged: anthocyanins, carotenoids, chlorophyll, detrititvores, fall colors, filaments, fungus, fungus flower, mycorrhizae, mycotrophic, nature, parasitize, photography, photosynthesis, plants, sacrophage, vascular, wildflowers. 7 Comments
Do you love new vocabulary as much as I do? When I learn a new word I want to work it into my everyday vernacular. Mostly so I can try to sound smart. But this post isn’t about my inferiority complex, it’s about wildflowers! Well, kind of. What has no chlorophyll, parasitizes the hyphae (filaments) [...]
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30
Aug
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Flora. Tagged: breeding, david austin, flora, flower, hybrid, native species, nature, perfume, plants, rose oil, roses, wild roses, wildflowers. 2 Comments
Many people don’t realize that there are wild, native rose species, and that some have a scent that rivals any fancy-pants rose bred by a hybridizer. The catch, it seems, is that hybridized roses have intricate and extravagant blooms. David Austin, an English-born hybridizer, helped to revolutionize the rose world by breeding the flowers to [...]
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29
Aug
Posted by theroamingnaturalist in Flora. Tagged: bitterroot, flora, flowers, lewisia rediviva, native, nature, photography, plants, succulent, taproot, western, wildflower. 4 Comments
Bitterroot, or Lewisia rediviva, is a low-growing perennial found in the Western United States. It grows on the ground rather than above it, but does not behave like a ‘spreading’ plant might. The leaves are succulent and the blooms are large, white-pink, and stop-you-in-your-tracks beautiful. The fleshy taproot was eaten by First Nations tribes and [...]
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