Latest posts tagged with #Fallback on Bluesky
Pale purplish flowers on spiny red-striped stems
Salsola tragus, the nonnative Prickly Russian Thistle, blooming at Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge. Not listed as a CO noxious weed, but invasive. These are the tumbleweeds you see blowing around when they dry out.
#FallBackFlowers #Fallback to Sep. 16 🌿
Sky blue flowers with large lower lips
Salvia azurea var. grandiflora, our Blue Sage, blooming at Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 16 🌿
Bright yellow flowers and green foliage
Euthamia occidentalis, our Western Goldenrod, blooming at Two Creek Open Space #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 14 🌿
Tiny green leaves among larger but still tiny leaves many of which have dinky aphids on them
Wolffia borealis, our Dotted Watermeal, dwarted by the already tiny Lemna (Duckweed) in a Wheat Ridge pond. Wolffia are the smallest flowering plants on the planet. #nativeplants
#Fallback to Sep. 13
Pinkish purple flowers in an inflorescence
Stachys pilosa, our Prairie Woundwart, blooming south of Boulder in a ditch #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to Sep. 13 🌿
Yellow five-petal flowers and red buds
Hypericum majus, our uncommon Greater St. John's-Wort, blooming east of East Boulder Rec. Center #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 12 🌿
White fruits in a globose cluster
Picradeniopsis multiflora, our Many-flowered Bahia, fruiting in Phantom Canyon #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 11 🌿
Orange and black beetles on bright yellow goldenrod
Goldenrod (Solidago) blooming near Ramah SWA with Colorado Soldier Beetles (Chauliognathus basalis) #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 10 🌿
White star-shaped flower with five lobes, an unopened bud rises beside it
Lomatogonium rotatum, our uncommon Marsh Felwort, blooming along the South Platte near Garo #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 9 🌿
Deep blue four-lobed flower with white throat and white pistil. The lobes are fringed.
Cluster of deep blue fringed flowers with a sheen to their fringed petals
Three blue fringed flowers with white throats
Gentianopsis thermalis, our Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian, blooming along the South Platte near Garo #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 9 🌿
Five-lobed white flower
Four-lobed white flower
Five-lobed white flower
Five-lobed white flower
Lomatogonium rotatum, our uncommon Marsh Felwort, blooming along the South Platte near Garo #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 9 🌿
The blooms will continue until the world improves
Did you remember to change your clocks?
#DaylightSavings
#DaylightSavingsTime
#SpringForward
#FallBack
#TimeChange
AHOY THERE!
NAUTICAL TIMEKEEPING, IMPORTANT TO ALL SAILORS, IS BASED ON GREENWICH MEAN TIME AS DEFINED BY THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN.
WSFERRYS IS PLEASED TO BE A SPONSOR OF THE TWICE ANNUAL RESETTING OF STONEHENGE TO SUPPORT NAUTICAL DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME SINCE 1952.
#SPRINGFORWARD #FALLBACK
Purple flowers with long red filaments and light orange anthers
Amorpha canescens, our Lead Plant, blooming at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refugee #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 7 🌿
Amorpha means ‘without form’ since this genus’ flowers have only one petal, unlike most "pea-shaped" flowers, missing the wing and keel petals.
Path thru trees down a mountain under BlueSky
Hiking down the Greenman trail
#Fallback to Sep. 6 #ForestFriday
A house finch with a deep red had and chest was having a quiet afternoon in a leafy maple tree in september
A vibrant Mr House Finch was wondering why the little hummers had taken over his tree. #FallBack to September 6 🪶
Pointy ternate fronds on a purple stem
Pellaea wrightiana, our uncommon Wright's Cliffbrake, thriving on a Boulder cliffside #nativeplants #FallBack to Sep. 6 🌿
Sky blue flowers with three lobes on the lower lip and two lobes above
Lobelia siphilitica var. ludoviciana, our uncommon Great Blue Lobelia, blooming in a ditch southwest of the Bobolink trailhead #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 6 🌿
Desolation from the Calwood Fire at Heil Valley Ranch Open Space
Black skeletons of trees in the desolation of the Calwood Fire at Heil Valley Ranch Open Space 🔥 🌿 🔥 #FallBack to Sep. 5
Yesterday seven acres burned here in the Calwood Fire burn scar: www.denver7.com/news/wildfir...
Hiker on a dirt road next to some sunflowers. Pic courtesy of Sue D.
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
Tryin' to make some IDs and doin' the best I can
And when it's time for nature
I hope you'll understand
That I was born a ramblin' man
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 5 🌿
Purple flowers growing on shale, burnt trees in background
Liatris punctata, our native Dotted Blazingstar, blooming at Heil Valley Ranch Open Space in the area burned by the October 2020 Calwood Fire #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 5 🌿
Deep blue five-lobed flowers with black-dotted throats
Gentiana parryi, our Parry's Gentian, blooming above the East Portal #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 5 🌿
Sky blue flowers with three lobes in one side and two on the other, with a pistil sticking out between the lips
Lobelia siphilitica var. ludoviciana, our uncommon Great Blue Lobelia, blooming in a ditch southwest of the Bobolink trailhead #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 5 🌿
"...once considered a cure for syphilis by early European settlers..." They must've been disappointed I'm guessing.
Alpine lake surrounded by trees beneath mountains and blue sky
BlueSky FOREVER! Seldom seen Hassell Lake
#FallBack to Sep. 4 🌿
Bright yellow rayless flower with dark green spiny leaves
Carthamus tinctorius, the nonnative Safflower, blooming in Monarch Park
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 4 🌿
An iridescent green humming bird with a white throat stands on a curving plant stem. Its neck is extended a very surprising amount for such a small bird.
WHO KNEW THEY HAVE THAT MUCH NECK?!
A Ruby-throated Hummingbird from six months ago #FallBack #birds 🌿
Deep blue five-lobed flower with black dots in its throat
Gentiana parryi, our Parry's Gentian, blooming at Urad Lake #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 4 🌿
Large white flower with numerous creamy yellow stamens blooming at dusk
Mentzelia decapetala, our Ten-petal Blazingstar, blooming at Neva Road #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 3 🌿
These open at dusk and are pollinated by night-flying moths. One might then speculate the flowers have a significant sweet scent so the moths can find them. They do!
Goldfinch fledglings are cute and may not understand there is food "right there." 🪶
#FallBack to September 3
