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  • Fireweed, Epilobium angustifolium, blooming in the Fox Lake Burn from 1998, Yukon Territory, Canada.
    YK-1146b.tif
  • Gnarled Utah Juniper, Juniperus osteosperma, and Mormon Tea, Ephedra viridi, Navajo Sandstone slickrock at Egypt, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah.
    UT-1701c.tif
  • Tufted Evening Primrose, Oenothera caespitosa, blooming on an old gravel bar of the Escalante River, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah.
    UT-16b.tif
  • Blooming crack star or living rock, Ariocarpus fissuratus, October blooming, Big Bend Ranch State Natural Area, Texas.
    TX-1215b.tif
  • Spider lilies, Hymenocallis liriosme, wetlands near the Brazos River, Eastern Texas.
    TX-1054b.tif
  • Crescent Meadow with shooting stars, Dodecatheon sp., and fallen giant sequoia, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, California.
    SQ-1070b.tif
  • Munising Falls framed by Yellow Birch, Betula alleghaniensis, in autumn, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
    PR-1008a.tif
  • Desert Paintbrush, Castilleja chromosa, and pertrified wood, Rainbow Forest, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.
    PF-145c.tif
  • Blooming hedgehog cactus, Echinocereus engelmannii, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona.
    OP-36a.tif
  • Spring bloom of brittlebushes, Encelia farinosa, and lupines, Lupinus sparsiflorus, with stately saguaros and chainfruit cholla beyond, Diablo Mts., Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona.
    OP-1146a.tif
  • Five lupines growing from a single root in a straight line on top of a sand dune, Monument Valley Tribal Park, Arizona.
    MV-7c.tif
  • Sun setting through Joshua Trees, Yucca brevifolia, along the Mojave Trail east of the Cinder Cones, Mojave National Preserve, California.
    MOJ-1091a.tif
  • Beech-Maple Forest floor in autumn with heart-shaped leaves of Big-Leaved Aster, Aster macrophylla, Proud Lake State Recreation Area, Oakland County near Milford, Michigan.
    MI-1373b.tif
  • Autumn splendor of Mountain Ash, Sorbus americana, and silver maple, Acer saccharinum, shore of Lake Superior east of Betsy, Keweenaw Peninsula, Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
    MI-1239a.tif
  • Purple Mountain Saxifrage, Saxifraga oppositifolia, rocky ridge in the Alaska Range, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.
    LC35-83.tif
  • Mountain Avens or Eight-petaled Dryas, Dryas octopetala, and Netted Willow, Salix reticulata, alpine meadow along the Telaquana River, Lake Clark National Preserve, Alaska.
    LC-197a.tif
  • Netted willow, Salix reticulata, flowering in an alpine meadow west of Telaquana Pass in the Alaska Range, Lake Clark National Preserve, Alaska.
    LC-169a.tif
  • Alaska Boykinia, Boykinia Richardsonii, blooming along tributary of Hope Creek, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.
    LC-1256b.tif
  • Fresh snow in forest of giant sequoias, Sequoia gigantea, Grant Grove, Kings Canyon National Park, California.
    KC-1003a.tif
  • Blooming beavertail cactus, Opuntia basilaris, Cottonwood Mountains, Joshua Tree National Park, California.
    JT-R1001b.tif
  • Hoarfrost on lodgepole pine along the Big Wood River, Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho.
    ID-FP2923.tif
  • Forest floor carpeted with Red Columbine, Aquilegia formosa, and Mountain Bluebell, Mertensia ciliata, Lost River Range west of Pass Creek Summit, Salmon-Challis National Forest, Idaho.
    ID-1278.tif
  • Penstemon blooming on steep, rocky slope above East Fork Cherry Creek, Salmon-Challis National Forest, Idaho.
    ID-1266a.tif
  • Arrowleaf Balsam Root, Balsamorhiza sagittata, blooming in foothills of the Pioneer Mountains, Sun Valley, Idaho.
    ID-1064a.tif
  • Phalaenopsis orchid blooming in Fred Hirschmann's Dumpster Dive Orchid Collection, Glacier View, Alaska.
    HOR-FP2545.tif
  • Phalaenopsis orchid blooming in Fred Hirschmann's Dumpster Dive Orchid Collection, Glacier View, Alaska.
    HOR-FP2525.tif
  • Miltassia orchid, a bigeneric genus from Miltonia and Brassia, blooming at Fred and Randi Hirschmann's home, Wasilla, Alaska.
    HOR-FA33724.tif
  • Phaleonopsis orchid KV Beauty blooming at Fred and Randi Hirschmann's home, Wasilla, Alaska.
    HOR-FA33723.tif
  • HA-1008a, HA-1008; Haleakalā Silversword; Endangered Plant; Endangered Plants; Rare Plant; Rare Plants; Endemic; Endemic Plant; Endemic Plants; Silversword; Argyroxiphium sandwicense; Haleakala Wilderness; Haleakala National Park; Island of Maui; Hawaii; Maui; Island; Islands; Hawaiian Islands; Pastel; Asteraceae; Threatened; Botany; Flora; Hawaiian Endemic; Hawaiian Endemics; Haleakalā; National Park; National Parks; Horizontal
    HA-1008a.tif
  • Engelmann's Prickly-Pear Cactus, Opuntia phaeacantha, Havasu Canyon of the Grand Canyon, Havasupai Indian Reservation, Arizona.
    GC-1070b.tif
  • Whorled leaves of Utah Century Plant, Agave utahensis, Nankoweap Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
    GC-1005b.tif
  • Mountain avens, Dryas octopetala, and black oxytrope, Oxytropis nigrescens, Brooks Range, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska.
    GA-7c.tif
  • Purple Mountain Saxifrage, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Brooks Range, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska.
    GA-1b.tif
  • Atamasco Lily, Zephyranthes treatiae, blooming in spring near the Aucilla River, Panhandle of Florida.
    FL-22a.tif
  • Claret cup cactus, Echinocereus triglochidiatus, blooming on talus slope above Arrastre Spring, Butte Valley, Death Valley National Park, California.
    DV-1766d.tif
  • Rare and endemic Panamint Daisy, Enceliopsis covillei, blooming on the west side of the Pamamint Range in Wildrose Canyon, flowers are six inches across, Death Valley National Park, California.
    DV-1193b.tif
  • April snow in the Mojave Desert, blooming Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia, Lee Flat, Death Valley National Park, California.
    DV-1116c.tif
  • Maroon berries of lowbush cranberry, Vaccinium vitus-idaea, Kantishna Hills, Denali National Park, Alaska.
    D-R1074a.tif
  • Wild Geranium, Geranium erianthum, blooming in Denali National Park, Alaska.
    D-R1021f.tif
  • Autumn tundra of alpine bearberry, Arctostaphylos alpina, and lowbush cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, hill east of Wonder Lake, Denali National Park, Alaska.
    D-1266b.tif
  • Red leaves of alpine bearberry, Arctostapylos alpina, among lingonberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, crowberry, Empetrum nigrum and reindeer lichen, Wickersham Dome, Kantishna Hills, Denali National Park, Alaska.
    D-1039a.tif
  • Spring bloom of Dwarf Aster, Townsendia incana, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah.
    CR-1062b.tif
  • Siberian phlox, Phlox sibirica, blooming on calcareous soil, The Palisades, Ingitkalik Mountain, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska.
    CK-131b.tif
  • Siberian phlox, Phlox sibirica, blooming on calcareous soil, The Palisades, Ingitkalik Mountain, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska.
    CK-130d.tif
  • Cobra Lily, Darlingtonia californica, a species of carnivorous pitcher plant growing in meadow at headwaters of Mule Creek west of Scott Mountain, Pacific Crest Trail, Klamath National Forest, California.
    CA-FA43056.tif
  • Interior live oaks, Quercus wislizenii, carpeted with moss and polypody ferns, Rock Creek drainage, Tahoe National Forest, California.
    CA-1865a.tif
  • Spring bloom of sand verbena, Abronia villosa, on sand dunes south of Dale Lake and southwest of the Sheep Hole Mountains, California.
    CA-1861.tif
  • Moon rising beyond wind-sculpted ancient bristlecone pine, Pinus aristata, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California.
    CA-1732a.tif
  • Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa, and Ocotillos, Fouquieria splendens, Santa Rosa Mountains beyond, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
    CA-1587e.tif
  • Stormy sunrise illuminating California fan palms, Washingtonia filifera, of the Palm Bowl Grove of Surprise Canyon, Mountain Palm Springs, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
    CA-1532f.tif
  • Warm light of sunrise illuminating the top of a blooming barrel cactus, Ferocactus acanthodes, Cactus Garden, Vallecito Mountains, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
    CA-1514c.tif
  • Delicate rime ice from poconip (Paiute word for ice fog) on Jeffrey pines, Pinus jeffreyi, above Lee Vining Creek, Inyo National Forest, California
    CA-1370a.tif
  • Pattern of buds and single open flower on the top of a desert barrel cactus, Ferocactus acanthodes, Cactus Garden in the foothills of the Vallecito Mountains, <br />
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
    CA-1212b.tif
  • Dune evening primrose, Oenothera deltoides, desert sunflower, Geraea canescens, and desert sand verbena, Abronia villosa, flats adjacent to Coyote Mountain surrounded by Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California.
    CA-1210a.tif
  • Spine pattern on top of desert barrel cactus, Ferocactus acanthodes, Glorieta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
    CA-1200b.tif
  • Phacelia or wild heliotrope, Phacelia distans, intertwined with desert agave, Agave deserti, Jojoba Wash, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
    CA-1180e.tif
  • Spring bloom of dune evening primrose, Oenothera deltoides, desert sunflower, Geraea canescens, desert sand verbena, Abronia villosa and browneyed evening primrose, Camissonia claviflormis, flats adjacent to Coyote Mountain surrounded by Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
    CA-1091c.tif
  • Raindrops on blossoms of pitaya or strawberry cactus, Echinocereus stramineus, above north side Blue Creek Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Texas.
    BB-1026a.tif
  • Wind-blasted  greenleaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula, surviving on sand dune in the Paria River, Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona.
    AZ-35b.tif
  • Claret Cup Cactus, Echinocereus triglochidatus, in full bloom, Joshua Trees National Natural Landmark, Grand Wash Cliffs, Arizona.
    AZ-2061d.tif
  • Goldfields, Lasthenia chrysostoma, owl's clover, Orthocarpus purpurascens, and lupine, Lupinus sparsiflorus, Tohono O'odham Reservation, southern Arizona.
    AZ-1501d.tif
  • Desert Marigold, Baileya multiradiata, blooming in a bed of Owl's Clover, Orthocarpus purpurascens, Tohono O'odham Reservation, Arizona.
    AZ-1497a.tif
  • Top of a spring-blooming barrel cactus, Christmas Pass, Cabeza Prieta Mountains, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona.
    AZ-1325b.tif
  • Indian Paintbrush, Castilleja chromosa, growing among weathered Juniper roots, Navajo Canyon, Navajo Reservation, Arizona.
    AZ-119a.tif
  • Unusual cristate form of Saguaro Cactus, Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona.
    AZ-107.tif
  • Desert agave, Agave deserti, silhouetted at sunrise, Mason Valley east of Vallecito Wash, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
    ANZ-1001a.tif
  • Alpine blueberry, Vaccinium uliginosum, and lowbush cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea,  autumn tundra in foothills of the Talkeetna Mountains, Glacier View, Alaska.
    AK-41564a.tif
  • Lingonberry and lowbush cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, fruiting on glacial moraine above Round Tangle Lake, Alaska.
    AK-41064a.tif
  • Red berries of Bunchberry, Cornus canadensis, with frond of Oak Fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, boreal forest floor between Papoose Lakes, lower Susitna Valley, Alaska.
    AK-40881a.tif
  • Pattern of bur reed, Sparganium angustifolium, and pondweed, Potamogeton nutans, leaves floating on surface of East Papoose Lake, Susitna Valley, Alaska.
    AK-40694b.tif
  • Wild rose, Rosa acicularis, blooming among fronds of ostrich fern, Metteuccia stuthiopteris, along Cottonwood Creek, Matanuska Valley, Alaska.
    AK-40665b.tif
  • Spring bloom of shooting star, Dodecatheon pulchellum, with sunset light illuminating willows and the Chugach Mountains beyond, Eklutna Flat, Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge, Alaska.
    AK-2998c.tif
  • Marsh fern, Thelypteris phegopteris, and Swedish dwarf cornel, Cornus suecica, alpine slope in Hatcher Pass area, Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska.
    AK-2858.tif
  • Dwarf Fireweed, Epilobium latifolium, blooming from seep on rock cliff on Summit Island, Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary, Bristol Bay, Bering Sea, Alaska.
    AK-2719b.tif
  • Arctic poppy, Papaver macounii, blooming on rock cliff of Summit Island, Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary, Bristol Bay, Bering Sea, Alaska.
    AK-2718b.tif
  • Spring bloom of pasqueflower, Pulsatilla patens, south of Tok, Alaska.
    AK-2496a.tif
  • Rose-purple orchis, Dactylorhiza aristata, Near Island, Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska.
    AK-1506b.tif
  • Reds of Bigtooth Maple, Acer grandidentatum, and yellows of Fremont Cottonwood, Populus fremontii, and Canyon Grape, Vitis Arizonica, with The Organ beyond, Zion National Park, Utah.
    Z-1099a.tif
  • Autumn colors of Boxelders, Acer negundo, lining canyon bottom of Clear Creek, Zion National Park, Utah.
    Z-1093.tif
  • Bigtooth Maple, Acer grandidentatum, in autumn  along sandy canyon bottom of Clear Creek, Zion National Park, Utah.
    Z-1092b.tif
  • Claret Cup Hedgehog Cactus, Echinocereus triglochidiatus, Zion National Park, Utah.
    Z-1029a.tif
  • Claret Cup Hedgehog Cactus, Echinocereus triglochidiatus, Zion National Park, Utah.
    Z-1028a.tif
  • Ponderosa Pine, Pinus ponderosa, and Incense Cedar, Libocedrus decurrens, reaching for the sky, Chilnaulna Falls Trail, Yosemite National Park, California.
    YO-26b.tif
  • Ponerosa Pine cones, Pinus ponderosa, on the forest floor near Wawona, Yosemite National Park, California.
    YO-24b.tif
  • Many Flowered Phlox, Phlox multiflora, growing from crack between boulders, Mount Washburn, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    YMTM-92.tif
  • Rocky Mountain Helianthella, Helianthella uniflora, Cascade Corner, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    YMTM-67.tif
  • Cotton Grass, Eriophorium sp., Elk Park, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    YMTM35-6.tif
  • Rime ice coating a lodgepole pine on a sub-zero morning, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    YMTM35-4.tif
  • Hairy Clematis or Sugarbowl, Clematis hirsutissima, blooming on slope of Mount Washburn above Antelope Creek, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    YMTM-252c.tif
  • Rime ice coating a lodgepole pine on a sub-zero morning, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    YMTM-187.tif
  • Fireweed, Chamerion angustifolium, blooming in charred lodgepole pine forest burned by the North Fork Fire two years earlier, near Madison, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    YMTM-168a.tif
  • Autumn leaves of alpine bearberry, Arctostaphylos sp., with polytrichum moss, Polytrichum juniperinum, alpine ridge along Top of the World Highway above Clifton, Yukon Territory, Canada.
    YK-314a.tif
  • Harebell, Campanula lasiocarpa, blooming among autumn leaves of alpine bearberry, Arctostaphylos sp., alpine ridge along Top of the World Highway above Clifton, Yukon Territory, Canada.
    YK-313a.tif
  • Summer bloom of fireweed by abandoned historic log cabin near the Nares River and Lake Bennett in Carcross, Yukon Territory, Canada.
    YK-1135a.tif
  • Green fronds of common polypody, Polypodium vulare, coated with corn snow and sleet, eastern summit of Droop Mountain, Beartown State Park, West Virginia.
    WV-1019b.tif
  • Autumn tundra of swedish dwarf cornel, Cornus suecica (red), cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus (orange-green), and crowberry, Empetrum nigrum (green), Wood-Tikchik State Park, Alaska.
    WT-1077a.tif
  • Alpine bearberry, Arctostaphylos rubra, and Arctic lupine, Lupinus articus, base of Bonanza Peak, Wrangell Mountains, Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve, Alaska.
    WR-1016b.tif
  • Alpine bearberry, Arctostaphylos rubra, and Arctic lupine, Lupinus articus, base of Bonanza Peak, Wrangell Mountains, Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve, Alaska.
    WR-1015b.tif
  • Pacific rhododendron, Rhododendron macrophyllum, state flower of Washington, blooming among western sword-fern, Polystichum minitum, Olympic Peninsula, Washington.
    WA-1102.tif
  • Golden color of Buckthorn, Ceanothus sp., growing from crack in Navajo Sandstone, Davis Gulch, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah.
    UT-5b.tif
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