Sunday, August 25, 2019

Plant Story--Pleated Gentian, Gentiana affinis

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This pretty plant is the pleated gentian ( Gentiana affinis,  gentian family Gentianaceae). Also called Rocky Mountain gentian, bottle ge...
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Sunday, August 18, 2019

Our Changing World--Threats but Also Opportunities

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The world is changing. The second half of the 20th century was warmer than the first half. The 21st century is setting new heat records. ...
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Sunday, August 11, 2019

Botanists at Work-- Botanical Society meeting 2019

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The Botanical Society of America met in Tucson, Arizona at the end of July. I attended to keep current. Everyone said "Arizona? In J...
Sunday, August 4, 2019

Visiting Arizona--July in the Desert Near Tucson

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I recently attended the Botanical Society of America annual meeting, this year in Tucson, Arizona. Of course we botanists, gathered fro...
Sunday, July 28, 2019

Plant Story--Ox-Eye Daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare,

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ox-eye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare The daisy (see photo) was probably the first flower I could recognize. Daisies grew all over the fiel...
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Sunday, July 21, 2019

Visiting Switzerland--A Quick Look

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Although most of our images of Switzerland look like this: Most of the people live in the central plateau, which looks more like this: ...
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Sunday, July 14, 2019

Visiting Colorado--Wildflowers of Rabbit Ears Pass

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Rabbit Ears in 2015 Rabbit Ears Peak is a landmark in the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests in northern Colorado. At one time there w...
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