Flowers and other Flora Photos! Click the thumbnail (mini-picture) to see the full picture. This is all the good flower photos from 2004 in alphabetical order.
"Black Eyed Susan" Always a beautiful fall wildflower. "Blanketflower" A relative of the last one, but native to the praries. Often grown in gardens now. "Bloodroot" One of the early spring flowers. Gets its name from the red coloured sap from the roots. "Blue Bead Lilly" Named for its seeds which look like, yep, blue beads. "Blue Eyed Grass" A very small flower that can be found in grassy fields. "Butterfly Weed" In the milkweed family this flower grows in dry areas and is frequented by butterflies. "Butterfly Weed" Native to the praries, sometimes grown in gardens. Attractive to butterflies & drought tolerant. "Canada Anemone" This flower can be often found in woodland cleanings or on moist roadsides. "Cardinal Flower" Found in swamps or wet woodlands this flower is a stunning bright red. "Chicory" A non native but it has nice violet blue colour. Often seen along the sides of roads. "Coltsfoot" One of the first flowers to come out in the springtime. Most often found along roadways. "Forget Me Not" Many peoples favorte. Found in moist areas. "Fragrant Water Lily" A nice water plant that grows in the shallow lake edges in the wild. "Golden Corydalis" A very cool find. My coworker almost picked it to take back for ID but I 'yelled' no! ;P "Gray Headed Coneflower" This is a prarie species that we have planted in the regen area behing our office. "Green Violet" I had no clue what it was when I photographed it. Never seen it before. Very Rare species! "Helleborine" A orchid type plant that grows in just about any forest around here. "Knapweed" Another plant that is was planted in the regeneration area behind our office. "Yellow - Marsh Maragold" A great spring flower that turns some swamps into carpets of yellow in May. "Michigan Lily" Another first for me, they are quite nice. We found a few in Lowvile Escarpment woods. "Pale Corydalis" Taken up North of Kingston near Echo Lake. It grows on dry rock out cropings. "Purple Cone Flower" A flower that has become well known for its medical values and its beauty. "Rose Pogonia" A very cool swamp/bog Orchid. I've only ever seen it around the western edge of Echo Lake. "Rose Pogonia" It only grows on the humics in the shallow waters around the one side of the lake. "Rose Pogonia" It can be very hard to find surrounded by ferns, its leaves and flowers are inconspicuouse. "Round Lobed Hepatica" This is an early spring flower, one of the first to appear in the forests. "Showy Ladys Slipper" A large beautiful orchid that is found in wet forests or swamps. "Showy Ladys Slipper" It takes 8 years for them to go from seed to time of first flowering. "Small Cranberry" Another bog plant I found around the quiet edge of Echo Lake. "Swamp Milkweed" A beautiful swamp and marsh flower that butterflies love. "Swamp Milkweed" The flowers can come in varying shades of pink which can be interesting to see. "Swamp Milkweed" The flower shape is so unusual, it always amaises me how interesting they look. "Swamp Rose" A prity wild rose. Lots of them can be seen around the quiet edges of Echo Lake. "Tall Sunflower" Another flower that we have in the regeneration area behind the office. "Turtlehead" Gets its name from the shape of the flower looking like a turtles head. "Water Smartweed" A fairly common water plant with a nice little flower. "Water Willow" I first found this in Echo Lake and I just love the little twisty petals of the flowers. "Wild Bergamot" One of my favorites, it has a beautifull scent to its flowers and leaves. "Wild Bergamot" It has an usual flower shape that is a good design for hummingbirds. "Wild Bergamot" It has a garden relative that is a bright red, loved by hummingbirds. I adore its scent. "Wild Blue Phlox" Another first for me in 2004, we found it in Guelph Junction Woods I beleave. "Wild Calla" A need swamp/marsh flower that I don't see to often. "Wild Columbine" One of my favorite wildflowers. It likes to grow in rocky area and has such a neet shaped flower. "Wild Columbine" The Shape of the flower is designed that only humming birds can feed on & polinate it. "Wintergreen" A little swamp plant with neet flowers. "Yellow Ladys Slipper" These flowers have a relationship with fungi on their roots, without them the flower would die. "Yellow Lady Slipper" I like how the little red pettals have the twist to them.