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   When I first read the field notes of Annie Alexander and Louise Kellogg, I was fascinated by the descriptions they wrote about the places they went and the plants and animals they found there. By publishing my field notes on the Internet I hope to follow a little bit in their tradition.

 

 

   

 

2024

 

 

   

 

January 2024

 

 

Other articles:
• Alley:   about even with front door;
Full Size ImageMuddy alley on 23 January 2024.
Full Size ImageMuddy alley on 23 January 2024.  

 

23 January 2024

 

 

Other articles:
• Alley:   just above sidewalk;
Full Size ImageMud on garage apron.  

 

30 January 2024

 

 

   

 

February 2024

 

 

Other articles:
• Alley:   at sidewalk;
Full Size ImageMuddy snow on the sidewalk.  

 

6 February 2024

Muddy conditions on the alley.

 

Other articles:
• Arapahoe Street:   at alley;
Full Size ImageMuddy water on its way to Clear Creek from the alley.  

 

Tuesday, 13 February 2024

 

 

Other articles:
• Magpie Gulch Trail:   social train down;
Full Size ImageUpper end of the shortcut trail.  

 

Wednesday, 14 February 2024

 

 

Other articles:
• Trail to Parkview Court:   at drain;
• Magpie Gulch Trail:   social train down;
Full Size ImageA walker on the social trail, calling to her dog that is off-leash in the yard at right center.
Full Size ImageA couple walking their dog on the social trail.  

 

Monday, 26 February 2024

 

 

   

 

March 2024

 

 

Other articles:
• Trail to Parkview Court:   at social trl jct;

Locations: New Loveland Mine Park.
Full Size ImageSocial trail at minor junction.  

 

Friday, 1 March 2024

 

 

Other articles:
• Illinois Street:   Illinois near 20th;
Full Size ImageSorbus aucuparia planted on Illinois Street.  

 

Saturday, 2 March 2024

Went looking at a Sorbus on Illinois Street after the Coffee with a Councilor.

 

Other articles:
• Arapahoe Street:   at alley;
Full Size Image19" of Snow on the Deck.  

 

Friday, 15 March 2024

Big snow day!

 

Other articles:
• 5th Street:  New Loveland Mine Park;

Locations: New Loveland Mine Park.
Full Size ImageSouth Table Mountain from New Loveland Mine Park.  

 

Monday, 25 March 2024

Another Spring snow.

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North Table Mountain from New Loveland Mine Park.

 

Other articles:
• Magpie Gulch Trail:   at lower end of social trail;  social trail Cyn Vw Dr;

Locations: New Loveland Mine Park.
Full Size ImageJunction of social trails with Magpie Gulch Trail.  

 

Wednesday, 27 March 2024

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South end of the shortcut social trail.
 

 

Other articles:
• Welch Ditch:   at marker;   along trail;   at junk car;  12990;   at stairs;
• Peaks to Plains Trail:   near Welch Ditch br.;   at s. bank;   at stairs;   at hd gate;   south bank;  48790;   at Grant Terry Bridge;

Locations: Clear Creek Canyon. Welch Ditch.
Full Size ImageThe east end of the Grant Terry Bridge.  

 

Friday, 29 March 2024

Peaks to Plains Trail

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Flat on the west side of the Grant Terry Bridge.
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Head gate of the Church Ditch.
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Jamesia americana on the cliff by the Tough Cuss Bridge.
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Welch Ditch suspension bridge.
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Commemorative Plaque for resonstruction of the Welch Ditch, 1932.
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Hops vines and cones on a Douglas fir.
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Junk car along the ditch.
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Gate on the Welch Ditch.
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Stairs between Peaks to Plains Trail and the Welch Ditch.
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West end of Grant Terry Bridge.

 

Other articles:
• 6th Street:   at end;
• Parkview Court:   near cul-de-sac.;   at cul de sac;
• Trail to Parkview Court:   at 6th;   e. edge of cul de sac;
Full Size ImageSiberian elm on Parkview Court.
Full Size ImageExit of social trail off of Parkview Court.  

 

Sunday, 31 March 2024.

Walk in the neighborhood.

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East end of social trail on 6th Street.

 

   

 

April 2024

 

 

Other articles:
• 5th Street:   at Illinois;
• Illinois Street:   at 5th;
• Maple Street:   at alley.;
• Trail to Parkview Court:   e. edge of cul de sac;
• Magpie Gulch Trail:   social trail to High Pt Dr;  social trail Cyn Vw Dr;  west of surge pong;
Full Size ImageLower end of social trail to High Point Drive.
Full Size ImageSocial trail to Canyon View Drive.  

 

Monday, 1 April 2024

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Surge pond at 2+ years.
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West on the social trail from Parkview Court.
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Alley between 5th and 6th Streets.
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Corner of 5th and Illinois.
 

 

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Linaria dalmatica;
Full Size ImageLinaria dalmatica sprouting.
Full Size ImageComparison of root cortex color.  

 

Thursday, 4 April 2024

Seeding and weeding at DeLong Park.

 

Other articles:
• Brumm Trail:  70000;   along road;  78000;
• Colorado Highway 72:  65490;  65510;  65560;

Locations: Coal Creek. Coal Creek Canyon.
Full Size ImageLooking west from parking area.  

 

Friday, 5 April 2024

Reconnaisance at Coal Creek Canyon Study Area.

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Looking east from parking area.
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Smashed picnic table beside Coal Creek.
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View west (up canyon) from pullout.
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View east (down canyon) in Coal Creek Canyon.
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View of canyon to the southwest.
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View out of the canyon to the east.
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View up canyon from the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon.
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Wide-angle view of Canyon 2 on left and Coal Creek Canyon on right.
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Brumm Trail up on the ridge.
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Looking west in the direction of Blue Mountain.
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Brumm Trail near the top of the ridge.
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View south from Brumm Trail.
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View east from Brumm Trail.

 

Locations: New Loveland Mine Park.
Full Size ImageView of Golden from New Loveland Mine Park at the height (depth?) of a 65% eclipse.  

 

Monday, 8 April 2024

 

 

Locations: Schweich Hill.
Full Size ImageOpuntia macrorhiza on Schweich Hill.
Full Size ImageOpuntia macrorhiza on Schweich Hill.  

 

Wednesday, 10 April 2024

Weeding at Schweich Hill.

 

Other articles:
• Blue Mountain Drive:   at fire stn;
• Colorado Highway 72:  65560;

Locations: Coal Creek Canyon. Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel.
Full Size ImageDrainage S2 in the Lacey parcel of Coal Creek Canyon Study Area.  

 

Friday, 12 April 2024

Coal Creek Canyon Study Area

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Mystery plant emerging at Coal Creek Canyon.
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California Zephyr climbs the Moffat Route across the canyon.
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View from drainage S2 towards Fire Station 3.
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Drainage S2 from the low hill.
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Townsendia hookeri (?) on top of small hill.
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Pediocactus simpsonii on the dry flat below CO Highway 72.
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Opuntia fragilis on flat below highway.
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Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, 12 April 2024.
  3231   

Claytonia rosea

  3232   

Pulsatilla patens

Plants of the Coal Creek Canyon Study Area
Jefferson County Open Space, Colorado, USA
Ranunculaceae

Pulsatilla nuttalliana (DC.) Bercht. & J. Presl.  Pasque Flower.

Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado. 280 m. northwest of Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3, 14.2 km. north northwest of Golden. 39.87518°N, 105.27963°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2034 m. Open rocky field, recognizable here at this early date: Lomatium orientale, Echinocereus viridiflorus, Yucca glauca, and Carex inops ssp. heliophila.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 3232. 12-Apr-2024

   

 

Monday, 15 April 2024

 

Full Size ImageStaminate catkins on Coll. No. 3233, Populus deltoides.
Full Size ImageFragmenting collection of staminate catkins, Coll. No. 3233, Populus deltoides monilifera.  
3233   

Populus deltoides, staminate catkins. Poor collection, discarded.

  3234   

Populus deltoides, staminate catkins. Poor collection, discarded.

   

 

Tuesday, 16 April 2024

 

Full Size ImagePistillate catkins on Coll. No. 3235, Populus deltoides.  
3235   

Populus deltoides, pistillate catkins. Poor collection, discarded.

   

 

Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Weeding at Schweich Hill.

 

Locations: Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel.
Full Size ImageView from the low hill in the northeast corner of the Lacey parcel.
Full Size ImagePulsatilla nuttalliana under Ponderosa pines.  

 

Wednesday, 24 April 2024

Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, with John Vickery.

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Carduus nutans rosette.
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Small gulch above Coal Creek (S2.2)
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View across Coal Creek Canyon.
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Upper part of small gulch S2.2.
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View back across upper part of small gulch (S2.2).
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Viola canadensis out in an open sunny spot.
  3236   

Noccaea fendleri.

Plants of the Coal Creek Canyon Study Area
Jefferson County Open Space, Colorado, USA
Brassicaceae

Noccaea fendleri (A. Gray) Holub ssp. glauca (A. Nelson) Al-Shehbaz & M. Koch.  Alpine Pennycress.

Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado. Isolated hill in the Idaho Springs-Ralston shear zone, 540 m. northwest of the Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3, 14.4 km. north northwest of Golden. 39.8765°N, 105.28229°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2053 m. North side of hill in Ponderosa pine woodland.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 3236. 24-Apr-2024


Full Size ImageColl. No. 3237, Cirsium vulgare.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 3237, basal rosette of Cirsium vulgare.  
3237   

Cirsium vulgare “Bull Thistle”

Plants of the Coal Creek Canyon Study Area
Jefferson County Open Space, Colorado, USA
Asteraceae

Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.  Bull Thistle.

Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado. In cobbles and gravel of the bank of Coal Creek, 850 m. northwest of the Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3, 14.6 km. north northwest of Golden. 39.87778°N, 105.28556°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2024 m. Basal rosette. iNaturalist Observation 209169508.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 3237. 24-Apr-2024

 

Locations: Schweich Hill.
Full Size ImageField Chickweed (Cerastium arvense var. strictum) on Schweich Hill.
Full Size ImagePackera fendleri on Schweich Hill.  

 

Tuesday, 30 April 2024

Weeding at Schweich Hill.

 

Other articles:
• Interstate 80:   at Exit 41;

Locations: Blacks Fork.
Full Size ImageLyman, Wyoming, across Blacks Fork.  

 

Wednesday, 1 May 2024.

Golden, CO, to Ogden, UT.

 

Other articles:
• Interstate 80:   at Rest Area;
Full Size ImageView east from Grassy Mountain Rest Stop.
Full Size ImageView east from Grassy Mountain Rest Stop.  

 

Thursday, 2 May 2024

Ogden, Utah, to Elko, Nevada.

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View west from Grassy Mountain Rest Stop.

Other articles:
• Interstate 80:   at Rest Area;
Full Size ImageSalt flats.  

 

Stop at the Salt Flats.

Other articles:
• Interstate 80:   at Exit 333 - Deeth;
Full Size ImageEast Humboldt Range from the Deeth exit.
Full Size ImageRuby Mountains from the Deeth Exit.  

 

Photography at the Deeth exit.

Locations: Elko.
Full Size ImageDining room at the Star Hotel.
Full Size ImageBaked lamb shoulder at the Star Hotel.  

 

Basque dinner at the Star Hotel.

   

 

Friday, 3 May 2024

Elko, NV, to Boise, ID.

Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:  Adobe Summit;

Locations: Adobe Summit.
Full Size ImageLooking north from Adobe Summit.  

 

Adobe Summit.

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Adobe Summit, about where the downgrade warning sign is.

Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:   near Pie Creek;  n. of summit;

Locations: Independence Mountains.
Full Size ImageIndependence Mountains to the northwest.  

 

View of the Indepencence Mountains to the northwest.

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NV 225 crosses Pie Creek.

Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:   at Haystack Rnch;

Locations: Haystack Ranch.
Full Size ImageHaystack Ranch on Sheep Creek.  

 

Haystack Ranch and Sheep Creek.

Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:   at Foreman Ck;

Locations: Foreman Creek.
Full Size ImageUnnamed ranch at Foreman Creek.  

 

Cross Foreman Creek.

Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:   along hwy;
Full Size ImageView of highway to the north.  

 

Slope overlooking North Fork.

Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:   at Holland Rch;

Locations: Holland Ranch.
Full Size ImageHolland Ranch across the North Fork Humboldt River.  

 

Holland Ranch

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Mailbox of the Holland Ranch.

Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:   at Laing Ranch;

Locations: Laing Ranch.
Full Size ImageLaing Ranch with Independence Mountains in the background.  

 

Laing Ranch and North Fork

Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:   at North Fork;

Locations: North Fork.
Full Size ImageNVDOT North Fork Maintenance Yard.  

 

North Fork

Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:   at N Fk Ch Rd;
Full Size ImageIndependence Mountains from just north of North Fork.
Full Size ImageDrainage divide ahead at the red arrow.  

 

At North Fork Charleston Road.

Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:   at divide;
Full Size ImageSnake River - Columbia Basin ahead …  

 

At drainage divide.

Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:   near Wild Horse;
Full Size ImageWild Horse and Reservoir ahead.  

 

Approaching Wild Horse.

Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:  29900;
Full Size ImageWild Horse Reservoir with Independence Mountains.
Full Size ImageMertensia oblongifolia at Wild Horse Reservoir.  

 

Took a break at Wild Horse Reservoir State Park.

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Wild Horse Reservoir with Independence Mountains.

Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:  29700;

Locations: Wild Horse Dam.
Full Size ImageSign for Wild Horse Dam.  

 

Wild Horse Dam.

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Water spilling over Wild Horse Dam.

Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:   in the canyon;

Locations: Owyhee River.
Full Size ImageOwyhee River in the canyon.  

 
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Owyhee River in the canyon.
 

Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:   at Patsville;

Locations: Rio Tinto.
Full Size ImageGeneral view of the Rio Tinto area.  

 

Rio Tinto, Nevada

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Rio Tinto behind a locked gate.
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General View of Mt. City Copper Co.'s New Camp of Rio Tinto, Showing Mill and Mine Buildings on Right and New Apartments on Left.
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View southeast from Rio Tinto to the Wild Horse Range.
 

Other articles:
• Nevada SR 225:   at Mtn City;

Locations: Mountain City.
Full Size ImageEntering Mountain City.  

 

Mountain City.

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Mountain City.

Other articles:
• Idaho State Highway 51:   at Roll Inn Spr;

Locations: Roll Inn Spring.
Full Size ImageUSGS Monitoring Well at Roll Inn Spring.  

 

Roll Inn Spring, where we stopped to pee.

Other articles:
• Idaho State Highway 51:   at Grasmere;

Locations: Grasmere.
Full Size ImageGrasmere.  

 

Grasmere, Idaho.

   

 

Wednesday, 8 May 2024

 

Full Size ImageColl. No. 3238, Xanthoceras sorbifolium.  
3238   

Xanthoceras sorbifolium.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Sapindaceae

Xanthoceras sorbifolium Bunge.  Yellowhorn.

Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. West end of alley parallel to 4th and 5th Streets, between Arapahoe and Cheyenne Streets, north side of alley, rooted between telephone pole and fence post, nearest street address 407 Cheyenne Street, 940 m. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.76091°N, 105.22961°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1759 m. Woody shrub, about 2 m. tall, rooted at the base of a telephone pole, between that pole and a fence post. Formerly grown in a private garden at 409 Cheyenne Street. Garden was destroyed by residential construction in 2018. However, this plant appeared in 2022 at the edge of the former garden some distance from the original location the plant was grown.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2024, issued: Mar 29, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 3238. 8-May-2024

 

Locations: Hildebrand Ranch Park.
Full Size ImageWhere we found Physaria, either P. bellii or P. vitulifera.  

 

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Hildebrand Ranch Park

Locations: Hildebrand Ranch Park.
Full Size ImagePhysaria sp. On Pierre shale.
Full Size ImageGeneral habitat of Coll. No. 3209.  

3239   

Physaria vitulifera.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.  Roundtip Twinpod.

Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. East-facing slope below a flat. Unclear whether we are in Niobrara Fm. or on the Pierre Shale. 815 m. west of Hildebrand Ranch Park parking lot, 2.10 km. south southwest of West Metro Fire Rescue Station 14 39.55156°N, 105.11959°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1739 m. Fine-grained calcareous sandstone with Musineon divaricatum, Helianthis pumilis, Delphinium sp., and Cercocarpus montanus. These collections were made because of previous collections on nearby private land that are determined P. bellii (COLO201392, COLO201400).

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 3239. 14-May-2024

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Coll. No. 3239, Physaria vitulifera.
The photograph was taken at roughly the same time as this collection was made, but I do not think this is actually one of the plants in the collection.

Full Size ImageColl. No. 3240, Physaria vitulifera.  
3240   

Physaria vitulifera.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.  Roundtip Twinpod.

Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Top of an east-facing slope below flat. Unclear whether we are in Niobrara Fm. or on the Pierre Shale. 835 m. west of Hildebrand Ranch Park parking lot, 2.10 km. south southwest of West Metro Fire Rescue Station 14. 39.55153°N, 105.11978°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1746 m. Fine-grained calcareous sandstone with Musineon divaricatum, Helianthis pumilis, Delphinium sp., and Cercocarpus montanus. These collections were made because of previous collections on nearby private land that are determined P. bellii (COLO201392, COLO201400).

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 3240. 14-May-2024


Full Size ImageColl. No. 3241, Physaria vitulifera.  
3241   

Physaria vitulifera.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Brassicaceae

Physaria vitulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 278. 1901.  Roundtip Twinpod.

Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Just on the east slope of a small hogback mapped as Niobrara Fm., 965 m. west of Hildebrand Ranch Park parking lot, 2.15 km. south southwest of West Metro Fire Rescue Station 14. 39.55139°N, 105.12128°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1762 m. Three of six plants growing under Cercocarpus montanus, with Eriogonum umbellatum and Opunita polyacantha. These collections were made because of previous collections on nearby private land that are determined P. bellii (COLO201392, COLO201400).

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 3241. 14-May-2024

  3242   

Oxytropis sericea.

  3243   

Gilia spicata

  3243.1   

Euphorbia brachycera.

  3244   

Packera plattensis

 

Locations: North Table Mountain Park. Schweich Hill.
Full Size ImageSchweich Hill, 22 May 2024.
Full Size ImageEriogonum arcuatum on top of North Table Mountain.  

 

Wednesday, 22 May 2024

North Table Mountain

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Eriogonum arcuatum on top of North Table Mountain.

 

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Jamesia americana;
• Peaks to Plains Trail:   at s. bank;

Locations: Clear Creek Canyon Park.
Full Size ImageJamesia americana on the Peaks to Plains Trail.  

 

Friday, 24 May 2024

Peaks to Plains Trail

   

 

Friday, 31 May 2024

Kinney Run

  3245   

Populus deltoides var. monilifera with pistillate catkins.

 

Other articles:
• Peaks to Plains Trail:   along the trail;
Full Size ImageWild New Mexican Hops (Humulus neomexicanus) beside the Peaks to Plains Trail.  

 

Monday, 3 June 2024

Peaks to Plains Trail

 

Other articles:
• Crawford Street:   at curve;

Locations: City of Golden Parcel 40-102-01-032.
Full Size ImageYard waste and Canada thistle in the city open space.  

 

Saturday, 8 June 2024

City of Golden Parcel 40-102-01-032

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Yard Waste along the west fence.
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View across city parcel, to Apex Park, Stonebridge HOA, Lookout Mountain, &c.
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Entrance to city-owned parcel.

Full Size ImageColl. No. 3246, Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus.  
3246   

Lupinus argenteus


Full Size ImageColl. No. 3247, Physocarpus monogynus.  
3247   

Physocarpus monogyna

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImageShining Leopardbane (Arnica fulgens Pursh) at Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space.  

 

Sunday, 9 June 2024

Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space.

 

Locations: Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel.
Full Size ImageThe forest as far as I got up the gulch.  

 

Monday, 10 June 2024

Lacey Parcel


Full Size ImageColl. No. 3248, Ligusticum porteri.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 3248, Ligusticum porteri.  
3248   

Ligusticum porteri.

  3249   

Physocarpus montanus


Full Size ImageColl. No. 3250, Carex rossii.
Full Size ImageInflorescence of Coll. No. 3250, Carex rossii.  
3250   

Carex sp.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Cyperaceae

Carex rossii Boott.  Ross Sedge.

Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado. On a terrace, right bank of the second creek on the south side of Coal Creek Canyon, the first being that of Blue Mountain Estates, 565 m. west southwest of Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department Station 3. 39.87211°N, 105.28411°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2108 m. Open Douglas fir forest with little understory, and that of Physocarpus monogynus, with a large patch of a Veronica, c.f. V. biloba. Smut-infected(?).

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 3250. 10-Jun-2024

Coll. No. 3250, 10 June 2024, characters observed: Perennial sedge, cespitose, to 30 cm.; Leaves, 0.7 mm. wide, green, sheaths margins white-hyaline; Inflorescence, 30 mm. × 5 mm. wide, 3-5 spikes; Spikes, basal present, terminal staminate, lateral, pistillate, 2-4; Bracts, proximal 20 mm., ±= inflorescence, leaf-like; Pistillate scales, 3 mm., >perigynia, green mid-vein, brown laterally, hyaline margin, awn 0; Perigynia, 2-4 per pistillate spike, 2.7 mm. × 1.7 mm. wide, wingless, pubescent, beak 0.7-1.3 mm., bi-dentate; Achene, spherical, 1.5 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, black, smut-infested?; Stigma, #3; Anthers, not seen.

  3251   

The Smilacena with lots of flowers.

  3252   

Arnica cordifolia.

  3253   

Aletes acaulis

  3254   

Erysimum capitatum

 

Other articles:
• Travois Trail:   at Sed lan;   near Elk Ck;   near Eve Sun Trl;  along trail;   at switchback;

Locations: Centennial Cone Park.
Full Size ImagePatch of Sedum lanceolatum beside the Travois Trail.  

 

Friday, 14 June 2024

Centennial Cone Open Space, Ralph Schell Trailhead.

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Patch of Sedum lanceolatum on both sides of the trail.
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The Travois Trail crosses Elk Creek.
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View to southwest of Centennial Cone.
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Guy Gulch from the Travois Trail.
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Small population of Sedum lanceolatum beside the Travois Trail.
  3255   

Koeleria macrantha.

  3256   

Penstemon secundiflorus

  3257   

Oxytropis lambertii

  3258   

Castilleja integra

  3259   

Sedum lanceolatum

  3260   

Eriogonum umbellatum

  3261   

Astragalus laxmannii var. robustior.


Full Size ImageOribanche fasciculata in Artemisia frigida.  
3262   

Orobanche fasciculata.

  3263   

Packera fendleri.

Locations: Centennial Cone Park.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 3264, Eremogone fendleri  

3264   

Eremogone fendleri.

  3265   

Crepis occidentalis ?

 

Locations: Schweich Hill.
Full Size ImageOpuntia macrorhiza on Schweich Hill.  

 

Thursday, 20 June 2024

Weeding at Schweich Hill.

 

Locations: Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel.
Full Size ImageIncised drainage in Gulch S3.
Full Size ImageObservation No. 3687, Orchidaceae Corallorhiza maculata.  

 

Friday, 21 June 2024

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Lower part of Gulch S3a.
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View across to the north side of Coal Creek Canyon.
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Observation No. 3697, Opuntia polyacantha.
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Habitat of Observation No. 3706, Sedum lanceolatum.
 

Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 3266, Galium boreale in Coal Creek Canyon.  
3266   

Galium boreale

  3267   

Berberis repens

  3268   

Apocynum sp., initially determined A. androsaemifolium

  3269   

Ligusticum porteri


Full Size ImageLithospermum multiflorum in Coal Creek Canyon Study Area.  
3270   

Lithospermum multiflorum.

  3271   

Juncus sp.

  3272   

Piptotheriopsis, c.f., P. micrantha

  3273   

Lithospermum occidentalis.

  3274   

Heuchera parvifolia

  3275   

Erythranthe sp.

  3276   

Lupinus, tall, basal leaves lacking, flowers white, blue-tinged wings.

  3277   

Hackelia floribunda.

Locations: Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel.
Full Size ImageMeadow where I collected No. 3278, Potentilla pulcherrima.  

3278   

Potentilla, maybe P. pulcherrima.

  3279   

Lupinus argenteus.

 

Locations: Magpie Gulch.
Full Size ImageBag of pea gravel in a area of unauthorized trail maintenance.
Full Size ImageSmall cascade in Magpie Gulch.  

 

Wednesday, 26 June 2024

Magpie Gulch


Full Size ImageColl. No. 3280, 26 June 2024.  
3280   

Erythranthe, c.g., E. geyeri

  3281   

Eleocharis sp.

  3282   

Potentilla norvegica.


Full Size ImageObs. No. 3721, Asclepias viridiflora in Magpie Gulch.
Full Size ImageObs. No. 3721, Asclepias viridiflora in Magpie Gulch.  
 

Asclepias viridiflora.

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImageCrayfish shells at a small reservoir.
Full Size ImageCrayfish burrows on floor of drying pond.  

 

Friday, 28 June 2024

Ranson/Edwards


Full Size ImageColl. No. 3283, Potentilla sp.  
3283   

Potentilla sp.

  3284   

"Willow Dock"

  3285   

“Water Hemlock”


Full Size ImageObs. No. 3279, Opuntia fragilis.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Obs. No. 3279, Opuntia fragilis.  
 

Observation of Opuntia fragilis.

   

Observation of Sisyrinchium montanum.

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Obs. No. 3736, Asclepias stenophylla.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Obs. No. 3737, Asclepias stenophylla.  

 

Observation of Asclepias stenophylla.

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Umbel of Obs. No. 3737, Asclepias stenophylla.

Full Size ImageObs. No. 3729, ???
Full Size ImageObs. No. 3729, ???  
 

Something?

Other articles:
• Tucker Gulch Trail:   near 1st;   at crossing;   at crossing;

Locations: Tucker Gulch (lower).
Full Size ImageView upstream from bridge.  

 

Tucker Gulch

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View upstream from 2nd bridge (30 June 2024).
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View downstream from second bridge (30 June 2024).
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Tucker Gulch, south from First Street bridge (2024)

 

Other articles:
• Colorado Highway 72:   near Mud Lake.;

Locations: Mud Lake.
Full Size ImageIan and Cheryl at Mud Lake.  

 

Monday, 1 July 2024

Nederland

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Mud Lake
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Young duck at Mud Lake.

 

Locations: Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel.  

 

Wednesday, 3 July 2024

 

Full Size ImageA rogues' gallery of weeds.  
3286   

Chamomile, or Pineapple weed.

  3286.1   

Hypericum perforatum.

  3287   

Ranunculus sp.

  3288   

Epilobium sp.

  3289   

Leucanthemum vulgare.

  3290   

Leucanthemum vulgare.

  3291   

Corylus cornuta.

  3292   

Thalictrum fendleri, pistillate plants.

  3293   

Rush? Bulrush? Maybe Scirpus pallidus

  3294   

Grass, maybe Glyceria striata.

  3295   

Lysimachia ciliata.

  3296   

Erigeron speciosus.

 

Locations: Kelsey Campground. Little Scraggy Peak. Morrison Creek.  

 

Friday, 12 July 2024

Little Scraggy, Kelsey Campground, Morrison Creek

Locations: Morrison Creek.
Full Size ImageColl. No. 3297, Orthilia secunda.  

3297   

Orthilia secunda


Full Size ImageObs. No. 3756, Heuchera hallii.  
 

Heuchera hallii.


Full Size ImageObs. No. 3757, Asplenium septentrionale.  
 

Asplenium septentrionale


Full Size ImageObs. No. 3758, Laennecia schiedeana.  
 

Laennecia schiedeana.


Full Size ImageObs. No. 3759, Collomia linearis.  
 

Collomia linearis.

 

Locations: Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel.
Full Size ImageWhere I am headed today … the grassy slope in the middle ground.
Full Size ImageObs. No. 3770, habitat of Pericome caudata in Coal Creek Canyon.  

 

Friday, 19 July 2024

Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel

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Upper grassy slope.
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View back across Coal Creek Canyon.
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Flood debris (from 2013?) buttressed by two Douglas fir.
  3298   

Nepeta cataria.

  3299   

Monarda fistulosa

  3300   

Cicorium inrybus.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 3301, Oenothera, probably O. elata.  
3301   

Oenothera elata

  3302   

Arctium minus.

  3303   

Actaea rubra, red berries.

  3304   

Erigeron, maybe E. speciosus or E. subtrinervis.

  3305   

Castilleja sp., a little pink-ish, but still probably C. integra.

  3306   

Achillea millefolium.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 3307, Castilleja integra.  
3307   

Castilleja sp., a little pink-ish, but still probably C. integra.

  3308   

Symphoricarpos sp., probably S. occidentalis.

  3309   

Grass

Other articles:
• 5th Street:   near alley;
Full Size ImageObs. No. 3819, Arctium minus.  

 

Obs. No. 3819, Arctium minus, along sidewalk on south side of 5th Street.

 

Other articles:
• Forest Road 435:  along road.;

Locations: Salt Creek.
Full Size ImageArtificial beaver dam on salt creek.  

 

Monday, 22 July 2024

Salt Creek

  3310   

Rosa, proabably R. woodsii.

  3311   

Dasiphora fruticosa.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 3312, Ribes inerme.  
3312   

Ribes inerme.

  3313   

Pseudocymopterus montanus

  3314   

Carex, probably C. nebrascancis.

  3315   

Campanula parryi.

  3316   

Oxytropis, probably O. deflexa.

  3317   

Allium cernuum

  3318   

“Shooting Stars”

Other articles:
• Forest Road 435:   along the road;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 3319, Asclepias, maybe A. hallii.  

3319   

Asclepias sp., maybe A. speciosa.


Full Size ImageObs. No. 3811, Cirsium scariosum.  
 

Observation of Cirsium scariosum.


Full Size ImageObs. No. 3812, Picea pungens.  
 

Obs. No. 3812 of Picea, probably P. pungens.

 

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at pullout;

Locations: Brumley. North Fork Lake Creek.
Full Size ImageCollecting locality along North Fork of Lake Creek.  

 

Tuesday, 23 July 2024

Brumley and vicinity.

  3320   

Geum triflorum

  3321   

Achillea millefolium.

  3322   

Symphyotrichum sp.

  3323   

Phleum alpinum.

Other articles:
• CO-82:   at pullout;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 3324, Taraxacum ceratophorum
Full Size ImageColl. No. 3324, Taraxacum ceratophorum  

3324   

Taraxacum sp.? Maybe T. ceratophorum.

  3325   

Cirsium sp.

  3326   

Potentilla

  3327   

Bistorta bistortoides.

  3328   

Antennaria sp.

  3329   

Apiaceae

  3330   

Caltha chionophila

  3331   

Cardamine cordifolia.

  3332   

Senecio sp.

 

Locations: Unnamed Gulch on Forest Road 189.  

 

Wednesday, 24 July 2024

Unnamed Gulch on Forest Road 189

  3333   

Epilobium sp.

  3334   

Polygonum sp. (?)

  3335   

Polygonum, reminescent of P. douglasii.

  3336   

Androsace septentrionalis.

  3337   

Collomia linearis

  3338   

Anticlea elegans.

  3339   

Vicia americana.

  3340   

Achillea millefolium.

  3341   

Agoseris aurantica

  3342   

Taraxacum ceratophorum.


Full Size ImageColl. No. 3343, Festuca ?  
3343   

Festuca sp. ?

  3344   

Artemisia tridentata.

  3345   

Agrostis sp.

  3346   

Agoseris aurantica.

  3347   

Brassicaceae

  3348   

Cardamine cordifolia.

  3348.1   

Apiaceae

  3348.2   

Bistorta vivipara.

  3349   

Boechera sp., maybe B. stricta, white flowers.

  3350   

Boechera sp., maybe B. stricta, white flowers.

 

Locations: Lily Lake. North Fork West Tennessee Creek.
Full Size ImageNorth Fork of West Tennessee Creek  

 

Thursday, 25 July 2024

North Fork of West Tennessee Creek and Lily Lake


Full Size ImageColl. No. 3351, Shepherdia canadensis.  
3351   

Unknown Shepherdia canadensis, 4 sepals, small green berry.


Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 3352, Caryophyllaceae?  
3352   

Caryophyllaceae


Full Size ImageColl. No. 3353, Vaccinium scoparium.
Full Size ImageHabitat of Coll. No. 3353, Vaccinium scoparium.  
3353   

Vaccinium scoparium.

  3354   

Orthilia secunda.

  3354.1   

Pyrola chlorantha.

Other articles:
Nuphar polysepala Engelm.:   Introduction;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 3355, Nuphar polysepala.  

3355   

Nuphar polysepala.

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

 

Friday, 26 July 2024

Ranson/Edwards

  3356   

Lamiaceae, similar to catnip.

  3357   

Asteraceae.


Full Size ImageObs. No. 3816, something in the Gnaphalieae(?).
Full Size ImageObs. No. 3816, something in the Gnaphalieae(?).  
 

Tribe Gnaphalieae

 

Locations: DeLong Park (City of Golden).  

 

Tuesday, 30 July 2024

Weeding at DeLong Park.

Solanum elaeagnifolium.

  3358   

Cenchrus longispinus

Locations: DeLong Park (City of Golden).
Full Size ImageObs. No. 3817, Solanum elaeagnifolium at DeLong Park.  

   

 

Literature Cited:
- Gray, Asa, 1853.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Gray, 1853, Plantæ Wrightianæ, Part II;
• Peaks to Plains Trail:   at talus;
Full Size ImagePericome caudata A. Gray “Mountain Tail-Leaf” along the Peaks to Plains Trail.  

 

Wednesday, 7 August 2024

Walked the Peaks to Plains Trail looking for plants in bloom.

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

 

Saturday, 10 August 2024

Ranson/Edwards with Sofia and Nico.

  3359   

Stiff Sunflower

   

 

Tuesday, 13 August 2024

Weeding at DeLong.

  3360   

Andropogon sp., but is it A. gerardii.

   

 

Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Peaks to Plains Trail for Pericome caudata.

  3361   

Pericome caudata.

 

Locations: Custer.  

 

Thursday, 15 August 2024

Golden to Custer, SD

Other articles:
• US Highway 18:  at WY/SD;
Full Size ImageBuffalo Gap National Grassland at the Wyoming border.
Full Size ImageEntering South Dakota.  

 

Buffalo Gap National Grassland just inside South Dakota.

 

Locations: Custer.  

 

Friday, 16 August 2024

Custer, Mt. Rushmore, Deadwood

Other articles:
• SD Hwy 244:   at Mt Rushmore;

Locations: Mount Rushmore.
Full Size ImageStandard view of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.  

 

A visit to Mount Rushmore.

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Family photo at Mount Rushmore.

Other articles:
• US Hwy 16A:   at Norbeck O'look;

Locations: Norbeck Memorial Overlook.
Full Size ImageMount Rushmore from Norbeck Overlook.  

 

View from the Norbeck Overlook

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Mount Rushmore in the distance from Norbeck Overlook.

Other articles:
• US Hwy 85:   in Deadwood;

Locations: Deadwood.
Full Size ImageBullock Hotel on Main Street.  

 

Visit to Deadwood.

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Waiting for the shoot-out in Deadwood.
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The curs assemble …
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Shoot-out
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The Marshall fires …
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Shooting back …
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Inside the bar at the location of the former bar where Wild Bill Hickok was shot.
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The Trial of Jimmy Hall.

 

Locations: Custer.  

 

Saturday, 17 August 2024

Wall Drugs, Badlands, return

Other articles:
• US I-90:   at Cheyenne R.;

Locations: Cheyenne River.
Full Size ImageValley of Cheyenne River.  

 

Cross Cheyenne River.

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Upstream on the Cheyenne River.

Other articles:
• SD Hwy 240:   at Pinnacles Entrance;

Locations: Badlands National Park.
Full Size ImageDesignated Bison at the northwest entrance.  

 

American bison along the road near the entrance station.

Other articles:
• SD Hwy 240:   at Visitor Center;  at Panorama Point;   at Yellow Mounds Overlook;   at Pennington Cty 509;   at Pinnacles Overlook;

Locations: Badlands National Park.
Full Size ImageThe view from Pinnacles Overlook.  

 

Pinnacles Overlook

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A broader view from the Pinnacles Overlook.
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Conata Road junction near Yellow Mounds.
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View from Yellow Mounds Overlook.
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Ambrosia psilostachya at Panorama Point.
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Panorama at Panorama Point.
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Badlands across the road from the Visitor Center.

Other articles:
• SD Hwy 240:   at homestead;
Full Size ImageNico at the Prairie Homestead.
Full Size ImageThe Prairie Homestead.  

 

Prairie Homestead

Other articles:
• SD Hwy 44:   along the road.;
Full Size ImageBison coming down from the plateau.  

 

Home by way of South Dakota Highway 44.

 

Locations: Custer.  

 

Sunday, 18 August 2024

Crazy Horse, Sylvan Lake, Wildlife Loop

Other articles:
• US Highway 385:   at Crazy Horse;

Locations: Crazy Horse Memorial.
Full Size ImageCrazy Horse Memorial.  

 

Crazy Horse Memorial

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Model for the Crazy Horse memorial with current progress.
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Details of Crazy Horse Memorial.

Other articles:
• SD Hwy 87:   at Sylvan Lk;

Locations: Sylvan Lake.
Full Size ImageSylvan Lake.  

 

Sylvan Lake

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At Sylvan Lake.
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Nico in a fracture below lake level.
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Swimming in Sylvan Lake.

Other articles:
• SD Hwy 87:   at Needles Scenic View;
Full Size ImageDistant view of The Needles.
Full Size ImageView of The Needles.  

 

Needles Scenic View

Other articles:
• Custer State Park 1:  along the road;  higher parts of the road;  pass between drainages;  18 Aug 2024;
Full Size ImagePronghorn along the road in Custer State Park.
Full Size ImagePrairie on the Wildlife Loop.  

 

Full Size Image
More prairie on the Wildlife Loop.

 

Other articles:
• US Hwy 85:   in Lingle;

Locations: Custer. Lingle.
Full Size ImageNico drains out some boredom from sitting in the car.  

 

Monday, 19 August 2024

Custer to Golden.

 

Locations: DeLong Park (City of Golden).
Full Size ImageSolanum elaeagnifolium found at DeLong Park.
Full Size ImageSolanum elaeagnifolium found at DeLong Park.  

 

Tuesday, 20 August 2024

Weeding at DeLong Park. Observation of Solanum elaeagnifolium.

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.
Full Size ImageAsclepias stenophylla fruiting.
Full Size ImageAsclepias stenophylla fruiting.  

 

Friday, 23 August 2024

Ranson/Edwards

  3363   

Solidago mollis.

 

Other articles:
• Peaks to Plains Trail:   at talus;   at Grant Terry Bridge;

Locations: Clear Creek Canyon Park.
Full Size ImageView of Goltra Fire from Grant Terry Bridge.  

 

Saturday, 24 August 2024

Hiking on the Peaks to Plains Trail.

Full Size Image
View of Goltra Fire from Peaks to Plains Trail.

 

Locations: Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park.  

 

Friday, 30 Aug 2024

Ranson/Edwards with Cynthia Hastings and Cathy Hansen-Stamp.

  3364   

Seed heads of Stiff Sunflower for propagation

  3365   

the unknown comp

  3366   

Madia glomerata

  3367   

Gentiana affinis

 

Locations: Kinney Run.  

 

Wednesday, 4 September 2024

Kinney Run

Other articles:
• Illinois Street:   near end;

Locations: Illinois Street Open Space.
Full Size ImageSign for South Illinois Open Space  

 

South Illinois Open Space

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View of South Illinois Open Space.
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View from South Illinois Open Space into Fossil Trace Golf Course.

Other articles:
• Illinois Street:   at Deadman Gl;

Locations: Deadman Gulch.
Full Size ImageFlowers of Epilobium hirsutum and fruit of Solanum dulcamara.  

 

Crossing Deadman Gulch (Kinney Run) on Illinois Street.

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Infestation of Epilobium hirsutum in Deadman Gulch.

Other articles:
• Kinney Run Trail:  along trail;

Locations: Deadman Gulch.
Full Size ImageWild Hops — Humulus neomexicanus ? in Kinney Run  

 

Humulus neomexicanus (A. Nelson & Cockerell) Rydb.

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Wild Hops — Humulus neomexicanus ? in Kinney Run
  3368   

Lycium chinense.

Other articles:
• Gregory Drive:  30320;
Full Size ImageFallopia baldschuanica on Gregory Drive.
Full Size ImageFallopia baldschuanica on Gregory Drive.  

 

Fallopia baldschuanica on Gregory Drive.

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Fallopia baldusanica on Gregory Drive.

 

Locations: 17000 block of Rimrock Drive. South Table Mountain Park.  

 

Wednesday, 11 September 2024

South Table Mountain, from Rimrock Drive.

Other articles:
• Rimrock Drive:   at W 17th Pl;  

3369   

Atriplex canescens.

  3370   

Ericameria nauseosa var. nauseosa.

 

Literature Cited:
- Hawley, Charles C., and R. A. Wobus, 1977.

Other articles:
• Tarryall Road:   at viewpoint;
• Forest Road 211:   along road;   along road;   n of cty line;   view of Pilot Pk;

Locations: Pilot Peak. Sheeprock. Tarryall Mountains. Tarryall Mountains, East Slope.  

 

Thursday, 12 September 2024

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Aspens beginning to turn above 10,000 feet.
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Aspens beginning to turn above 10,000 feet.
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North end of Sheeprock from FR 211.
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Sheeprock from the south.
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View north along the east slope of the Tarryall Mountains.
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Pilot Peak from the road.
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Valley of Tarryall Creek.
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Location Map
 
  3371   

Senecio spartioides

  3372   

Dieteria bigelovii

  3373   

Muhlenbergia montana

  3374   

Hymenothrix dissecta, cauline leaves ternately lobed

  3375   

Solidago, probably S. missouriensis.

  3376   

Heterotheca villosa,

  3377   

Bouteloua gracilis

  3378   

Castilleja integra

  3379   

Achnatherum, maybe A. nelsonii.

  3380   

Vulpia octoflora.

  3381   

Pretty sure it is an Erigeron, not sure about E. flagellaris.

  3382   

Definitely a Townsendia, but not sure about the grandiflora part.

  3383   

Erigeron sp.

 

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 50:   in Delta;
• U. S. Highway 6:   in Delta;

Locations: Delta.  

 

Friday, 11 October 2024

Golden, Colorado, to Delta, Utah.

   

 

Saturday, 12 October 2024

Delta, Utah, to Lee Vining, California.

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 50:  w. Sevier Desert;

Locations: Wheeler Peak.
Full Size ImageWheeler Peak, Snake Range, in Great Basin National Park.  

   

Locations: Benton. Ely. Tonopah.  

   

Other articles:
• California Highway 120:   near Benton Range;

Locations: Boundary Peak.
Full Size ImageBoundary Peak from Highway 120  

 

White Mountains from High 120.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 1N02:   at FR 1S196;   at upper viewpoint;

Locations: Sagehen Meadow.
Full Size ImageThe Sagehen Meadow House.  

 

View of Mono Basin from Sagehen Meadow Road.

Other articles:
• California Highway 120:   at M&R Tank Rd;

Locations: Big Sand Flat.  

 

There was a small herd of wild horses in Big Sand Flat. They were more or less bothered by people parking in the flat, and trying to walk amongst the herd.

Other articles:
• Test Station Road:   near South Tufa;

Locations: South Tufa Area.
Full Size ImageMandated Lake Level, October 12, 2024  

 

A stop at South Tufa.

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Visitors at South Tufa.
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View of Lundy Canyon and Copper Mountain from South Tufa.

Other articles:
• Cemetery Road (FR 02N40):   at Mono Lake County Park;

Locations: Mono Lake County Park.
Full Size ImageMono Craters from Mono Lake County Park  

 

Walk on the boardwalk at Mono Lake County Park.

Other articles:
• California Highway 120:   at Mobil Station;

Locations: Mono Lake.
Full Size ImageMono Lake in the late afternoon.  

 

Dinner at the Mobil Station.

 

Other articles:
• California Highway 120:   at Olmstead Point;
• California Highway 41:  Inspiration Point;

Locations: Cambria. Lee Vining. Olmstead Point. Yosemite National Park.
Full Size ImageHalf Dome from Olmstead Point, 13 October 2024.  

 

Sunday, 13 October 2024

Lee Vining, California, to Cambria, California.

When we were sitting at dinner last night, we began to wonder whether we needed a reservation to drive through Yosemite National Park on our way to San Luis Obispo. Checking our phones, it turned out that today was the last day that reservations were required for 2024. The cashier at Nicely's said she had heard of people without reservations being alowed to drive through the park. So we tried it. Got a lecture from the ranger at the Tioga Pass gate, but they let us drive through the park.

Stopped at Olmstead Point and Wawona Tunnel for a view, but otherwise drove straight through the park.

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Yosemite Valley and Half Dome from Inspiration Point (Wawona Tunnel).

Other articles:
• County Route G14:   at cemetery;

Locations: Paso Robles District Cemetery.
Full Size ImageGrave of Peggy and Bob Stoddard.  

 

Visited the grave of Peggy and Bob Stoddard.

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View from Paso Robles District Cemetery.

 

Other articles:
• Moonstone Beach Road:   at Moonstone Beach;   at Moonstone Beach;

Locations: Cambria. Moonstone Beach. San Luis Obispo.
Full Size ImageMoonstone Beach, looking south, October 2024.  

 

Monday, 14 October 2024

Cambria, California, to San Luis Obispo, California.

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Moonstone Beach, just south of Leffingwell Creek.

Locations: Atascadero. Atascadero Pine Mountain Cemetery.
Full Size ImageMy dad's former house, 7905 San Marcos Road.
Full Size ImageGrave marker of Paul Schweich  

   

Locations: San Luis Obispo.
Full Size Image971 Church Street, where I lived while attending Cal Poly.  

   

Other articles:
• Avila Beach Drive:   at Harford Pier;
Full Size ImageMoon over San Luis Obispo Bay.
Full Size ImageView from Harford Pier to Avila Beach.  

 

Dinner at Mersea's Restaurant.

 

Other articles:
• Avila Beach Drive:   at Avila Beach;

Locations: Avila Beach.
Full Size ImageOn Avila Beach.  

 

Tuesday, 15 October 2024

Avila Beach, California.

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Houses above the beach.
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Faulted Miocene-age Opispo Formation on Avila Beach.
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Snowy Egret on Avila Beach.
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Avila Beach Pier with the Cal Poly Pier in the fog.

 

Locations: San Luis Obispo. San Luis Obispo Bay.
Full Size ImageEdna Valley on a foggy fall morning.
Full Size Image2151 Sierra Way.  

 

Wednesday, 16 October 2024

San Luis Obispo.

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1521 Osos Street, where Cheryl and I lived after getting married.

 

Locations: Barstow. San Luis Obispo.  

 

Thursday, 17 October 2024

San Luis Obispo, California, to Barstow, California.

 

Other articles:
• Black Canyon Road:  near Wild Horse Cyn Rd;   s. end of Wild Horse Mesa;
• Essex Road:   in Fenner Valley;

Locations: Barstow. Hole-in-the-Wall. Lobo Point. Prescott. Providence Mountains. Table Top. Wild Horse Canyon. Wild Horse Mesa.
Full Size ImageProvidence Mountains from Essex Road.  

 

Friday, 18 October 2024

Barstow, California, to Prescott, Arizona.

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Table Top seen from Black Canyon Road, south of Hole-in-the-Wall.
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Basal sequence of air fall tuff on Precambrian rocks.
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View up the canyon to Lobo Point.

Other articles:
• Lobo Point Road:  65000;
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Full Size ImagePlot in October 2024, 19 years later.  

 

Visit to my former plot in Salvia dorrii.

Other articles:
• Lobo Point Road:   bet. gate and Wye;

Locations: Lobo Point.
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Walk into Lobo Point.

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Lobo Point to the south.

Other articles:
• Lobo Point Road:   at the camp site;

Locations: Lobo Point.
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The camp site at Lobo Point.

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Standard-view of Lobo Point, from the kitchen area, 18 October 2024

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 93:   in Wikieup;   on Joshua Tree Parkway;

Locations: Wikieup.
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Drive through Wikieup.

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Joshua Tree Parkway
Wikieup is in southeastern Mohave County in the valley of the Big Sandy River, between the Hualapai Mountains to the west and the Aquarius Mountains to the east. U.S. Route 93 passes through the community, leading northwest 54 miles (87 km) to Kingman, the Mohave county seat, and southeast 74 miles (119 km) to Wickenburg.

 

Other articles:
• US Highway 64:  near Beclabito;   near Ship Rock;

Locations: Farmington. Flagstaff. Prescott. Sedona. Ship Rock.
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Saturday, 19 October 2024

Prescott, Arizona, to Farmington, New Mexico.

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Ship Rock seen from US Highway 64.

 

Other articles:
• Colorado State Highway 142:   in Romeo;   in Manassa;   at CO 159;
• Colorado and New Mexico Highway 17:   at Cumbres;

Locations: Chama. Cumbres. Farmington. Manassa. Romeo. San Luis.
Full Size ImageCumbres & Toltec station at Cumbres.  

 

Sunday, 20 October 2024

Farmington, New Mexico, to Golden, Colorao.

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Drive-through Romeo.
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Drive-through of Manassa.
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Drive-through of San Luis.
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