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• Plant Revenge -- Or is It?

  

  So-called “fragile” prickly pear (Opuntia fragilis) takes revenge on an unsuspecting botanist.As part of my work, I routinely dig up plants and press them flat. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 OUTDOORS

• Some Days There's Beauty Everywhere

  

  Cattails on right, dogtail on left.Why did I take photos this morning? Because I could. There was no wind beyond a slight breeze, and it was possible to... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 OUTDOORS

• Getting to Know a New Friend(s?)

  

  Lucy of Loose and Leafy has stepped up her efforts to organize and encourage tree-followers. This is very kind, as tree-following is always interesting and... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2014 OUTDOORS

• Your African Fold -- Sojourn in the Namib Desert

  

  Quiver tree on Cambrian/Precambrian dolomite overlooking dunes of the Namib Sand Sea.Guest post by astronomer, geologist, poet and good friend Danny Rosen. Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2014 OUTDOORS

• Plants and War

  

  Plants of the Sixties practiced non-violence.Happy February, phytophreaks.* It’s time to start thinking about a post for the monthly Berry Go Round, a blog... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2014 OUTDOORS

• “the Rarest Prairie Gem of All”

  

  Claude Barr at his Prairie Gem Ranch in southwest South Dakota, 1976. From Jewels of the Plains.These days I have so much work that I’m relying on guest blogger... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 OUTDOORS

• A Letter to the Earth from S. H. Knight, Mr. Geology of Wyoming

  

  Dr. Samuel H. Knight in 1916, his first year on the faculty at the University of Wyoming. By the time he retired in 1966, he had taught an estimated 10,000... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2014 OUTDOORS

• Daisies in Waiting

  

  Easter daisies in foreground, to right of bunny tracks.The Easter daisies are waiting ... waiting for spring. It may be January, but these guys are ready to... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2014 OUTDOORS

• A Carnival of Rocks and Plants

  

  Tors of Sherman granite with spring wildflowers. This was May 2012; for now we can only dream.In December we had a cross-cultural carnival for geologists (The... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2014 OUTDOORS

• Die Kalkfrage (the Limestone Question)

  

  Limestone and dolomite in the Salt River Range of western Wyoming. Photo by Hollis Marriott.Shultz’s milkvetch (Astragalus shultziorum) grows in abundance on... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 OUTDOORS

• Berry Go Round Meets the Accretionary Wedge

  

  California coastal chaparral on Point Sal ophiolite, Point Sal State Park.REMINDER! Deadlines for December’s Accretion Wedge and Berry Go Round blog carnivals... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 OUTDOORS

• What Would You Do If You Were a Tree?

  

  What's wrong with this picture? (Laramie, Wyoming; click on image to view).Like most plants, trees are powered by the sun. Leaves are their solar collectors, an... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 OUTDOORS

• Is There a First S’more? (an Existential Question)

  

  S'more action.The transition from Indian summer to winter last week was brutally abrupt, and the frigid arctic air mass that arrived Wednesday hasn’t left. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2013 OUTDOORS

• AW #63: Plants and Rocks, Or Rocks and Plants

  

  Photos courtesy Arthur Kruckeberg and Dan Poelma.I’m hosting December’s Berry Go Round, a carnival for plant bloggers. In my solicitation for posts I tried to... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 OUTDOORS

• Last Gasp

  

  Botanizing in Wyoming in December. Click on photo -- you might see flowers.We’re still holding on, a few wildflowers and I. Others think the growing season is... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 OUTDOORS

• What Do You Know About Plants?

  

  Photos courtesy Arthur Kruckeberg and Dan Poelma.It's time for December’s Berry Go Round, a carnival for bloggers who write about plants. You don't have to be... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 OUTDOORS

• Thankful for Poets

  

  Today is Thanksgiving and so we must perform a holiday ritual that hasn’t changed for as far back as I can remember, even though the players are different. Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 OUTDOORS

• Autumn Tree Strageties II

  

  Note leaning limber pine emerging from large fissure in granite outcrop, near center of lower left quarter of photo (click on image for better view).I’m... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 OUTDOORS

• Figured Stones Or Lithified Body Parts?

  

  The curious stones at the bottom of the illustration look very much like shark’s teeth ... strange coincidence? From Canis carchariæ dissectum caput by N.... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 OUTDOORS

• Autumn Tree Strategies, I

  

  Lucy of Loose and Leafy has returned to blogging after a summer sabbatical, reminding me that I haven’t posted any news of my two trees this year. Lucy kindly... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 OUTDOORS