Hollis
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In the Company of Plants and Rocks
http://plantsandrocks.blogspot.com/
Natural history blog focusing on botany, ecology and geology ... from the field as much as possible!
LATEST ARTICLES ( 441 )
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Tasty Haws on Leafless Trees
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Posted on 11 November 2019 OUTDOORS -
Botany Students in Yellowstone, 1899 – Adventure & Misadventure
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Student Leslie Goodding stands between Mrs.... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2019 OUTDOORS -
Treefollowing, Literary Art & Wyoming Coal
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Treefollowing on a cold windy day—note... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2019 OUTDOORS -
Jack Frost and Aeolus – Partners in Art
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} On the crest of the Medicine Bow Mountains,... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2019 OUTDOORS -
Belly Willows
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Being a fan of NPR’s A Way with Words, I... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2019 OUTDOORS -
“gentians Don't Mind the First Frost …”
Late summer on upper Deep Creek; Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming.p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span. Read more
Posted on 17 September 2019 OUTDOORS -
Tree-following: Changes!!
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} The leaves on the trees around the Art... Read more
Posted on 14 September 2019 OUTDOORS -
Communicating Earth Science: Stromatolite Stroll
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Posted on 08 September 2019 OUTDOORS -
Dwarf Lousewort & the Joy of Learning
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} On a cool bright May morning in the Egan... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2019 OUTDOORS -
Lilac Leaf Munchers Revealed
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Posted on 22 August 2019 OUTDOORS -
Great Skyroad Opens Wonderland to Public Travel
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Posted on 15 August 2019 OUTDOORS -
The Devilish Diversity of Hawthorns
Being a Tree Follower, it’s time for me to post my monthly report at the virtual gathering kindly hosted by The Squirrelbasket. Read more
Posted on 08 August 2019 OUTDOORS -
Communicating Earth Science: The Big Hollow
This summer, Plants and Rocks has been preoccupied with a short series of articles for our local paper, the Laramie Boomerang, about Earth Science. Say what?!... Read more
Posted on 06 August 2019 OUTDOORS -
Looks Like I’m Following Russian Hawthorns
My two hawthorns on left.In response to my previous tree-following post, several readers (or perhaps one in multiple guises) suggested the trees I’m following... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2019 OUTDOORS -
Two of Mrs. Thompson’s Novelties, & Other Desert Wildflowers
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} During the winter and spring of 1872, John... Read more
Posted on 01 July 2019 OUTDOORS -
Super Bloom on Tropic Shale
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Looking up... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2019 OUTDOORS -
Nearly Wordless Wednesday Tree Following
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Posted on 12 June 2019 OUTDOORS -
Springtime in the Caldera (Plants & Rocks)
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} There was a... Read more
Posted on 03 June 2019 OUTDOORS -
Tree-following Stand-in: Singleleaf Ash (or is It?)
Obviously I’m not in Laramie, Wyoming, where it’s currently snowing. Instead, I’m 350 miles to the south and 3000 feet lower—in Fruita, Colorado. Read more
Posted on 08 May 2019 OUTDOORS -
News of My Old Tree Friend & Two New Ones
A lovely spring day in Laramie, Wyoming. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2019 OUTDOORS