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Month: July 2018

Wildflowers and other Plants

Wildflowers and other Plants

Starflower

A delicate pink orchid, called a rose pogonia, glistens with raindrops in a fen. — Rose Pogonia

Sunlight catches the spreading canopy of a mature, forest maple tree. — Maple Tree, Manotick Drumlin Forest

Painted Trillium, Peck Lake Trail, Algonquin Park

Rattlesnake Fern

A photograph of a white trillium in full bloom at Pink Lake. — White Trillium at Pink Lake

A dense bed of ferns shines bright green in the sun. — Ferns

Wild ginger growing at pink lake

Spruce Bog Trail, Algonquin Park

Peck Lake Trail, Algonquin Park

A pink ladyslipper hangs its head beside the Peck Lake Trail, Algonquin Park. — Pink Ladyslipper, Peck Lake Trail, Algonquin Park

Peck Lake, Algonquin Park

An early saxifrage blooms in a cluster of white flowers, emerging from a rosette of leaves clinging to a crevice in bare rock. — Early Saxifrage at Pink Lake

Moss Blanket

Trillium, Carp Hills

Two tall, white trilliums bloom beside a tree trunk. — Trilliums, Manotick Drumlin Forest

Early Low Blueberry

A cluster of bright, yellow trout lilies bloom on the forest floor. — Trout Lilies Bloom in Bilberry Creek Ravine

A close-up photograph of single, yellow violet growing on the forest floor. — Downy Yellow Violet, Manotick Drumlin Forest

Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid

A close-up photograph of an orchid called Swamp Pink. — Swamp Pink

Water’s Edge

A brilliant yellow trout lily blooms on the forest floor. — Trout Lily in KNL Natural Area

Sundews, Costello Creek, Algonquin Park

A small cluster of white bloodroot shines in the sun. — Canada Bloodroot

A patch of flowering sundews grows on floating log. — Sundews

Spruce Bog Trail, Algonquin Park

Fireweed

Fern Garden

Yellow marsh marigolds bloom beside Upper Poole Creek. — Marsh Marigold Along Upper Poole Creek

A small cluster of purple irises blooms on a marshy shoreline. — Iris versicolor Blooming on the Snye

Round-leaved Sundew

Dogbane, Four Seasons Conservation Forest, Deep River

A swamp pink blooms on a fen mat. — Swamp Pink

The buds on the floral spike of a Canada mayflower swell before blooming. — Canada Mayflower, Manotick Drumlin Forest

A purple pickerelweed grows in shoreline marsh. — Pickerelweed

A garden of ostrich ferns glows in sunlight. — Ostrich Ferns, Manotick Drumlin Forest

Opeongo Line, Ottawa Valley

Beaverpond, Algonquin Park

Bog Rosemary – Marlborough Forest

Penstemon

Peck Lake Trail, Algonquin Park

Iris versicolour

Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid and Pitcher Plant

The yellow bloom of large flowered bellwort droops from its limp leaves. — Large Flowered Bellwort at Pink Lake

A pitcher plant grows amidst the mosses on a peat mat. — Pitcher Plant

A delicate spring beauty blooms beside a trout lily leaf. — Spring Beauty in KNL Natural Area

A cluster of white enchanter's nightshade blooms in the forest. — Enchanter’s Nightshade, Manotick Drumlin Forest

Painted Trilliums, Mizzy Lake Trail, Algonquin Park

Grasspink

Kidney-leaved Violet

A close-up photograph of a white water lily. — White Water Lily

Columbines

A red trillium at Pink Lake.

A close-up photograph of the purple flower of blue-eyed grass. — Blue-eyed Grass

Moss and Lichen Microcosm

In this close-up of a jack-in-the-pulpit flower, the clublike spathe can be seen emerging from the hooded, tubular, green and red flower. — Jack-in-the-pulpit, Chapman Mills West

Milkweed, Carp River Restoration Area

American Ginseng and Maidenhair Fern

A solitary, pink rose pogonia rises from a fen mat. — Rose Pogonia

Pink Ladyslippers, Peck Lake Trail, Algonquin Park

Four ostrich fern fronds begin to unfurl on the shore of the Rideau River. — Ostrich Fern on the Rideau River

Pink Ladyslipper

Pitcher plants bloom on a fen mat in the Petawawa Research Forest. — Northern Pitcher Plant, Petawawa Research Forest

Fen Flower

Mizzy Lake Trail, Algonquin Park

A close-up photograph of a purple iris in bloom on the shore of the Snye River. — Iris versicolor – Snye River

Pitcher Plant

Cardinal Flower

Broad-leaved toothwort blooms on the forest floor in Chapman Mills East. — Broad-leaved Toothwort, Chapman Mills East

An endangered eastern prairie fringed orchid. — Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid

Pink Ladyslippers, Mizzy Lake Trail, Algonquin Park

Young ostrich ferns unfurl amidst tender leaves of trout lilies. — Ostrich Fern and Trout Lily, Richmond Fen Swamp

Cotton Grass, Costello Creek, Algonquin Park

Two yellow water lilies reflect in the calm water of Constance Creek. — Yellow Water Lilies

Author nicholasstowPosted on July 31, 2018August 1, 2018Format GalleryCategories GalleriesTags Gallery, nature photography, Plants, wildflowers

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