Flowers, shrubs and trees, seeds and leaves.
Long before I became a bird photographer one of my passions was photographing flowers whether they were cultivated or wild. Some of my first digital images taken with my Sony Mavica were of flowers and flowering shrubs and trees that I grew in my backyard. That seems so very long ago and many cameras ago too.
Some of these photos also include birds, animals, insects, spiders and bees that were on the plant, shrub, or tree when I photographed them.
Plants, trees, shrubs, bushes, and wildflowers that are native are noted as such below, introduced nonnatives are noted as nonnative. Garden variety and cultivated plants and flowers are not noted.
I hope that you enjoy viewing my photos of flowers, shrubs and tree photos.
Hound’s Tongue – Introduced Wildflower
Title: Hound’s Tongue – Introduced Wildflower
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/8/2018
Nonnative
Blooming Hound’s Tongue – Cynoglossum officinale
Title: Blooming Hound’s Tongue – Cynoglossum officinale
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/8/2018
Nonnative
Mountain Goldenbanner close up
Title: Mountain Goldenbanner close up
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2018
Native
Mountain Goldenbanner in bloom
Title: Mountain Goldenbanner in bloom
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2018
Native
Mountain Goldenbanner in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Mountain Goldenbanner in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2018
Native
Green-tailed Towhee perched on a Utah Serviceberry
Title: Green-tailed Towhee perched on a Utah Serviceberry
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/30/2018
Native
Desert Globemallows in full bloom
Title: Desert Globemallows in full bloom
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/20/2018
Native
Desert Globemallow wildflower
Title: Desert Globemallow wildflower
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/20/2018
Native
Blooming Desert Globemallow
Title: Blooming Desert Globemallow
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/20/2018
Native
Spring Mountain Bluebells in bloom
Title: Spring Mountain Bluebells in bloom
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/17/2018
Native
California Tortoiseshell butterfly on blooming Fragrant Sumac
Title: California Tortoiseshell butterfly on blooming Fragrant Sumac
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/26/2018
Native
Autumn colors of a wild rose and rose hips
Title: Autumn colors of a wild rose and rose hips
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/21/2017
Native
Common Checkered-Skipper on aster
Title: Common Checkered-Skipper on aster
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 10/14/2017
Blooming Asters in Salt Lake County
Title: Blooming Asters in Salt Lake County
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 10/14/2017
Fourwing Saltbush and midges close up
Title: Fourwing Saltbush and midges close up
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/13/2017
Native
Close up of Fourwing Saltbush
Title: Close up of Fourwing Saltbush
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/13/2017
Native
Fourwing Saltbush at Bear River MBR
Title: Fourwing Saltbush at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/13/2017
Native
Two Clouded Sulphur butterflies on a Common Sunflower
Title: Two Clouded Sulphur butterflies on a Common Sunflower
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/12/2017
Clouded Sulphur nectaring on a Common Sunflower
Title: Clouded Sulphur nectaring on a Common Sunflower
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/12/2017
Bunch of blue wildflowers – Common Bugloss
Title: Bunch of blue wildflowers – Common Bugloss
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/29/2017
Nonnative