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.
Common Checkered-Skipper butterfly at Tishomingo NWR
Title: Common Checkered-Skipper butterfly at Tishomingo NWR nectaring on an Upright Prairie Cornflower
Location: Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 5/11/2024
Native
Heart shaped natural spotlight on a tree trunk at Tishomingo NWR
Title: Heart shaped natural spotlight on a tree trunk at Tishomingo NWR
Location: Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 5/11/2024
Native: Eastern Cottonwood tree, Populus deltoides
Cottonwood fluff on a fallen log
Title: Cottonwood fluff on a fallen log
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 4/22/2024
Native
Autumn Flatbud Prickly Poppy in bloom
Title: Autumn Flatbud Prickly Poppy in bloom
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 10/5/2023
Native
Jagged Ambush Bug on a Common Sunflower
Title: Jagged Ambush Bug on a Common Sunflower
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/7/2023
Native
Ripening Blue Elderberry berries
Title: Ripening Blue Elderberry berries
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2023
Native
Common Hops in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Common Hops in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2023
Native
Musk Thistle with a bumble bee
Title: Musk Thistle with a bumble bee
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2023
Nonnative
Showy Milkweed and a raindrop
Title: Showy Milkweed and a raindrop
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 7/27/2023
Native
Showy Milkweed in a summer rain
Title: Showy Milkweed in a summer rain
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 7/27/2023
Native
Blooming Monument Plant in northern Utah
Title: Blooming Monument Plant in northern Utah
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/12/2023
Native
Monument Plant in bloom
Title: Monument Plant in bloom
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/12/2023
Native
Glowing American Lotus in morning light
Title: Glowing American Lotus in morning light
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 6/23/2023
Morning light on American Lotus at Sequoyah NWR
Title: Morning light on American Lotus at Sequoyah NWR
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 6/19/2023
Native
American Lotus at Reeve’s Slough
Title: American Lotus at Reeve’s Slough
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 6/19/2023
Native
Reeve’s Slough at Sequoyah NWR
Title: Reeve’s Slough at Sequoyah NWR
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 6/19/2023
Morning light on Reeve’s Slough in June
Title: Morning light on Reeve’s Slough in June
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 6/19/2023
Native
Blooming American Lotus at Sequoyah NWR
Title: Blooming American Lotus at Sequoyah NWR
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 6/17/2023
Native
American Lotus in bloom
Title: American Lotus in bloom
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 6/15/2023
Native
American Lotus blossom at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Title: American Lotus blossom at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 6/11/2023
Native