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.
Longleaf Phlox in bloom
Title: Longleaf Phlox in bloom
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/22/2022
Native
Black Twinberry Honeysuckle and female Black-chinned Hummingbird
Title: Black Twinberry Honeysuckle and female Black-chinned Hummingbird
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2022
Native
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird at a Black Twinberry Honeysuckle flower bud
Title: Female Black-chinned Hummingbird at a Black Twinberry Honeysuckle flower bud
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2022
Native
Mountain Bluebells in May
Title: Mountain Bluebells in May
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2022
Native
Close up of Chokecherry before blooming
Title: Close up of Chokecherry before blooming
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/13/2022
Native
Chokecherry before blooming
Title: Chokecherry before blooming
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/13/2022
Native
Gray’s Biscuitroot in bloom
Title: Gray’s Biscuitroot in bloom
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 3/30/2022
Native
Spring flowering Gray’s Biscuitroot on Antelope Island
Title: Spring flowering Gray’s Biscuitroot on Antelope Island
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 3/30/2022
Native
Douglas Fir cones November 5, 2021
Title: Douglas Fir cones on October 21, 2021
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 11/5/2021
Native
Douglas Fir cones on October 21, 2021
Title: Douglas Fir cones on October 21, 2021
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 10/21/2021
Native
Douglas Fir cones in a spot of sunlight
Title: Douglas Fir cones in a spot of sunlight
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 10/21/2021
Native
Douglas Fir cone with snow and ice
Title: Douglas Fir cone with snow and ice
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 10/13/2021
Native
Clouded Sulphur butterfly nectaring on Rabbitbrush
Title: Clouded Sulphur butterfly nectaring on Rabbitbrush
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/27/2021 […]
Drought stressed Douglas Fir cones
Title: Drought stressed Douglas Fir cones
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 9/21/2021
Native
Common Sunflowers blooming in northern Utah
Title: Common Sunflowers blooming in northern Utah
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/15/2021 […]
Summer Common Sunflowers in bloom
Title: Summer Common Sunflowers in bloom
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/15/2021
Native
Field of wild Common Sunflowers in bloom
Title: A field of wild Common Sunflowers in bloom
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/15/2021
Native
Immature Red-tailed Hawk perched on a White Fir
Title: Immature Red-tailed Hawk perched on a White Fir
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 9/14/2021
Native
Common Bugloss
Title: Common Bugloss
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/30/2021
Nonnative
Western Honey Bee gathering pollen from a Common Mullein
Title: Western Honey Bee gathering pollen from a Common Mullein
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/26/2021
Nonnative