herbaceous – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

White Clover Close Up

By Mia McPherson|April 22nd, 2025|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White Clovers|Tags: bottomland hardwood forest, bottomlands, clover, clovers, herbaceous, introduced, perennial, plants, spring, Trifolium repens, White Clover, white wildflowers, wildflowers|

Zooming in on White Clover reveals a miniature world, no flowers in this frame but still full of bee-friendly benefits and quiet charm.

Native Common Hops In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|September 6th, 2023|Categories: East Canyon, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: bine, canyon, climbing, Common Hops, flowering vine, herbaceous, hops, Humulus lupulus, Humulus lupulus var. neomexicanus, leaves, mountains, native, perennial, summer, vine, wild|

On my last trip into the Wasatch Mountains, the first thing I photographed was Common Hops near a creek in East Canyon, Morgan County.

Greater Yellowlegs And Pickleweed Photos

By Mia McPherson|September 4th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Greater Yellowlegs, Utah|Tags: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, glasswort, Greater Yellowlegs, halophyte, herb, herbaceous, marsh, marsh samphire, perennial, picklegrass, Pickleweed, playa, Salicornia, Salicornia rubra, salt tolerant, samphire greens, Sarcocornia utahensis, sea asparagus, sea beans, shorebirds, succulent, summer, swampfire, Tringa melanoleuca, Utah, water, wetlands, yellowlegs|

On my last trip up to Bear River MBR I had a Greater Yellowlegs land close to me in pickleweeds while I was parked on the north side of the auto tour route.