Time to start getting my mountain trip photos organised!
I'm starting with May 31, 2011, since I had been posting photos from that to the NARGS and SRGC forums, and being now two trips behind there, I just want to post one link instead of finishing off this old trip.. Although I'm actually posting this on Aug 23, 2012, I will put the post under the date the trip was taken, so the photos will be in chronological order!
As usual, full albums are on Picasa, I will just post a few photos with links here.
We set off early in the morning, heading for Rocky Mountain House for breakfast, and onward, on Highway 11 West.
https://picasaweb.google.com/111492944361897930115/AlbertaRockyMountainsMay312011AOnTheRoad
We usually make a short stop somewhere near Nordegg, on one of the numerous rocky hillside embankments by the road. While these spots don't look that exciting from the road, there are plenty of interesting plants..
More pics of these and others:
https://picasaweb.google.com/111492944361897930115/AlbertaRockyMountainsMay312011BNordegg
Continuing on, and a usual stop along Abraham Lake, at a roadside viewpoint.
Full album (including leaves of unknown plants) :
https://picasaweb.google.com/111492944361897930115/AlbertaRockyMountainsMay312011CAbrahamLake
I'm starting with May 31, 2011, since I had been posting photos from that to the NARGS and SRGC forums, and being now two trips behind there, I just want to post one link instead of finishing off this old trip.. Although I'm actually posting this on Aug 23, 2012, I will put the post under the date the trip was taken, so the photos will be in chronological order!
As usual, full albums are on Picasa, I will just post a few photos with links here.
https://picasaweb.google.com/111492944361897930115/AlbertaRockyMountainsMay312011AOnTheRoad
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| First close view of the mountains is always exciting! Horses by the roadside: there are stock crossing signs, but we rarely see any! |
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| One of several nice peas in the area, this should be Oxytropis sericea |
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| The ubiquitous but always charming Dryas drummondii; flowers are usually downturned like this, and only open slightly more; Seed heads later are much more conspicuous. |
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| Easy to overlook to a local, since they are so common and widespread, nonetheless still charming, Fragaria virginiana. |
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| Overview of this typical embankment. |
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| Astragalus sp? |
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| Early for this favourite, Packera cana (Senecio canus) |
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| Taraxacum sp. native or not? |
https://picasaweb.google.com/111492944361897930115/AlbertaRockyMountainsMay312011BNordegg
Continuing on, and a usual stop along Abraham Lake, at a roadside viewpoint.
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| Things to come! |
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| Arabis sp? |
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| Draba sp? Part of the difficulty of naming some of these plants, especially in the Brassicaceae family, is that seedpods can be crucial to id; seeing them only once or twice in the year may not be enough! |
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| Abraham Lake |
https://picasaweb.google.com/111492944361897930115/AlbertaRockyMountainsMay312011CAbrahamLake
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