Mountain Wildflowers of Southern Arizona — A Field Guide to the Santa Catalina Mountains and Other Nearby Ranges by Frank S. Rose
When I began hiking the mountains of southern Arizona, I always had my camera with me. If you follower of this blog, you know there are many photos of beautiful mountain wildflowers, most of which I could not identify. However, Frank S. Rose made it easy for me to put names with the photos with the publication of his field guide in 2011.
For years before the guide’s publication, Frank spent summers painting watercolor images of the wildflowers. But, much like myself, he experienced difficulty identifying the wildflowers. It wasn’t until Frank got to know Joan Tedford, Bob Porter and other Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists spending time with them on their weekly nature walks, that he began to work on his photographic field guide.
Thank you, Frank, for your many hours and miles of walking, searching, photographing and learning about flowers from which so many of us have benefited.
— kenne
Joan Tedford, Debbie Bird, Edi Moore, Heather Murphy, and Frank Rose (May 2, 2016) — Images by kenne
In this video, Frank Rose tells the story of how he met Joan Tedford.
Striped Coral Root in the Mt.Bigelow forest in the Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
Those of us who weekly hike in the Santa Catalina Mountains frequently turn to Frank S. Rose’s field guide to the Santa Catalina Mountains, Mountain Wildflowers of Southern Arizona. On Friday’s hike, some of the hikers recognized this plant a coral root, a relatively rare plant in the Catalinas, we did verify our finding in Frank’s guide.
Like most orchids of genus Corallorhiza, they have no chlorophyll and are mycoheterotrophic, making use of fungi to obtain carbon from the roots of nearby trees.
Wildflowers Color The Mountain Meadows From Blossom To Blossom — Image by kenne
There are days we live
as if death were nowhere
in the background; from joy
to joy to joy, from wing to wing,
from blossom to blossom to
impossible blossom, to sweet impossible blossom.
Blanket Wildflower (Mt. Lemmon) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Indian Paintbrush Computer Art by kenne
Striped Coral Root in the Mt.Bigelow forest in the Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
Agrimony — Image by kenne
Wildflowers Color The Mountain Meadows From Blossom To Blossom — Image by kenne
Aspen Sunflowers In Blue — Image by kenne
Richardson’s Geranium, The Meadow Trail On Mount Lemmon — Image by kenne
Image by kenne
Yarrow (Achillea Millefolium) On Mt. Lemmon — Images by kenne
Golden Columbine
Cranesbill
Aspen Fleabane
Bearded Penstemon
Wright’s Bluets
Macromeria
Western Sneezeweed
Richardson’s Geranium —
Golden Columbine
Golden Columbine
Santa Catalina Indian Paintbrush
Not Sure?
Penstemon
Macromeria
Cow Parsnip
Curly Cup Gumweed
Mount Lemmon Wildflowers Before The Summer Rains (Early In The Season, They Are There If You Look Hard.) — Images by kenne
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