Friday, June 19, 2009

Cypress Hills

Conglomerate Cliffs in the Cypress Hills of Saskatchewan

Tufted Milk Vetch. Astragalus spatulatus, was one of many small ground hugging wildflowers seen clinging to wind swept ridge tops.

I was surprised to see Pasque Flower, Anemone patens, still in bloom (but there was snow just a few feet away from these flowers). Other spring wildflowers such as Mountain Shooting Star were abundant in the Cypress Hills.


Mountain Bluebirds were commonly seen in the Cypress Hills.

2 comments:

  1. Love the flower shots! The astragalus is lovely, a new one to me.

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  2. Very Nice Pictures.
    As Always.
    Jan.

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