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Photos from Roland on 2008-Jun12:
the: Roland Pumpkin (Cucurbita sp) the: Roland Pumpkin (Cucurbita sp) sign: at Roland Pumpkin (Cucurbita sp)

Photos from near MountNebo on 2008-Jun12:
Pembina escarpment=Manitoba Escarpment: Pembina escarpment=Manitoba Escarpment: Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo): flock Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo): flock

Photos from MountNebo on 2008-Jun12:
White onion (Allium textile): Fragile prickly-pear-cactus (Opuntia fragilis): Fragile prickly-pear-cactus (Opuntia fragilis): Missouri milk-vetch (Astragalus missouriensis): plant Missouri milk-vetch (Astragalus missouriensis): pods American vetch (Vicia americana): Beach pea (Lathyrus sp): Mountain spring parsley (Cymopterus montanus): Mountain spring parsley (Cymopterus montanus): Mountain spring parsley (Cymopterus montanus): Syrphid-fly (Syrphidae sp): on Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) Syrphid-fly (Syrphidae sp): on Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) Syrphid-fly (Syrphidae sp): on Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) unidentified: Rock cress (Arabis sp) Shining arnica (Arnica fulgens): Sandwort (Arenaria sp): Nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum): Nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum): from below Red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis): Red baneberry (Actaea rubra): Downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens): Northern-small-variety yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var makasin): Northern-small-variety yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var makasin): Gmelins buttercup (Ranunculus gmelinii): unidentified: possibly a Stinkweed (Thlaspi arvense) relative?
-- that Syrphid-fly, according to Bob Lamb & Pat MacKay, is in the genus Sphaerophoria, probably a male because the eyes almost meet on the top of the head


Photos from near Carman on 2008-Jun12:
Small white ladyslipper (Cypripedium candidum): clump Small white ladyslipper (Cypripedium candidum): plant Small white ladyslipper (Cypripedium candidum): flower Hybrid small white X yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium X andrewsii): clump Hybrid small white X yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium X andrewsii): clump Hybrid small white X yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium X andrewsii): clump Hybrid small white X yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium X andrewsii): clump Hybrid small white X yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium X andrewsii): flower Hybrid small white X yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium X andrewsii): flower Hybrid small white X yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium X andrewsii): clump Hybrid small white X yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium X andrewsii): two flowers on one stem Hybrid small white X yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium X andrewsii): clump Hybrid small white X yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium X andrewsii): and Yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium parviflorum) Hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens): possibly Narrow-leaved puccoon (Lithospermum incisum) plant Hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens): possibly Narrow-leaved puccoon (Lithospermum incisum) flowers Hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens): possibly Narrow-leaved puccoon (Lithospermum incisum) leaves Large-variety yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var pubescens): Large-variety yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var pubescens): Large-variety yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var pubescens): Large-variety yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var pubescens): Yellow ladyslipper (Cypripedium parviflorum): two buds on one stem