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Photos from Portage Sandhills on 2010-May22:
Arrow-leaved coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus var sagittatus): seed stage Wallflower mustard (Erysimum cheiranthoides): plant Wallflower mustard (Erysimum cheiranthoides): flowers Pygmyflower rockjasmine (Androsace septentrionalis): plant Pygmyflower rockjasmine (Androsace septentrionalis): fruit Sand-umbrella sedge (Cyperus schweinitzii): stems Sand-umbrella sedge (Cyperus schweinitzii): closeup Plains prickly-pear-cactus (Opuntia polyacantha): with Pixie-cup lichen (Cladonia sp) Plains prickly-pear-cactus (Opuntia polyacantha): several Plains prickly-pear-cactus (Opuntia polyacantha): with leaf-lichen Plains prickly-pear-cactus (Opuntia polyacantha): closer Leaf-lichen (Peltigera sp)?: closer Plains prickly-pear-cactus (Opuntia polyacantha): Plains prickly-pear-cactus (Opuntia polyacantha): Plains prickly-pear-cactus (Opuntia polyacantha): Plains prickly-pear-cactus (Opuntia polyacantha): many Canadian toad (Bufo hemiophrys): with Beps fingers Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo): tracks Fiery hunter ground-beetle (Calosoma calidum): Fiery hunter ground-beetle (Calosoma calidum): Fiery hunter ground-beetle (Calosoma calidum): Tall meadowrue (Thalictrum dasycarpum): plant Tall meadowrue (Thalictrum dasycarpum): emergent foliage closer

Photos from Assiniboine Diversion Spillway Park on 2010-May22:
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Photos from Portage la Prairie on 2010-May22:
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