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Photos from Lauder Sandhills on 2009jul27:
Skeletonweed=Lygodesmia juncea: plant Skeletonweed=Lygodesmia juncea: flowers Skeletonweed=Lygodesmia juncea: flower Skeletonweed=Lygodesmia juncea: flower Skeletonweed=Lygodesmia juncea: plant with galls Skeletonweed=Lygodesmia juncea: plant with galls Skeletonweed=Lygodesmia juncea: galls Skeletonweed=Lygodesmia juncea: galls Silky prairie-clover=Dalea villosa: plant Silky prairie-clover=Dalea villosa: flower-spike closer Silky prairie-clover=Dalea villosa: flower-spike ?unidentified: grass Smooth rose=Rosa blanda: plant White evening-primrose=Oenothera nuttallii: flower and buds Richardson's alumroot=Heuchera richardsonii: plant with seedpods Spurge hawkmoth=Hyles euphorbiae: caterpillar late instar; introduced to control Leafy spurge Spurge hawkmoth=Hyles euphorbiae: caterpillar closer Pincushion cactus=Escobaria vivipara: grasshopper: all-white and badly overexposed Hairy yellow aster=Chrysopsis villosa: plant Hairy yellow aster=Chrysopsis villosa: flowers Hairy yellow aster=Chrysopsis villosa: flower Silky prairie-clover=Dalea villosa: flower-spike Moss=Tortula ruralis: this  moss stabilizes the dunes by forming a crust Moss=Tortula ruralis: closer Lilac-flowered beardtongue=Penstemon gracilis: plant Lilac-flowered beardtongue=Penstemon gracilis: flower Silky prairie-clover=Dalea villosa: plant nicer example Silky prairie-clover=Dalea villosa: plant nicer example Grey wolf=Canis lupus: skull Purple prairie-clover=Dalea purpurea: plant Purple prairie-clover=Dalea purpurea: flower-spike Green milkweed=Asclepias viridiflora: plant Green milkweed=Asclepias viridiflora: leaves Green milkweed=Asclepias viridiflora: flowers and leaves Green milkweed=Asclepias viridiflora: flowers Green milkweed=Asclepias viridiflora: flower Green milkweed=Asclepias viridiflora: flower Green milkweed=Asclepias viridiflora: plant Green milkweed=Asclepias viridiflora: flowers habitat: Green milkweed=Asclepias viridiflora ATV-tracks: with Doris for scale ATV-tracks: Carrion-flower=Smilax herbacea: plant Carrion-flower=Smilax herbacea: leaf Carrion-flower=Smilax herbacea: leaf underside Wild sarsaparilla=Aralia nudicaulis: leaves and berries Wild sarsaparilla=Aralia nudicaulis: berries bad focus Golden alexanders?: plant with bud? seed-capsule? Golden alexanders?: bud? seed-capsule? closer ?unidentified: plant with pink buds ?unidentified: pink buds closer
- note: the Spurge hawkmoth (Hyles euphorbiae) was introduced to control Leafy spurge, apparently with very little success;


Photos from N side of pr345 at Lauder Sandhills on 2009jul27:
Green milkweed=Asclepias viridiflora: plant Green milkweed=Asclepias viridiflora: plant habitat: Green milkweed=Asclepias viridiflora on road-allowance object: arrangement of rocks on road-allowance
- the plants identified as Green milkweed had us briefly thinking we'd found the elusive Spiderwort