by Rich Leighton | Apr 19, 2018 | Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Wildflowers
The American lotus has extraordinarily large and beautiful pale yellow native aquatic wildflower has two amazing characteristics: one – the large circular lily pads (leaves) do not get wet on top, and water forms beads on top if splashed or rained on, but even...
by Rich Leighton | Oct 23, 2015 | Mushrooms, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Most often, the most beautiful parts in nature are around us every day – except, nearly all of us aren’t paying attention. Today’s post is about 14 botanical species – wildflowers, mushrooms, ferns and mosses that are regularly seen (depending...
by Rich Leighton | Oct 12, 2015 | American Southwest, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, New Mexico, Texas, Travel, Wildflowers
Recently passing through Western Texas and Southern New Mexico, I by chance ran into a fellow Master Naturalist based near Albuquerque who told me all about the chocolate daisy (Berlandiera lyrata) a member of the aster family of native North Americans wildflowers. I...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 25, 2015 | Birds, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Potpourri
Happy 2015! After an inexcusable absence, I’m back with some new photos! I’ve been working like a maniac lately (370+ hours in December of straight working conditions!) and trying to get all my ducks in a row to open a photography studio here in the...
by Rich Leighton | Dec 29, 2014 | NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel
There is a brand new section in the Wildflowers Galleries today, and it is all about the close relative of the lily; the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae) of our North American native wildflowers. Because of their close genetic relations with the...
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