Went up to the high cascades today above 7000 feet. There were so many things in bloom, I can’t name them all.

I believe the first is cat ear, second is owl clover, third might be an endemic.. something or other.

Last one is a massive snow drift still there with my sister’s dog. This was a slightly shaded from E/W south facing, and it was huge, probably 75 yards long by about 30-40 yards wide and substantially deep still.

#bloomScrolling #alpineFlora

Very familiar in gardens, here is Clematis alpina doing its alpine thing, growing out of a crevice in a rock.

#WildflowerHour #alpineflora

Another violet. This time a Heath Dog violet (Viola canina). The leaves are quite fleshy and coarse, rather like miniature apple leaves.

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This is a type of buttercup called Globe Flower (Trollius europeaus) because the large flowers are held in a spherical shape. It is popular in gardens.

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This is a Spring Cinquefoil (Potentilla verna). Growing in disturbed crushed stone.

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This is an Arctic Violet (Viola biflora), this one growing in the Alps.

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This clump of Spring Gentian (Gentians Verna) was just going over. A very intense blue.

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Guten Morgen! Was war gestern schön was hat euch gefreut? Es sind die kleinen Dinge die zählen.

Hier: Auf den Bergen blüht an Nährstoffarmen Standorten die Kugelblume. Im dichten Blattteppich der Polsterpflanze verfangen sich organische Substanzen und bilden mit der Zeit Humus. #diekleinendinge #alpineflora #springbloom #biodiversity #biodiversitat

Guten Morgen! Was war gestern schön was hat euch gefreut? Es sind die kleinen Dinge die zählen.

Hier: Der Bergwegerich, Plantago atra. Diese Pflanze findet man in alpinen Schneetälern, wo die kleine Pflanze (Die Blattrosetten sind ca. 3cm groß) im Frühjahr blüht. #diekleinendinge #Bloomscrolling #naturefact #Biodiversität #biodiversity #alpineflora #naturefotography #naturelovers