Indian Pipe
A flowering plant without chlorophyll. It gets (takes?) energy and other essentials from local mushrooms.
Fragrant Water Lily on the Upper #MississippiRiver
Long-Stemmed Water Lily on the Upper #MississippiRiver
Sulphur Shelf or Chicken-of-the-Woods
A #Bracket #Fungus, edible when young.
Also note the Resurrection Ferns on this Live Oak Tree!
It also has an interesting way of flowering. π
Dwarf Woodland Iris (Yes that's a thing!)
Final #BristleconePines photos of #Wildflowers...
https://mdpaths.com/rrr/travel/california/bristlecone_pines/index.html
1) #paintbrush and unidentified purple tubular flowers
2) close ground cover with tiny flowers
3) #paintbrush with #equisetum of all things (at or near 10,000ft!)
#RoadsideFlowers #Iowa Edition
Wild Geranium with a whorl of Maiden-Hair Fern and a small passenger