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Side view of an open thistle flower, trees in the background.
Date: September 03, 2002
Location: Seneca Creek Greenway Trail, Gaithersburg, MD
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A close up of some cherry blossoms with the tidal basin behind them.
Date: March 31, 2006
Location: Tidal Basin, West Potomac Park, Washington, DC
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Date: May 28, 2005
Location: Turkey Run Park, VA
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Ferns grow among charred tree trunks on the Meadow Spring trail.
Date: October 02, 2001
Location: Meadow Spring trail, MP 33.5, Shenandoah NP, VA
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Close-up of young fern leaves unrolling.
Date: April 27, 2002
Location: past Mile Post 17, C & O Canal, MD
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A fern leaf casts its shadow on a rock lying on the forest floor. I came across it at just the right time of day, I think a few minutes on either side and the shadow would have been off the rock.
Date: August 13, 2006
Location: Traces Trail, Matthews Arm, Shenandoah N.P., VA
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A close-up of the center of a daisy flower, the white petals go out of the picture.
Date: June 19, 2004
Location: Bethesda, MD
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This white and yellow daisy seems to float on a deep green background.
Date: June 17, 2006
Location: Bethesda, MD
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Date: September 06, 2003
Location: Dark Hollow Falls trail, Shenandoah, N.P.
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a Purple and white flower growing on a vine. The Passiflora caerulea is used to make perfume.
Date: June 03, 2002
Location: The Perfumery, Hamilton Parish, Bermuda
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A stalk of purple flowers amongst thick green leaves
Date: June 04, 2002
Location: Botanical Gardens, Paget Parish, Bermuda
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Sun shining on just the flowers, making them stand out from the dark background.
Date: June 14, 2003
Location: Bethesda, MD
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Center of the flower showing the pistil and stamens against the bright orange petals.
Date: June 25, 2005
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A green hooded flowers with brown stripes runing vertically through it, A leaf stem rises on either side.
Date: May 04, 2002
Location: Seneca Creek Greenway trail, Gaithersburg, MD
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This cluster of small white flowers on a stem with pairs of toothed leaves was illuminated by a shaft of sunlight, the rest of the picture is in shadow. Betty's Rock trail (Cresent Rock Overlook, MP 44.4)
Date: October 03, 2001
Location: Betty's Rock trail, Shenandoah NP, VA
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Blue Egyptian water lily, Nymphaea caerulea. A many petaled flower with yellow stamens and long, narrow, petals that are white into the center and blue/light purple on the edges
Date: September 05, 2009
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England
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Genus Colchicum, also called autumn crocus (but it isn't a real crocus) or naked ladies. They flower in the fall but the leaves don't appear until the spring. A low-growing short flower with six petals. Each petal is white to the inside then turns purple. The long stamens have bright yellow pollen. (This is either Colchicum autumnale or Colchicum bornmuelleri.)
Date: September 05, 2009
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England