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Andrea and I are running up to Harriman to hike around Silver Lake. How about going with us?” my wife asked me last Saturday ...
He also named a few streets near Oracle Road with plant names such as Daisy Place, Aloe Place, Thistle Street and Lupine Place. In the mid-1960s Lloyd and Helen divorced.
Welcome back to Monday! It’s just so green, like greener than ever, right? I was hiking the trails in Roxborough State Park over the weekend, awed by the well-fed deer, lush hillsides and abundance of ...
A NOTORIOUS 1,000 degree desert crater dubbed the “Gateway to Hell” is finally closing as the fiery inferno has died down to mere “faint flames”. The infamous pit’s bl… ...
Silver lupine, Lupinus albifrons, grows along the hillside above Rodeo Beach, a quick drive to the coast from the Tiburon Peninsula. (Joan Linn Bekins / For The Ark) Don’t miss spring at Rodeo Beach, ...
It depends on silvery lupine (Lupinus argenteus) for larval development and has a unique mutualistic relationship with Lasius ponderosae ants—providing them honeydew in exchange for protection.
Silvery lupine —Flowering season: June, July. Colors: White, purple Utah columbine — Flowering season: May, June. Colors: White, blue, coral red, yellow Yarrow — Flowering season: May and June.
Where to see wildflowers Albion Basin — Access to trails start at Alta Ski Area at the end of Big Cottonwood Canyon. The Albion Meadows Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back. Peak season for lupine, ...
The charming, and not rare, frosted elfin butterfly, which prefers sandhill environments, is being considered for the Endangered Species list.
But unlike the half-moon hairstreak, which thrives in sagebrush steppe, the newly identified species relies on silvery lupine as its host plant to develop larvae and for caterpillars to feed on.