http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ Celebrating Wildflowers is dedicated to the enjoyment of the thousands of wildflowers growing on our national forests and grasslands, and to educating the public about the many values of native plants. en-us mirabyte Feed Writer Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:15:44 -0700 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:49:22 -0700 Western wallflower is widespread, equally at home in montane and alpine meadows of the Rocky Mountains as it is in desert canyons of the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/erysimum_capitatum.shtml Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:45:52 -0700 Silky phacelia's native range is from southern Canada to northern California, Utah, and Colorado. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/phacelia_sericea.shtml Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:17:55 -0700 White crane’s-bill is a perennial geranium found commonly in shady wetlands and streams of western mountains from southern Canada to southern California and New Mexico. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/geranium_richardsonii.shtml Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:48:50 -0700 Four new articles about wildflower viewing areas located on the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire and one new article on the Tonto National Forest in Arizona have been posted on Celebrating Wildflowers. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/index.shtml Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:03:18 -0700 The species is distributed in the western United States extending from the state of Washington south to California and east to Wyoming and Colorado. It is rare in the Pacific Northwest. Habitat is found in alpine and subalpine settings between 2,000 and 3,800 meters (6,600 to 12,500 feet) in wet meadows, along the margins of headwater streams and lakes and on rocky slopes that receive snowmelt. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/carex_vernacula.shtml Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:18:15 -0700 A. margaritacea) occurs naturally in North America. Our species is commonly called pearly everlasting for the pearl-white involucre bracts that surround the yellow disk flowers and superficially resemble rays. The species occurs commonly in dry, stony, or clay-rich soils of mountain meadows, prairies, and fallow fields across most of North America except the southeastern United States.]]> http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/anaphalis_margaritacea.shtml Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:21:47 -0700 Rocky Moutain Jacob’s-ladder occurs only in central and southwestern Colorado. This spectacular Jacob’s-ladder is found in the alpine, generally above 11,000 feet. It thrives in the harsh and rugged environment of scree slopes and talus. http://frdev.ftcol.wo.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/polemonium_confertum.shtml Mon, 9 Jan 2012 15:43:12 -0700 Dwarf dogwood is native to a broad area extending west from extreme southern Greenland across North America in boreal Canada and the northern tier of the United States (south down the Rocky Mountains into Colorado and New Mexico), across Alaska to northeastern Asia. It thrives in moist well-drained soils of forests and forest edges. In some places it is the dominant ground cover of the forest floor, in other places it can carpet stumps and fallen logs. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/cornus_canadensis.shtml Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:17:48 -0700