The Insiders Guide to Yosemite National Park
Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) leaves, the habitat plant for monarch butterflies(Cross posted from The Little Red Tent)
One of over 550 species of swallowtail butterflies. This one is probably a tiger swallowtail butterfly. (Cross posted from The
Spicebush (calycanthus occidentalis) flower. Stems were used as arrow shafts.(Cross posted from The Little Red Tent)
A fen is a marsh or bog, a low area of land subject to seasonal flooding.(Cross posted from The Little
Cow Parsnip (Heracleum maximum) blossoms. (Cross posted from The Little Red Tent)
Grasses, mosses, lichens and flowers flourish on a wet granite ledge.(Cross posted from The Little Red Tent)
While I'm no plant expert, I think this is a member of the sedum family.(Cross posted from The Little
Snow Plant and Sweet Woodruff(Cross posted from The Little Red Tent) Snow plant; Sarcoides sanguinea is a parasitic plant that has