Tagged: May
Life amidst the forest debris – a spider spins its web
While taking the photo of the yarrow calyxes several days ago, I saw this on the forest floor beneath the yarrow plant. A spider has spun a funnel-shaped web among the dead leaves and...
Elegant husks–yarrow calyxes in Fairbanks Alaska
I was out taking photographs and came across this lovely stalk of common yarrow (Achillea millefolium). What you are looking at are the calyxes (plural of calyx), left after the seeds have dispersed....
Elegant husks – wild larkspur seed pods in Fairbanks
The native species garden in my front yard is starting to green-up, but these larkspur (Delphinium glaucum) seed pods still stand tall in the flower bed nearest the house. The pods have opened and...
