One of my favorite things to do while hiking is to photograph all of the lovely flowers we find along the trails. It is always exciting to find a new variety I have not seen before. My next goal is to begin identifying what I have found. Some of the pictures are labeled with what I think they are – you can click on the picture to test your knowledge. By all means correct me when I am wrong and help fill in the many blanks! 🙂
I usually hike with my husband who keeps a pretty good pace up while hiking. This can be challenging for me to take the pictures I want, while not slowing the pace too much so we can actually get some health benefits from a brisk hike. The picture below is pretty typical of our hikes. I take pictures while he waits! 🙂
Here are some recent pictures I took on our trip through Michigan. I didn’t see a whole lot of variety but did find a few I hadn’t seen before. Here is a great resource I found to help in the identification process: http://uswildflowers.com/wflist.php
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