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Valle Vidal
Carson National Forest
August 10-12, 2006

These wildflowers were photographed on a Philmont Scout Ranch trek which included parts of the Valle Vidal. The route went from Greenwood Canyon, across upper Seally Canyon to Ring Place, then across McCrystal Creek to Whiteman Vega, and finally down North Ponil Creek.

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0607535 Cutleaf Coneflowers [Rudbeckia laciniata]. Philmont, Greenwood Cyn, NM. © Mark Turner 0607555 Purple Geraniums (Pineywoods Geraniums) [Geranium caespitosum]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Middle Ponil Cr, NM. © Mark Turner 0607558 Ponderosa Pines around meadow of Hairy False Goldenaster, Scarlet Gilia [Pinus ponderosa; Heterotheca villosa; Ipomopsis aggregata]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Seally Cyn, NM. © Mark Turner 0607559 Ponderosa Pines around meadow of Hairy False Goldenaster, Scarlet Gilia [Pinus ponderosa; Heterotheca villosa; Ipomopsis aggregata]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Seally Cyn, NM. © Mark Turner 0607560 Ponderosa Pines around meadow of Hairy False Goldenaster, Scarlet Gilia [Pinus ponderosa; Heterotheca villosa; Ipomopsis aggregata]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Seally Cyn, NM. © Mark Turner 0607561 Broom Snakeweed [Gutierrezia sarothrae]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Seally Cyn, NM. © Mark Turner 0607563 Broom Snakeweed blossoms & foliage [Gutierrezia sarothrae]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Seally Cyn, NM. © Mark Turner 0607600 Foothills Paintbrush (Wholeleaf Paintbrush) [Castilleja integra]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607603 Prairie Evening Primrose (Whitest Evening Primrose) [Oenothera albicaulis]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607605 Prairie Evening Primrose (Whitest Evening Primrose) blossom & foliage [Oenothera albicaulis]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607606 Fendler's Sandwort [Arenaria fendleri]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607608 Fendler's Sandwort [Arenaria fendleri]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607610 Richardson's Geranium [Geranium richardsonii]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607612 Purple Locoweed [Oxytropis lambertii]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607614 Purple Locoweed [Oxytropis lambertii]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607616 Purple Locoweed blossoms detail [Oxytropis lambertii]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607618 Dotted Blazing Star (Dotted Gayfeather) [Liatris punctata]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607622 Dotted Blazing Star (Dotted Gayfeather) blossoms detail [Liatris punctata]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607625 Prairie Coneflower (Mexican Hat) [Ratibida columnifera]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607627 Prairie Coneflower (Mexican Hat) blossoms detail [Ratibida columnifera]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607629 Prairie Coneflower (Mexican Hat) blossoms detail [Ratibida columnifera]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607631 Prairie Coneflower (Mexican Hat), Rough Wallflower among Blue Gramma grass [Ratibida columnifera; Erysimum capitatum; Bouteloua gracilis]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607635 Prairie Coneflower (Mexican Hat), Rough Wallflower among Blue Gramma grass w/ Ponderosa Pines & dark storm clouds bkgnd [Ratibida columnifera; Erysimum capitatum; Bouteloua gracilis; Pinus ponderosa]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607637 Beautiful Fleabane (Most Beautiful Daisy) [Erigeron formosissimus]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607639 Beautiful Fleabane (Most Beautiful Daisy) blossoms detail [Erigeron formosissimus]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607641 Wayside Gromwell (Manyflowered Stoneseed) [Lithospermum multiflorum]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607644 Wayside Gromwell (Manyflowered Stoneseed) [Lithospermum multiflorum]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607646 Dotted Blazing Star (Dotted Gayfeather) [Liatris punctata]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607648 Wayside Gromwell (Manyflowered Stoneseed) [Lithospermum multiflorum]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607652 White River coraldrops (Kittentails) in fruit [Bessyea plantaginea]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607654 Missouri Iris [Iris missouriensis]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607658 Fringed Sage (Estafiata) [Artemisia frigida]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607661 Fringed Sage (Estafiata, Prairie Sagewort) [Artemisia frigida]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM. © Mark Turner 0607710 Wavyleaf Thistle [Cirsium undulatum]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Whiteman Vega, NM. © Mark Turner 0607711 Wavyleaf Thistle blossom [Cirsium undulatum]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Whiteman Vega, NM. © Mark Turner 0607712 Yellowspine Thistle [Cirsium ochrocentrum]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Whiteman Vega, NM. © Mark Turner 0607713 Yellowspine Thistle blossom [Cirsium ochrocentrum]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Whiteman Vega, NM. © Mark Turner 0607714 Yellowspine Thistle blossom [Cirsium ochrocentrum]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Whiteman Vega, NM. © Mark Turner 0607739 Antelope Sage (James' Buckwheat) [Eriogonum jamesii]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Whiteman Vega, NM. © Mark Turner 0607740 Antelope Sage (James' Buckwheat) [Eriogonum jamesii]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Whiteman Vega, NM. © Mark Turner 0607742 Antelope Sage (James' Buckwheat) [Eriogonum jamesii]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Whiteman Vega, NM. © Mark Turner 0607745 Broom Snakeweed [Gutierrezia sarothrae]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Whiteman Vega, NM. © Mark Turner 0607748 Broom Snakeweed [Gutierrezia sarothrae]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Whiteman Vega, NM. © Mark Turner 0607751 Broom Snakeweed in meadow [Gutierrezia sarothrae]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Whiteman Vega, NM. © Mark Turner 0607752 Broom Snakeweed in meadow [Gutierrezia sarothrae]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Whiteman Vega, NM. © Mark Turner 0607756 Trailing Fleabane [Erigeron flagellaris]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Whiteman Vega, NM. © Mark Turner 0607757 Trailing Fleabane [Erigeron flagellaris]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Whiteman Vega, NM. © Mark Turner 0607761 Trailing Fleabane [Erigeron flagellaris]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, Whiteman Vega, NM. © Mark Turner 0607800 Meadow of Flax, Mexican Hat [Linum lewisii; Ratibida columnifera]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, N Ponil Cr, NM. © Mark Turner 0607813 New Mexico Vervain (Spike Verbena, MacDougal Verbena) [Verbena macdougalii]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, N Ponil Cr, NM. © Mark Turner 0607815 New Mexico Vervain (Spike Verbena, MacDougal Verbena) [Verbena macdougalii]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, N Ponil Cr, NM. © Mark Turner 0607818 Longflower Rabbitbrush, New Mexico Vervain (Spike Verbena, MacDougal Verbena), Fringed Sage (Prairie Sagewort) along N Ponil Cr [Chrysothamnus depressus; Verbena macdougalii; Artemisia frigida]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, N Ponil Cr, NM. © Mark Turner 0607828 Tall Townsend Daisy (Tall Easterdaisy) [Townsendia eximia]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, N Ponil Cr, NM. © Mark Turner 0607830 Tall Townsend Daisy (Tall Easterdaisy) [Townsendia eximia]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, N Ponil Cr, NM. © Mark Turner 0607831 Cowpen Daisy (Golden Crownbeard) [Verbesina encelioides]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, N Ponil Cr, NM. © Mark Turner 0607832 Cowpen Daisy (Golden Crownbeard) blossoms [Verbesina encelioides]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, N Ponil Cr, NM. © Mark Turner 0607838 Cowpen Daisy (Golden Crownbeard) [Verbesina encelioides]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, N Ponil Cr, NM. © Mark Turner 0607840 Cowpen Daisy (Golden Crownbeard) [Verbesina encelioides]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, N Ponil Cr, NM. © Mark Turner 0607842 Cowpen Daisy (Golden Crownbeard) blossoms detail [Verbesina encelioides]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, N Ponil Cr, NM. © Mark Turner 0607843 New Mexico Vervain (Spike Verbena, MacDougal Verbena) [Verbena macdougalii]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, N Ponil Cr, NM. © Mark Turner 0607853 Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, New Mexico Vervain (Spike Verbena, MacDougal Verbena) in meadow [Cleome serrulata; Verbena macdougalii]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, N Ponil Cr, NM. © Mark Turner 0607855 Rocky Mountain Bee Plant blossoms detail [Cleome serrulata]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, N Ponil Cr, NM. © Mark Turner 0607856 Rocky Mountain Bee Plant blossoms detail [Cleome serrulata]. Carson NF Valle Vidal, N Ponil Cr, NM. © Mark Turner 0607889 Birdbill Dayflower [Commelina dianthifolia]. Philmont, Cook Cyn, NM. © Mark Turner 0607892 Scarlet Gilia [Ipomopsis aggregata]. Philmont, Cook Cyn, NM. © Mark Turner 0607894 Common Sunflower [Helianthus annuus]. Philmont, Cook Cyn, NM. © Mark Turner 0607897 Birdbill Dayflower w/ Paintbrush [Commelina dianthifolia; Castilleja sp.]. Philmont, Cook Cyn, NM. © Mark Turner

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