My friend Lynn helped me clear up a couple of mystery flowers that I've posted before. On the way south we saw this one which is called Horse-thistle or Silverleaf Nightshade.
And if I understand her right, this one is Hog Potato; it's in the Pea family.
Much of the forest around Cloudcroft is Ponderosa Pine and scrubby Oak trees. This is a look up the Lanes' street; their house is just about to the top of the hill on the right.
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| Oak and Pine |
Here are some more plants I've found here and there around Cloudcroft; you would recognize this one from along roads in Montana.
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| last year's Teasel |
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| this year's Teasel; I hope to see it in bloom before we go. |
The wild Roses are blooming everywhere. this one still had lots of dark red hips from last year.
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| New Mexico Vervain |
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| This looks like Nine-bark, but I'm not sure |
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| Maybe Nine-bark? |
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| New Mexico Groundsel? |
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| Yellow Salsify |
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| Yellow Gromwell |
We took Alli and Colter out in the Lane's jeep for a tour of the back roads around Cloudcroft and had a picnic. Colter found a "Horny toad."
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| Mr. Grumpy is having a rough day! |
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