Wildflower of the Week by Chick Keller
This week’s plant is another lily, Death Camas. Anticlea elegans is its new name, and Zigadenis elegans is its old […]
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Nature News
There’s always something happening outdoors on the Pajarito Plateau!
Wildflower of the Week by Chick Keller
This week’s wildflower is one of our most beautiful—mariposa lily (Calochortus nuttallii). It blooms in our high mountain meadows, often
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Wildflower of the Week by Chick Keller
This week’s flower is a beauty—bee balm or monarda (Monarda fistula var. menthifolia). It’s a lot prettier than my
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Clam shrimp under the microscope
An excited family came to the nature center on Friday with an interesting discovery. While hiking in Pueblo Canyon, they spotted a
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Wildflower of the Week by Chick Keller
This week’s flower is Purple Easter Daisy, Townsendia eximia. It’s called Easter Daisy because its stemless white cousin, T.
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Wildflower of the Week by Chick Keller
The flower this week is again two: purple (P.strictrus) and scarlet (P. barbatus) penstemon. They are showing sparingly all around our
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Butterflies at the Nature Center
Docent Rozelle Wright went to look for butterflies in Dorothy Hoard’s gardens after her Monday morning shift. She wasn’t disappointed. These are not rare
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Wildflower of the Week by Chick Keller
This week’s wildflower is two. Both are columbines— the blue one, Colorado Columbine (Aquilegia coerulea), and the red one, Elegant
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Wildflower of the Week by Chick Keller
This week’s flower is the fairy slipper orchid, Calypso bulbosa. This is perhaps the most beautiful, breathtaking flower we
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