Best guess based on ecosite and vegetative characters
terricolous shield lichens. Growing in sandy soil on top of large sandstone bluff, in open areas of sand between sagebrush.
On the lee side of sand dunes. Grass is extremely tall, over 2m.
Rocky Mountain Bee Plant (Peritoma serrulata), pink, roadside, backroad, Great Sandhills, SK, July 27/11
M.J. Oldham, J. Bowles & J. Gould 39273; specimen record, replicates deposited at MMMN, mjo; identified by M.J. Oldham, !D.B. Robson Nov 2013; open sand dunes; locally common
Blushing scale or something else??