near pond; note ridges along twigs, which are common on vigorous growing shoots of this species
There's a root up high headed into a cave. Trunk is hollow from that point up, it seems.
On the Blue-Diamond trail at Distant Hill Nature Trail next to the tower on the power-line ROW. There are dozens of specimens of the common orange spotted form of L. philadelphicum next to the tower, but only one yellow flower variant.
Here is my observation of the common orange form of L. philadelphicum that this yellow variant is growing among.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173314868
My guess that this is a specimen of the very rare spotless yellow variant of Wood lily - Lilium philadelphicum
Here is a link to photos of both the yellow spotted variant found in North Dakota, and the very uncommon yellow unspotted variant found in Alberta, Canada.
https://www.bdlilies.com/ls28.html
When on the linked page click on "READ MORE" below the text to see more about the spotless yellow variant of L. philadelphicum discovered in Alberta, Canada.
FYI- The Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centers (SKCDC) logo is the Yellow Immaculate Lily, (Lilium philadelphicum var. andinum forma immaculata). This is a very rare form of the provincial emblem characterized by lemon-yellow flowers, devoid of the usual dark spots. It is known to occur at only a few locations in Manitoba and Alberta each and about 20 locations in Saskatchewan. There is some evidence that this form exists through some of the Plains and Midwest states as well.
This looks like the rare all yellow wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum var. andinum forma immaculata). Can anyone confirm this? Found it near my house and it would be pretty cool if it was! Apparently only 10 found in all of Alberta every year!
same tree posted a couple weeks earlier but this time the catkins are mature. Bark not speckled except the twigs.
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP, Woodstock, VT
In the pollinator planting 100' north of the kiosk at the trailhead for Distant Hill Nature Trail.
I found these small trees because the bright green leaves stood out in mid November. Nothing else, not even the the Glossy Buckthorn leaves were this green.
These are all the same thing. I collected various stages and kept them, and they all turn into each other.
Not sure about this ID
A male eastern gray tree frog, in its green color phase, was on the trunk of the red maple next to our deck last evening calling for a mate.