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Flora, Shrubs & Trees of the Lower 48 & Hawaii - Updated & reorganized 2023.5.26.

All of the plant images in this gallery are collated alphabetically by the STATE ABBREVIATION, then by PLANT GROUP abbreviated as follows (AOSY) Agave, Ocotillo, Succulent & Yucca (CTS) Cactus (DS) Desertscape (F) Forbs (TS) Trees, Shrubs (ZUK) Unknow species, staging for identification. Then followed by the Subgroup & COMMON NAME, before the SCIENTIFIC NAME of the species. All the images on this Gallery are protected by US Copyright laws. No images may be copied or downloaded without formal written permission from Tom Jesiolowski/Northland Arts Nature Images.
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NV-TS-DESERT LAVENDER (Hyptis emoryi) 2020.4.21#0181.6. Newberry Mountains near Christmas Tree Pass, Nevada.
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NV-TS-DESERT LAVENDER (Hyptis emoryi) 2020.4.21#0181.6. Newberry Mountains near Christmas Tree Pass, Nevada.

  • NV-F-PAINTBRUSH, DESERT INDIAN (Castilleja chromosa) 2017.5.20#680. Route 93, Nevada.
  • NV-F-PAINTBRUSH, DESERT INDIAN (Castilleja chromosa) 2017.5.20#732. Route 93, Nevada.
  • NV-F-PHACELIA, PALMER'S (Phacelia palmeri) 2020.5.5#1418.3. A rare Palmer's Phacelia that is only found in gypsiferous soils. This area includes Borates and lithium. The metalic reflections are from these minerals. North Shore of Lake Mead Rec. area Nevada.
  • NV-F-PHACELIA, PALMER'S (Phacelia palmeri) 2020.5.5#1491.4. These strange plants that look like miniature Subalpine Fir are the rare Palmer's Phacelia. They only occur in Gypsiferous soils with unusual mineral compositions. North Shore of lake Mead Rec. area Nevada.
  • NV-F-PHACELIA, PALMER'S (Phacelia palmeri) 2021.4.22#6555.3. Palmer's phacelia is a very rare plant occurring exclusively in gypsiferous (calcium sulphate) soils that also include Borates and lithium here. Several places I climbed the hills here to photograph these plants the soils look like something from another planet. Lake mead, Nevada.
  • NV-F-POPPY, GOLDEN BEAR (Arctomecon californica) 2020.5.5#1393.4. North Shore of Lake Mead Rec. area Nevada.
  • NV-F-POPPY, GOLDEN BEAR (Arctomecon californica) 2020.5.5#1395.4. Another common name is Las Vegas Bear Poppy. A rare plant that requires chemically unusual gypsiferous soil with borates and lithium. North Shore of Lake Mead Rec. area, Nevada.
  • NV-F-POPPY, GOLDEN BEAR (Arctomecon californica) 2020.5.5#1401.2. North Shore of Lake mead Rec. area, Nevada.
  • NV-F-POPPY, SAN RAFAEL PRICKLY (Argemone corymbosa) 2017.5.20#749. Route 93 just north of Caliente Nevada.
  • NV-F-POPPY, SAN RAFAEL PRICKLY (Argemone corymbosa) 2017.5.20#753. Route 93, North of Caliente Nevada.
  • NV-F-RHATANY, PIMA (Krameria erecta) 2020.4.21#8138.3. Christmas Tree Pass in the Newberry Mountains of Nevada.
  • NV-F-SLENDER PORE-LEAF (Porophyllum gracile) 2020.4.15#9738.4. Newberry Mountains Nevada.
  • NV-F-VELVET TURTLEBACK (Psathyrotes ramosissama) 2018.6.30#3396. In desert scrub south of Alamo Nevada.
  • NV-F-YELLOW-HEADS (Trichoptilium incisum) 2020.5.5 #1327.3. North Shore of Lake Mead Rec. area Nevada.
  • NV-F-YELLOW-HEADS (Trichoptilium incisum) 2020.5.5#133.4. North Shore Lake Mead Rec. area Nevada.
  • NV-F-YELLOW-HEADS (Trichoptilium incisum) 2020.5.5.#3. North Shore of Lake Mead Rec. area Nevada.
  • NV-F-YELLOW GROUNCHERRY (Physalis crassifolia) 2020.4.21#8128.4. Christmas Tree Pass, Newberry Mountains Nevada.
  • NV-TS-DESERT LAVENDER (Hyptis emoryi) 2020.4.21#0181.6. Newberry Mountains near Christmas Tree Pass, Nevada.
  • NV-TS-DESERT LAVENDER (Hyptis emoryi) 2020.4.21#8046.3. Christmas Tree Pass, Newberry Mountains Nevada.
  • NV-TS-DESERT LAVENDER (Hyptis emoryi) 2020.4.21#8052.4. Near Christmas Tree Pass in the Newberry Mountains Nevada.
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