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Photographing wildflowers in Colorado. Nonnatives may be invasives! iNat: @FRWildflowers All my photos (CC) by @FRWildflowers.bsky.social, CC BY-NC 4.0 ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL 4.0 INTERNATIONAL https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 5h

Peltigera aphthosa, our Freckled Pelt Lichen, growing on a mossy Ceran St Vrain slope 🌿

Large whited edged foliose green lichen intermixed with Roaldia moss

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 1h

This is the site CONPS did their moss field trip to in conjunction with the annual meeting. I went on a different field trip so today was catch up for me taking advantage of know what others had found previously. 👍

FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 1h

What I saw today at Ceran St Vrain: Mosses 🌿

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Observations by FrontRangeWildflowers on October 14, 2025

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 1h

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Aspen at Ceran St. Vrain today #nativeplants 🌿

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Peltigera venosa, our Fan Pelt Lichen, flourishing on a mossy Ceran St. Vrain slope 🌿

Green lichen with leaf-like pads and weird red spore bearing parts

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Bristly Beard Lichen now at Ceran St. Vrain 🌿

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 6h

Aspen turning now at Ceran St. Vrain 🌿

Yellow and orange leaves caught in sunlight in a coniferous forest

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 6h

Mushroom and mosses at Ceran St. Vrain 🌿

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🙏 One of my fave spring flowers 👍

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 12h

Ipomopsis spicata, our Spiked Ipomopsis, blooming at Pattridge Open Space #nativeplants

#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to April 14 🌿

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Ipomopsis spicata, our Spiked Ipomopsis, blooming at the Neva Road shale bluff #nativeplants

#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to April 14 🌿

Creamy white five-lobed flowers in a spike

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 4h

Thought it was a liverwort in the field, fooled me good. 👍

FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 4h

Peltigera venosa, our Fan Pelt Lichen, flourishing on a mossy Ceran St. Vrain slope 🌿

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Nothocalais cuspidata, our Sharppoint Prairie-Dandelion, blooming at Pattridge Open Space #nativeplants

#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to April 14 🌿

Dandelion-like flower with exserted pistils

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 12h

Erysimum capitatum, our Sand Dune Wallflower, blooming at Pattridge Open Space #nativeplants

#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to April 14 🌿

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 4h

Bristly Beard Lichen now at Ceran St. Vrain 🌿

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 5h

Peltigera aphthosa, our Freckled Pelt Lichen, growing on a mossy Ceran St Vrain slope 🌿

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 6h

Mushroom and mosses at Ceran St. Vrain 🌿

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 6h

Aspen turning now at Ceran St. Vrain 🌿

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 12h

Ipomopsis spicata, our Spiked Ipomopsis, blooming at the Neva Road shale bluff #nativeplants

#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to April 14 🌿

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 12h

Ipomopsis spicata, our Spiked Ipomopsis, blooming at Pattridge Open Space #nativeplants

#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to April 14 🌿

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 12h

Nothocalais cuspidata, our Sharppoint Prairie-Dandelion, blooming at Pattridge Open Space #nativeplants

#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to April 14 🌿

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 12h

Erysimum capitatum, our Sand Dune Wallflower, blooming at Pattridge Open Space #nativeplants

#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to April 14 🌿

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 1d

Amelanchier alnifolia, our Western Serviceberry, blooming on the Coal Seam trail #nativeplants

#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to April 13 🌿

White five petal flowers on a small tree

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