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JasonH - Jun 5, 2006 4:32 am - Voted 10/10
Great Idea!I love your idea. I do have one question. I got a picture of a golden poppy that I would like to include but the poppy is found throughout California not just in the Sierra Nevada like you state. Can I go ahead and include it?
El Cuervo - Jun 12, 2006 9:09 pm - Voted 10/10
Good ideaI was surprised to see you linked to a photo I captured of a columbine on Shepherd Creek. I will post others in my album and you can link to them if you see fit. I do not know the names of the ones I will be posting, so if others can identify, please do.
El Cuervo
Alpinist - Jun 12, 2006 9:42 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Good ideaI welcome your photos. You can add them directly to this page if you want. In fact, you have the ability to attach them to as many different pages as you like with the Attach feature. Thanks very much!
lisae - Jun 12, 2006 10:27 pm - Voted 10/10
great picturesThanks for setting up the album! I love flowers & looking at flower pictures.
Alpinist - Jun 12, 2006 11:08 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: great picturesThanks! Check back from time to time. Hopefully this page will grow into a nice collection of Sierra flowers!
mjrangel - Jun 13, 2006 12:22 am - Hasn't voted
Very nice idea!Next time I'm out I'll try to turn on my macro vision. I'd love to contribute to your album.
Alpinist - Jun 13, 2006 2:19 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Very nice idea!Thanks!
Scott M. - Jun 16, 2006 2:22 pm - Voted 9/10
LinkGreat idea and I'll enjoy using and adding to this as a resource. Another handy link for flower ID is UC Berkeley's Digital photo library.
Alpinist - Jun 16, 2006 5:16 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: LinkThanks Scott. I look forward to your additions. I have used the CalPhotos website for reference and will add the link to this page. Too bad they don't have thumbnail images in their listings. It would make flower identification much easier for amateurs like me.
Kerstin - Jun 30, 2006 1:34 am - Voted 10/10
A Wildflower book recommendationThe book I'd most recommend for people interested in Sierra Wildflowers is "Wildflowers of the Eastern Sierra and Adjoining Mojave Desert and Great Basin" by Laird Blackwell. His guide has great photos and descriptions of flowers not only from the High Sierra, but from the lower elevations of the Eastern Sierra. I've enjoyed grabbing this guide and wandering through the sagebrush near whatever campground I'm at--Four Jeffrey, Tinemaha Creek, Upper Sage Flat...If you encounter a wildflower, you'll probably find it in this guide.
There are a lot of other good wildflower guides, but I like how this one covers a wide variety of elevations.
tarol - Jul 10, 2006 4:46 pm - Voted 10/10
I love wildflowers :)Nice page. If you would like to add a link, most of these are found in the Sierra...
http://www.tarol.com/ca_wildflowers.html
Alpinist - Jul 10, 2006 5:38 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: I love wildflowers :)Thanks for the link and for your additions. You have some wonderful photos!
tarol - Jul 10, 2006 5:44 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: I love wildflowers :)Thank you, finding and photographing wildflowers is one of my passions :) Thanks again for creating this page!
Vladislav - Sep 24, 2007 5:26 pm - Voted 10/10
Very nice album!By the way, thanks for adding my picture of sky pilots to it. I added two more.
Vlad.
Alpinist - Sep 25, 2007 12:37 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Very nice album!Glad you enjoyed the album. Thanks for the additions and for the vote!
ironcondor - Mar 24, 2010 10:55 pm - Hasn't voted
Wildflowers are CoolSuper photos!
Alpinist - Mar 25, 2010 11:48 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Wildflowers are CoolThere are definitely some excellent photographers on SP, as evidenced by the photos in this album. Thanks for the vote!
AceSierra - Jul 3, 2012 11:28 am - Hasn't voted
More addedI added a bunch that haven't previously been included, though some are not the best shots. If people want to use this as a resource, it's better to just add anything new, regardless of how good a composed photo it is. I haven't found many websites that help identify flowers by looking at photos, but maybe I don't know where to look.
Also, I think it helps if the location of the photo is submitted as well. Some of these are hard to find, so if people know where to look, then it makes it easier to find.
Alpinist - Jul 3, 2012 11:58 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: More addedThanks for the additions! There is still a ton of flowers missing but every bit helps. FYI - the links at the top of this page will take you to some very good Sierra flower galleries.
AceSierra - Jul 4, 2012 12:05 am - Hasn't voted
Re: More addedYeah, those links are really good resources, but what I like to see is just a photographic catalog of plants/flowers broken down into groups...colors, family, whatever. Like this page...where there are several thumbnails to preview. I'm not so interested in the scientific aspect, I'm just a novice trying to determine names of ones I see, and the easiest way for me is to just browse photos. But there don't seem to be very many websites laid out like that.
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