Zion Wildflower Identification: Pa'rus Trail
Saw a bunch of good flowers at the Virgin Goosenecks on Friday, thought maybe I should do a flowerwalk in the Park, so I wandered down in the morning to walk the Pa'rus trail. I've seen some good blooms there in the past, but...
Zion Milkvetch - Astragalus zionis
"But" is, not much of a bloom right now. Just not warm enough yet, I guess. Found 12 species out, including 6 I didn't know and had not ID-d. But with a little help from Derrick Zobell aka Sacred Cliffs Photography...
Tiny plant, possibly a Cryptantha
The course: Park at the museum, take the bus up to Canyon Junction, walk the Pa'rus trail back to the museum. Partly because it was chilly out, and the area near the museum was shaded when I parked, and partly because I had seen some great flowers on the Pa'rus near Cyn Jct in the past...
Yes, the part near Cyn Jct is the most interesting, but... a fine morning for a walk in the sun, with occasional squat down - take pictures breaks. Past the Canyon Junction vicinity, the ground was disturbed by recent construction, thus resulting in a lot of invasive species coming in. Usually I ignore things that seem to be weeds, but on this day I was up for lying down on the job, so I took their pics. This is in an area that is close to the road, and has been disturbed on numerous occasions, so I suppose I should not be surprised that many of the species are invasives.
So here's the Album, with comments.
