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During a walk yesterday near the Tanana River, I spent some time studying this fireweed, to practice my plant identification skills:
Using Greulach's book[1] I took a few notes, before I ran out of time:
- about 1.5 ft tall
- single main stem (caulis)
- stem green on one side and brown on the other
- leave gladiate (sword-like) with small veins coming off main vein, bending toward apex
- rounded base, with base right up against caulis
- mucronate apex (sharp point)
- alternate leaves — coming in a spiral up the caulis
Today, I took a bike ride and photographed these flowers along the path:
After I got home, I found this bird loitering in the garden:
And this scenery next to the apartment looked beautiful on a sunny, July 4th morning:
The birds in the trees were singing beautifully. I tried to take an audio recording, but I ran out of battery charge and the file didn't get saved properly.
[1] Plant Function and Structure, Victor A. Greulach, 1973
