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Flowers, Fruits, Drupes, & Seeds { 136 images } Created 5 Sep 2009

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  • Close-up of a dew covered ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) growing near Mirror Lake, Canaan Valley, Davis, West Virginia.
    CanaanDewDropDaisy.tif
  • Close-up of American wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) flowers, Bear Rocks Preserve, Dolly Sods, West Virginia.
    DolySodsWintergreenFlowers.tif
  • Close-up of a black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) growing near Mirror Lake, Canaan Valley, Davis, West Virginia.
    CanaanBlackEyedSusan3.tif
  • Close-up of a black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) growing near Mirror Lake, Canaan Valley, Davis, West Virginia.
    CanaanBlackEyedSusan2.tif
  • Close-up of newly flowering bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) with raindrops and spider webs, Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
    ShenandoahRainDropsThistle.tif
  • An extreme close-up of rain drops on ox-eye (Heliopsis helianthoides) petals shows the drops acting as tiny fish-eye lenses, Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park , Virginia.
    ShenandoahRainDropsFlowerPetals1.tif
  • An extreme close-up of a rain drop on an aging ox-eye (Heliopsis helianthoides) flower, Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park , Virginia.
    ShenandoahRainDropsFlowerPetals2.tif
  • An extreme close-up of rain drops on ox-eye (Heliopsis helianthoides) petals shows the drops acting as tiny fish-eye lenses, Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park , Virginia.
    ShenandoahRainDropsFlowerPetals3.tif
  • Image of a pink lotus blossom (Nelumbo nucifera) with a large lotus leaf in the foreground, Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC.
    KenilworthLotusFlower1.tif
  • Close-up image of a sunlit closed lotus blossom (Nelumbo nucifera), Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC.
    KenilworthLotusFlower2.tif
  • Close-up image of a lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) seed head with seeds in various states of maturity, Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC.
    KenilworthLotusSeeds1.tif
  • Close-up image of the inside of a lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera), Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC.
    KenilworthLotusFlower3.tif
  • Close-up image of a lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) seed head with seeds in various states of maturity, Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC.
    KenilworthLotusSeeds2.tif
  • Close-up image of a backlit lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) flower, Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC.
    KenilworthLotusFlower4.tif
  • Close-up image of a pink lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) flower showing the unique flower structure, Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC.
    KenilworthLotusFlower5.tif
  • Close-up of a backlit pink water lily (Nymphaea sp.) surrounded by lily pads at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens National Park, Washington, DC.
    KenilworthWaterLily1.tif
  • One sunflower (Helianthus annuus) faces west among a field of east facing flowers, planted to attract game bird species, McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland. Note this image has been cropped and modified in Photoshop by using a gradient map to partially desaturate all but the focal flower.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerLandscape4Gr...tif
  • Acres of sunflowers (Helianthus annuus), planted to attract game bird species, underneath a sunrise sky and setting moon, McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerLandscape2.tif
  • Acres of sunflowers (Helianthus annuus), planted to attract game bird species, face east towards the rising sun, McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerLandscape3.tif
  • One sunflower (Helianthus annuus) faces west among a field of east facing flowers, planted to attract game bird species, McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerLandscape4.tif
  • One sunflower (Helianthus annuus) faces west among a field of east facing flowers, planted to attract game bird species, McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland. Note this image has been modified in Photoshop by using a gradient map to partially desaturate all but the focal flower.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerLandscape4Gr...tif
  • Close-up image of the back of a sunflower (Helianthus annuus), McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerMacro1.tif
  • Close-up image of the back of a sunflower (Helianthus annuus), McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerMacro2.tif
  • Close-up image of the head of a sunflower (Helianthus annuus), McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerMacro3.tif
  • Close-up image of the head of a sunflower (Helianthus annuus), McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerMacro4.tif
  • Image of the head of an isolated sunflower (Helianthus annuus), McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerMacro5.tif
  • Close-up image of the head of a sunflower (Helianthus annuus), McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerMacro6.tif
  • Close-up image of the head of a sunflower (Helianthus annuus), McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerMacro7.tif
  • Close-up image of the head of a sunflower (Helianthus annuus), McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerMacro8.tif
  • Close-up image of the head of a sunflower (Helianthus annuus), McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerMacro9.tif
  • Close-up image of the opening head of a sunflower (Helianthus annuus), McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerMacro10.tif
  • Close-up image of the back of a sunflower (Helianthus annuus), McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerMacro11.tif
  • Close-up image of the back of a sunflower (Helianthus annuus) with leaf, McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerMacro13.tif
  • Close-up image of the head of a sunflower (Helianthus annuus), McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerMacro14.tif
  • Image of the head of an isolated sunflower (Helianthus annuus), McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerMacro15.tif
  • Close-up image of the head of a sunflower (Helianthus annuus), McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerMacro16.tif
  • Close-up image of a honey bee (Apis mellifera), covered in pollen, on a sunflower head (Helianthus annuus), McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerBee.tif
  • Close-up image of a small milkweed bug (Lygaeus kalmii) on the back of a sunflower head (Helianthus annuus), McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerSmMilkweedBu...tif
  • Close-up image of the unopened head of a sunflower (Helianthus annuus) with spider web, McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerUnopened.tif
  • Acres of sunflowers (Helianthus annuus), planted to attract game bird species, underneath a sunrise sky, McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, Maryland.
    McKeeBeshersWMASunflowerLandscape1.tif
  • Close-up portrait of showy orchis (Galearis spectabilis), G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia.
    ShowyOrchisPortrait2.tif
  • Close-up portrait of a rare double-flowered yellow lady's slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum) blossom, G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia.
    DoubleYellowLadySlipperPortrait.tif
  • Close-up of an aging large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum), G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia.
    PinkLargeFloweredTrillium2.tif
  • Close-up portrait of yellow lady's slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum), G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia.
    YellowLadySlipperPortrait2.tif
  • Close-up portrait of a yellow lady's slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum) blossom, G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia.
    YellowLadySlipperCloseUp.tif
  • Close-up portrait of perfoliate bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata) blooming at G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia.  Identifying features include the perfoliate leaves and the orange bumps on the inside of the petals.
    PerfoliateBellwortThompsonWMA.tif
  • Close-up portrait of large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum), G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia.
    LargeFloweredTrilliumPortrait.tif
  • Close-up of a pair of wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) flowers growing along the Appalachian Trail, G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia.
    WildGeraniumFlowers1.tif
  • Close-up of large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum), G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia.  This pink form of the flower, while rare in many other parts of the range, is fairly common in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
    PinkLargeFloweredTrillium.tif
  • Close-up portrait of showy orchis (Galearis spectabilis) growing along the Appalachian Trail, G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia.
    ShowyOrchisPortraitWhole.tif
  • Close-up image of an orchard orbweaver (Leucauge venusta) on a large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) flower growing amongst eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) leaves, G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia.
    TrilliumSpider.tif
  • Close-up of wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) growing along the Appalachian Trail, G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia.
    WildGeraniumThompson.tif
  • Close-up of showy orchis (Galearis spectabilis) growing along the Appalachian Trail, G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia.
    ShowyOrchisThompson.tif
  • Macro image of the inside of a large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) showing the stamens covered with pollen, G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia.
    TrilliumFlowerInside.tif
  • Close-up portrait of yellow lady's slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum) in profile, G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia.
    YellowLadySlipperProfile.tif
  • Close-up portrait of a young showy orchis (Galearis spectabilis) growing along the Appalachian Trail, G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia.
    ShowyOrchisPortrait.tif
  • Close-up image of large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) growing amongst eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) leaves, G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia.
    TrilliumSkunkCabbage.tif
  • Close-up portrait of yellow lady's slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum), G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, VA.
    YellowLadySlipperPortrait1.tif
  • A late afternoon macro image of squirrel corn (Dicentra canadensis) in bloom, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    SquirrelCornPortrait1.tif
  • A late afternoon macro image of a squirrel corn (Dicentra canadensis) blossom, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    SquirrellCornCloseUp.tif
  • A late afternoon macro black and white image of a squirrel corn (Dicentra canadensis) blossom, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    SquirrellCornCloseUpBW.tif
  • A late afternoon macro image of  squirrel corn (Dicentra canadensis) in bloom, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    SquirrellCornPortrait2.tif
  • Close-up of a downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens) surrounded by its leaves and the leaves of a cut-leaved toothwort, Trout Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    DownyYellowViolet1.tif
  • Close-up of a downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens), Trout Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    DownyYellowViolet2.tif
  • Close-up portrait of toadshade (Trillium sessile) with the leaves of Dicentra growing up underneath, Trout Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    ToadshadePortrait.tif
  • Close-up of toadshade (Trillium sessile), Trout Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    ToadshadeInSun.tif
  • Close-up portrait of the relatively rare white version of the Virginia bluebell (Mertensia virginica), Trout Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    WhiteVirginiaBluebells3.tif
  • Toadshade (Trillium sessile), lowland brittle fern (Cystopteris protrusa), and Viola leaves cover the ground in a floodplain forest adjacent to the Potomac River, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    ToadshadeAndFern1.tif
  • Toadshade (Trillium sessile), lowland brittle fern (Cystopteris protrusa), and Viola leaves cover the ground in a floodplain forest adjacent to the Potomac River, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    ToadshadeAndFern2.tif
  • Close-up of a relatively rare white Virginia bluebell(Mertensia virginica) growing in floodplain forest along the banks of the Potomac River, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    WhiteVirginiaBluebells1.tif
  • Several spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) blossoms and Mertensia leaves, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    SpringBeautyMertensia.tif
  • Close-up of a Virginia bluebell(Mertensia virginica) growing in floodplain forest along the banks of the Potomac River, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    VirginiaBluebellsTurkeyRun1.tif
  • Close-up of a Virginia bluebell(Mertensia virginica), with mature flowers and buds, growing in floodplain forest along the banks of the Potomac River, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    VirginiaBluebellsTurkeyRun2.tif
  • Close-up of a Virginia bluebell(Mertensia virginica), with mature flowers and buds, growing in floodplain forest along the banks of the Potomac River, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    VirginiaBluebellsTurkeyRun3.tif
  • Close-up of a Virginia bluebell(Mertensia virginica), with mature flowers and buds, growing in floodplain forest along the banks of the Potomac River, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    VirginiaBluebellsTurkeyRun5.tif
  • Close-up of the early spring wildflower, yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum) growing along the banks of the Potomac River, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    TroutLilyYellowTurkeyRun1.tif
  • Close-up of bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) growing amongst last year's Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) in floodplain forest along the banks of the Potomac River, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.  Bloodroot extract is toxic to animal cells and applying bloodroot to the skin will cause tissue death.
    BloodRootTurkeyRun.tif
  • Close-up of the early spring wildflower, white trout lily (Erythronium albidum) growing along the banks of the Potomac River, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.  While widespread in the mid-west, the white trout lily only reaches Virginia along the Potomac River in the DC area and is relatively rare.
    TroutLilySingleWhite.tif
  • Close-up of a Virginia bluebell(Mertensia virginica), with mature flowers and buds, growing surrounded by May apple (Podophyllum peltatum) in floodplain forest along the banks of the Potomac River, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    VirginiaBluebellsTurkeyRun6.tif
  • Close-up of a pair of yellow trout lilies (Erythronium americanum) growing amonst rocks beside the Potomac River, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    TroutLilyPairRock.tif
  • Squirrel corn (Dicentra canadensis) blooms in the floodplain forest along the Potomac River near DC, Turkey Run Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia.
    VASquirrelCorn.tif
  • Blossoming spring-beauty (Claytonia virginica) in Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia.  This early spring wildflower blooms in mid-March in this area.
    GreatFallsSpringBeauty1.tif
  • Close-up of young dutchman's breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) and leaves, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia.
    GreatFallsDutchmansBreeches1.tif
  • Black and white close-up of young dutchman's breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) and leaves, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia.
    GreatFallsDutchmansBreeches1BWa.tif
  • Close-up of young dutchman's breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) and leaves, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia.
    GreatFallsDutchmansBreeches2.tif
  • Close-up of young dutchman's breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) and leaves, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia.  These early spring wildflowers begin to bloom about mid-March in this location.
    GreatFallsDutchmansBreeches3.tif
  • A close-up of the back of a cultivated sunflower in a garden in Falls Church, Virginia after a rainstorm.
    SunflowerBack1.tif
  • A close-up of the back of a cultivated sunflower in a garden in Falls Church, Virginia after a rainstorm.
    SunflowerBack2.tif
  • Close-up of a pink water lily (Nymphaea sp.) at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens National Park, Washington, DC.
    PinkWaterLily3.tif
  • Close-up of a pink water lily (Nymphaea sp.) at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens National Park, Washington, DC.
    PinkWaterLily5.tif
  • Close-up of a pink water lily (Nymphaea sp.) surrounded by lily pads at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens National Park, Washington, DC.
    PinkWaterLily7.tif
  • Close-up of a lotus bud (Nelumbo nucifera) against sun lit lotus leaves, Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC.
    LotusBlossomClosed1.tif
  • Image of a sunlit lotus blossom (Nelumbo nucifera) surrounded by lotus leaves, Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC.
    LotusBlossomOpen1.tif
  • Close-up of water droplets on a lotus leaf (Nelumbo nucifera) with the reflection of a lotus flower in the pond and the droplet, Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC.  Due to the superhydrophobic structure of the lotus leaf (including micro- and nanostructures plus hydrophobic waxes) the force of cohesion between the water molecules is greater than the adhesion forces to the leaf, known as the "lotus effect".  Biomimicry has led to many commercial applications.
    LotusLeafDropletsReflection1.tif
  • A close-up of the composite flower of the ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) an alien (invasive) species, Big Meadow, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
    OxEyeDaisyMacro2.tif
  • A close-up of the flower head of pasture thistle (Cirsium pumilum), a native thistle growing near the southern end of its range, Big Meadow, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
    PastureThistleFlower1.tif
  • A close-up of the flower head of pasture thistle (Cirsium pumilum), a native thistle growing near the southern end of its range, Big Meadow, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
    PastureThistleFlower2.tif
  • A close-up of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) flowers showing some of the unique aspects of milkweed flower structure, Big Meadow, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
    CommonMilkweedUmbel.tif
  • A close-up of the composite flower of the ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) an alien (invasive) species, Big Meadow, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
    OxEyeDaisyMacro1.tif
  • An artisitic close-up, with limited depth of field, of two ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) flowers, an alien (invasive) species, Big Meadow, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
    OxEyeDaisyMacro3.tif
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