Stiff Goldenrod

Gallery: FloraPosted September 17, 2017165 views4 comments

Stiff goldenrod features some of the largest flowers found in this genus. My prairie has quite a few of these plants and my honeybees have been foraging on these flowers all month long. The common name is derived from the cardboard like texture of the leaves. K5 IIs 180 mm f3.5 (1/6 sec at f11, ISO 160) Crop for comp, saturation + green, - for yellows and blues, Topaz Detail...............Jim

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 17, 2017 at 1:16 PM

Well taken and processed. I also appreciate the information. As a lifetime "grunt" forester, the only attention I ever paid to vegetation before I retired was the ability to harbor ticks, wasps, red bugs, briars and so on. I am slowly building a catalog of what I always lumped into "understory vegetation".

The color, detail and comp are spot on! devil

—Phil

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on September 17, 2017 at 9:56 PM

Hi Jim

Here in Canada . the goldenrod was once considered a very bad weed. frown

. one of the worst offenders for hayfever. what a mistake. blush

.concerning the image. you make the goldenrod look like an angel. with excellent detail. and color

Albert Darmo

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 19, 2017 at 10:30 AM

Jim: Excellent subject, terrific POV and a complementary BG. Would love to see and spend some time in your prairie. Many kudos. >=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on September 19, 2017 at 6:47 PM

For Albert:

Insect pollinated plants have larger, sticky pollen grains which are not blown about with wind. The stickiness enables bees to gather the pollen and pack it into their pollen baskets. Hay fever is caused by wind pollinated plants like ragweed (Ambrosia species). Goldenrod usually gets the blame because many goldenrod species are in bloom when ragweed plants are in full bloom.................Jim

Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments