Common cattails can still be seen all along lake and creek banks, many still looking untouched by the elements, while a few show evidence of being picked at by critters that use it for food, nesting...
Russian olive grows wild in the Hills, but is an occasional escapee from cultivation. In early Nov., the silvery pale green was still evident...at Bear Butte Lake...
Woolly sheep, not a common sight in the Black Hills and surrounding areas...near Belle Fourche (foosh) Reservoir...
A single small trio of fern leaves clinging to their green...
Western virgin's bower, its heads of achenes (fruit stage) past its prime, still has a beauty about it...at the N end of Spearfish Canyon...
Multi-colored mossiness on bare branches near Wind Cave...
A Ponderosa pinecone that fell onto a Rocky Mt. juniper branch in Wind Cave Nat'l Park...
A really late-bloomer burro foal in Custer State Park, with its thick winter hair...
A surprisingly fresh-looking pincushion cactus in S. Custer State Park...
Wild plums shriveling on the vine in early Nov.
From fuzzy to feathery, prickly, spiny, scaly, wooly and soft...You've covered it all Jann.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting collection of textures Jann. We call those cattails ''Reed Mace'' or sometimes Bullrushes.
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