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Coarse gypsum powder covers some 715 square kilometers (275 square miles) of desert at White Sands National Park. Gypsum is a mineral that normally dissolves in water, but the climate is so dry there that the grains have been preserved.
The gypsum dunes were formed after the evaporation of an ancient sea.
Between the dunes in the interdunal areas of the park, grasses thrive. For plants like Alkali Sacaton, Little Bluestem, and Indian Rice Grass, survival depends on rapid growth, pollination, and reseeding at the far side of the interdunal space. Although an individual plant might perish, its offspring continue to succeed and colonize these areas. *
Seen here is Alkali Sacaton, a widespread grass that can be found in alkaline soils from Canada to Mexico, flourishing in poorly drained depressions where few other grasses can grow. Highly adaptive, it can withstand flooding and partial burial by the shifting sand. It has an important place in the ecosystem of the dune field, where its seeds provide food for birds, rodents, and insects. *
Here's the link on the geology of White Sand if you're interested: www.nps.gov/whsa/learn/geology-of-white-sands.htm
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New version for my "One of a kind" flower images project. I went for an artistic point of view :-)
Interesting facts:
This once-wild plant is native to Europe and was given its name due to rampant proliferation in cornfields. The seeds thrive in the same conditions as corn; open, sunny fields with moderately dry soil, yet over time, due to the over-use of herbicides in cornfields throughout Europe and the US, Cornflowers no longer reseeded themselves naturally.
Cornflowers are sometimes referred to by their nickname, "bachelor's button" due to an old practice when men wore a cornflower in a buttonhole of their suit, indicating they are in love or they were ready for courting. Cornflowers, or Bachelor Buttons, are also used as boutonnieres in weddings, often worn by the groom and his best man which is a more modern twist on this traditional symbol of love and devotion.
This years version of my annual forget-me-not macro. First planted by my dad four decades ago, they have reseeded themselves ever since even though this garden is almost 700km away from the initial planting.
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An herbal legume, it is used as an efficient cover crop to replenish spent soil. Its extensive root system prevents erosion, allows water to seep in deeper, smothers weeds, and absorbs nitrogen from the air, returning it to the soil for enrichment. (That is a very simplistic explanation of a complicated process called nitrogen-fixing.) It's an annual, reseeding itself. If not allowed to go to seed, clover can be plowed under, providing more nutrient value to soil, allowing the field to be replanted with a different crop.
Here in central Florida, milkweed usually blooms and seeds once in the spring and again in the fall. Normally, I cover seed pods with wedding favor bags in order to collect the seeds and place them where I desire them to be. Combined, the areas of the front, back and side yards hold over six hundred milkweed plants, there are really too many to count. More are growing all of the time because I simply reseed the milkweed areas when the seed pods are ready. Each plant currently has multiple seed pods and as you can see from this image, on occasion I miss a pod or two when it comes to covering them.
Currently, I am short on wedding favor bags but more are on order. In addition to reseeding my milkweed areas I do grow some in pots to keep on the lanai to use as good clean food, free from caterpillars and eggs. That supply runs out first when I am raising monarchs and queens. I have to say I am glad the plants recover quickly. I have also given several envelopes of seeds away to other butterfly gardeners so they too can replenish their milkweed plants. It’s difficult to believe that nurseries want to charge about seven dollars per plant. I spent a small fortune when I began growing milkweed but never again will I have a need to purchase it and I like to share so I do. LOL, other butterflies are less expensive and time consuming to raise.
As for the seeds in this image, where they blow I may never know. I hope they get to grow and flourish wherever they land. If they land in my yard in an unauthorized location, they will be relocated to a more appropriate space.
Now, with this virus going around I wonder how many people have spring fever on this April fool’s day verses cabin fever. Most people I have spoken to have cabin fever. To help my friends and family, I plan to make phone calls, send texts and cute emails and play on Facebook a bit more than normal. Other than that, my normal hasn't really changed much. My thoughts are with you all, stay safe.
Happy April fool’s day and happy snapping
1 of 2 shots taken from my 1st pov's from on the floating pontoon in the harbour.
I did spend time on the pontoon until the sunrise was getting a lot more active.
I was quite surprised how sturdy this floating pontoon was for LE's,what with the reseeding tide !!
Love these birds. This one is on a canal bank surround with the prolific Spanish Needles. No matter what you call it — beggar's tick, Spanish needle, monkey's lice — Bidens alba is likely the most underappreciated of all Florida's native wildflower.
I love these wildflowers and the pollinators adore them ... can't have them in my yard though, as I cannot keep up with this prolific reseeding! And they leave hitchhikers all over you!
Morning glory, with its heart-shaped leaves and delicate trumpet-shaped blooms, is such a familiar plant that it is easy to forget how useful and stunning it can be in the garden. Beyond that, it is almost effortless to grow and, except for the possibility of annoying reseeding (more on that later), it is pretty much trouble-free.
The Curlew is the largest European wading bird, instantly recognisable on estuaries in winter and moors in summer. Look for its down-curved bill, brown upperparts, long legs and listen for its evocative, bubbling, call. In the winter, you’ll see Curlews feeding in groups on tidal mudflats, saltmarshes and nearby farmland. While some of our birds spend the winter in Ireland and France, we get an influx of Scandinavian-breeding Curlews here, who make the most of our relatively mild winters. In the spring and summer, Curlews migrate to their breeding grounds in upland areas of rough pasture, heather moorland and wetland. Curlews breed on a range of habitats, but like rough grasslands, moorlands and bogs best of all. Intensive farming practices, including drainage and reseeding, are likely to have contributed to declines in breeding populations, as has the turning of areas of moorlands into forest. Together, these activities are having a huge impact on Curlew populations. Curlews numbers are also impacted by nest predators, mainly foxes, who take eggs, chicks and adult birds. Like many wading birds, Curlews lay their eggs in a nest on the ground – known as a ‘scrape’. The parents incubate the eggs for about four weeks, before the young leave the nest and roam around with their parents for a further four weeks, until fledging. The UK breeding population of Curlews is of international importance, with around 30% of the west European population spending winter in the UK. Despite this, there have been worrying declines in the breeding population in much of the UK. In 2015, Curlews were added to the Red List on the UK Conservation Status Report. Red is the highest conservation priority, with species on this list needing urgent action. Curlews are struggling, with big declines in breeding populations and ranges.
ponderosa pine is the best reseeding tree, it tolerates a wide variety of soil, water, up to a point, then it turns yellow...
Decided for a visit here for a sunrise over these moorings.
I have done a sunset before ,but not a sunrise for this view.
The only thing is that i missed judged the tide height.
I could only find the tides for Portsmouth and this location is well up the harbour estuary.
It reseeded quite quickly from the time i sat down and setup to get this, the sunrise was to be about 10 mins later,so grab this blue hour/ hint of a sunrise sky.
Will have to check out for it to be higher next time.
The Zebra Longwing Butterfly (Heliconius charitonius) was designated the official state butterfly of Florida in 1996. This butterfly is found throughout Florida in hardwood hammocks, thickets, gardens, and particularly in the Everglades National Park.
It is characterized by long black wings with distinctive thin stripes and a slow, graceful flight. It makes a creaking sound when alarmed. Zebra longwings feed on nectar and pollen. They are the only butterflies known to eat pollen, which is probably why they have a long lifespan (about six months, as compared to a more usual one month for other butterfly species).
The Zebra Longwing butterfly lays its eggs on passion vine leaves. Passion vines contain toxins that are consumed by the caterpillars, which make the adult butterflies poisonous to predators.
I unfortunately have THREE Passion vines out back in God's garden!
Here it is feeding on a Florida native Firebush. The beautiful vine framing the left side shot is a volunteer Morning glory. It was here when I bought the place and keeps reseeding and coming back year after year. I'm quite fond of it for some reason ... seems like it's at home in God's garden!
Left side underneath view. Right side topside view.
I have grown these delicate looking flowers from seeds and they just look after themselves except when they need deadheading, I have been putting the seed cases back into the planter with the hope that they will re-seed themselves either this year or hopefully come up again next year, so fingers crossed. The petals have a silky texture and the foliage is fern like in a greenish greyish colour, the leaves are very ornamental.
The sunrise was timed perfectly for the high tide and I managed to catch the reseeding wave on the beach
1 of 2 shots taken from my 1st pov's from on the floating pontoon in the harbour.
I did spend time on the pontoon until the sunrise was getting a lot more active.
I was quite surprised how sturdy this floating pontoon was for LE's,what with the reseeding tide !!
Years ago I planted a package of Texas Blue Bonnets and Russell Hybrids. They've reseeded and multiplied. The bees are going nuts over them! Of course with all the rain we've had they're waist high!
A picture of a bug in my garden, at the moment i have some gorgeous Sunflowers bloomimg, they reseeded themselves and I was suprised that they managed to grow and bloom in winter. Hopefully they will reseed again and I will end up with more in summer.
I havent been around much lately, still toooo busy
8-17-18 While the MS Rotterdam was traveling west through Prince Christian Sound on the way back to Boston. We passed this reseeding glacier
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New soil and reseeding on the lawn to the left of the photo
New plants in the area between the suits on the right of the photo.
Flags indicate irrigation heads
Garden Village, Burnaby, British Columbia
This Morning glory beauty has been reseeded itself and I couldn't been more happy to see it come back...
I have little patches of violets that have reseeded themselves all over the garden and are all enjoying a nice bloom right now.
These seem to have sprouted up in the cracks of the patio this year.. I seem to remember trying to grow these from seed last year and didn't go successfully but I guess some of them did and reseeded lol.
Trying to isolate a poppy with our prairie winds can be frustrating. I decided to go with shutter priority at 1,000 seconds which opened the aperture to 2.8. The City of Richardson, Texas has for years planted and/or reseeded wildflowers on many of its boulevards.
Thank you ALL very much for your views, faves and comments! Thank you, FLICKR for the Explore!!
8-17-18 While the MS Rotterdam was traveling west through Prince Christian Sound on the way back to Boston. We passed this reseeding glacier
RSPB Newport Wetlands, South Wales.
In the spring and summer, Curlews migrate to their breeding grounds in upland areas of rough pasture, heather moorland and wetland. Curlews breed on a range of habitats, but like rough grasslands, moorlands and bogs best of all. Intensive farming practices, including drainage and reseeding, are likely to have contributed to declines in breeding populations, as has the turning of areas of moorlands into forest. Together, these activities are having a huge impact on Curlew populations. (RSPB).
My thanks to anyone who views, faves or comments on any of my photos. It is much appreciated.
8-17-18 While the MS Rotterdam was traveling west through Prince Christian Sound on the way back to Boston. We passed this reseeding glacier.
Grasslands is an endangered ecosystem of mixed grass prairies. About 17 % of this mixed grass remains in its native state. So the parks are working on reseeding native grasses, including the silver sagebrush. Besides the reseeding, they have to deal with invasive plants. Knowing this, I was very aware of the grasses and plants that were in the park, so I focused my photography on some of the flora. That will come in my next posts. This was just one view of the landscape within the park.
Commonly called horsemint, lemon mint, bee balm. The colors vary from light to dark purple which probably has to do with the soil and what part of Texas they grow. This year has been a bonus year for this popular wildflower. Profusion has been its game! I created a more artistic version of this one spike, which was lavender in color. I have seen photos of the deep purple. I was fortunate to have a large spread of these growing on a boulevard down the street from me. So, last week I walked to the area and what did I see? The City of Richardson, TX Parks & Recreation are having them and all the other wildflowers mowed down! I thought they were early to do that; some of them hadn't reseeded yet. Oh well. I got photos!
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Sunday morning down at the Grand Ravines North park standing in water over my boots. The water is reseeding down by the Grand River....slowly but it is getting back to normal.
It was a beautifully clear night last night to I went out with a few other photographers from the Liskeard Camera Club and we headed to Whitsand Bay, first stop was Rame Head which I’ve visited before but then we headed to Portwrinkle. This is one of my favourite beaches along Whitsand Bay as there’s a huge choice of compositions available, but inspired by a shot by Matt Stansfield I decided to take the Milky Way at the end of the old harbour wall… this is a shot I’ve taken many times during the day, but it was very special last night being on the rocks with the water flowing all around as the tide reseeded.
I’ve also been testing Sequator to stack the stars which really has improved the time it takes to merge multiple exposures, I wasn’t entire happy with the colour (though I don’t think that’s Sequator’s fault) so I decided to convert to monochrome and add a blue tint which gives it a bit of an “other worldly” feel.
Joshua Tree National Park, California
The Joshua Tree, Yucca breviafolia, is a tree native to the Mojave Desert of the Southwestern United States. It is a relative of the yucca and agave plants and grows up to 12 meters (40 feet) in height.
Like so many plants and animals the Joshua Tree is threatened by rapid climate change. There is a good chance that the Joshua Tree will eventually become extinct within the Joshua Tree National Park, as its favored environment moves.
The climate has changed in the past and plants can often move by reseeding in more favorable locations. The Joshua Tree, however, appears to have a huge handicap due to the extinction of the Shasta ground sloth, a huge animal that once ate the leaves and fruits of the Joshua Tree, spreading the seeds in its dung. Likely a victim of the North American megafauna extinction at human hands after the last glaciation, the ground sloth is no longer around to help the Joshua Tree relocate.
Reseeded some of my front yard. If a pup is taking a walk it has to stop and play in the sprinkler. I enjoy seeing their fun time.
I didn't put a trellis in one of my box planters on the porch that I plant morning glories in.
Even though I didn't actually plant any morning glories this year, through the years they've reseeded like crazy all over my yard. Plenty of plants came up in the planter, and with no trellis to grab hold of, they are using the nearby chair to twine around.
In the 3 weeks I've been gone they've also taken over a lot of the garden! I've been busy ripping a lot of it out!
Shinnecock Reservation: L.I., NY: Labour Day Powwow, September 2006.
Shinnecock Tribe
Rte 27-A, Montauk Hwy
Southhampton, NY 111968
631-283-6143
State recognized; (no BIA office liason - seriously ridiculous!)
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Shinnecock Indian Nation: An Ancient History and Culture.
Since the beginning, Shinnecock time has been measured in moons and seasons, and the daily lives of our people revolved around the land and the waters surrounding it. Our earliest history was oral, passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation, and as far back as our collective memory can reach, we are an Algonquin people who have forever lived along the shores of Eastern Long Island.
Scientists say we came here on caribou hunts when the land was covered with ice. But our creation story says we were born here; that we are the human children of the goddess who descended from the sky. It was she, the story goes, who caused the land to form beneath her feet from the back of Great Turtle, deer to spring forth from her fingertips; bear to roar into awakening, wolf to prowl on the first hunt. It was she who filled the sky with birds, made the land to blossom and the ponds and bays to fill with fish and mollusks. And when all was done, the Shinnecock, the People of the Shore, appeared in this lush terrain. We are still here.
As coastal dwellers, we continue to prize the bounty of the sea, the shellfish, the scaly fish, which for thousands of years provided the bulk of our diet. We were whalers, challenging the mighty Atlantic from our dugout canoes long before the arrival of the big ships, long before the whaling industry flourished in the 19th century.
In the 1700's, we became noted among the northeastern coastal tribes for our fine beads made from the Northern quahog clam and whelk shells. The Dutch, who arrived on our shores before the English, turned our beads (wampum) into the money system for the colonies.
The Shinnecock Nation is among the oldest self-governing tribes of Indians in the United States and has been a state-recognized tribe for over 200 years. In 1978, we applied for Federal Recognition, and in 2003, we were placed on the Bureau of Indian Affairs' "Ready for Active" list.
Traditionally, decisions concerning the welfare of the tribe were made by consensus of adult male members. Seeking to shortcut the consensus process in order to more easily facilitate the acquisition of Indian lands, the Town of Southampton devised a three member trustee system for the Shinnecock people. This system of tribal government was approved by the New York State legislature in February of 1792. Since April 3, 1792, Shinnecock Indians have gone to the Southampton Town Hall the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April to elect three tribal members to serve a one- year term as Trustees. In April of 2007, the Shinnecock Indian Nation exercised its sovereign right as an ancient Indian Nation and returned to one of its basic Traditions: it bypassed the Southampton Town Hall and for the first time since 1792 held its leadership elections at home, where they will remain.
The Trustee system, however, did not then and does not now circumvent the consensus process, which still remains the governing process of the Shinnecock Indian Nation. Major decisions concerning the tribe are voted yea or nay by all eligible adult members, including women, who gained the right to vote in the mid-1990s. Also in that period, the Shinnecock Nation installed a Tribal Council, a 13 member body elected for two years terms. The Council is an advisory body to the Board of Trustees.
Today, we number over 1300 people, more than 600 of whom reside on the reservation adjacent to the Town of Southampton on the East End of Long Island. While our ancestral lands have dwindled over the centuries from a territory stretching at least from what is known today as the Town of Easthampton and westward to the eastern border of the Town of Brookhaven, we still hold on to approximately 1200 acres.
With modest resources, we have managed to build a community to help us better meet the demands of an ever expanding and intrusive world. In addition to the Shinnecock Presbyterian church building and its Manse, our infrastructure includes a tribal community center, a shellfish hatchery, a health and dental center, a family preservation and Indian education center, a museum, and playgrounds for our children. Also on our list of recent achievements is the design and development of an official Shinnecock Indian Nation flag and an official seal.
Our skilled craftspeople and fine artists find employment within the Tribe as well as the surrounding area. The number of tribal members holding advanced degrees in law, business, medicine, social sciences and liberal arts continues to grow, and tribal members hold positions of responsibility in all areas, including teaching, banking and counseling, both within and outside the Shinnecock community.
One of the earliest forms of economic development that the Shinnecock Nation undertook was to lease Reservation acreage to local area farmers for their crops, mainly potatoes and corn. While the project did bring in a small income for the Tribe, the resulting damages from pesticides leaking into the ground water and polluting our drinking water supply were enormous. We had great expectations for our shellfish hatchery (Oyster Project) but brown tide and general pollution forced it to close before it had the chance to develop into the business enterprise it was planned to be. In the summer of 2005, the Tribe began reseeding parts of its waterways with oysters, and celebrated a renewal harvest of Shinnecock chunkoo oysters at the Tribal Thanksgiving Dinner, November 2006.
At the present moment, the Shinnecock annual Powwow is the economic development project of record for the Shinnecock Nation. Revived in 1946 as a benefit for our church, the Powwow has evolved into an event that hosts thousands of visitors. But we are at the mercy of the weather. For the past two years, rainstorms have forced us to drastically revise our budgeting plans. We are now exploring Indian Gaming as a means of attaining the much needed self-sufficiency that will enable us to perform the sacred duties laid out for us by the Ancestors — to protect, manage and maintain the Shinnecock Indian Nation.
By Bevy Deer Jensen
Shinnecock Nation Communications Officer
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For more information on the Shinnecock Nation, please visit: www.shinnecocknation.com/
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photography: a. golden, eyewash design, c. 2006.