Rocky Mountain Wildflowers — Wild Iris
Wild Irises in Colorado’s High Country
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Wild Irises bloom in South Park Colorado in late spring and summer at an altitude of approximately 10,000 feet.
Rocky Mountain Wildflowers are Blooming early in Colorado’s Wildflower Capital, Crested Butte as the Wildflower Festival Time Approaches.
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Colorado’s wildflower season is starting early this year and there is no better place to see wildflowers than Crested Butte, the wildflower capital of Colorado.
Early Wildflowers Spring up with the Melting Snow in Colorado’s High Country.
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Snow and ice melting with the warming early summer sun in the upper mountain meadows provide nourishing water for the slowly sprouting alpine wildflowers. Soon the first flowers appear---Globeflowers with divided leaves, Marsh Marigold with heart-shaped leaves, and yellow Snow Buttercups with stringy leaves. The flowers below were photographed by Bernie Nagy above Emma Lake near Alma, Colorado. When the first hikers arrive to climb Colorado’s Rocky Mountain peaks, they will find a wide variety of much smaller and tiny subalpine species blooming in addition. In earlier times from 1887 to 1918, the Colorado Midland Railroad transported...