Waterton Revisited

I recently had a return trip Southern Alberta and Waterton National Park. What I found was a beautiful wildflower display, differing from what I found in the Spring. The prolific display of Arrowleaf Balsamroot in the Spring is gone and has given way to Fireweed, daisies, Streambank Wild Hollyhock, and many others.

I thought I would do a quick post of some of the flowers that I found.

Not surprisingly, with the amount of burnt out forest in Waterton National Park, Fireweed is found in abundance. The plants ranged from a couple of feet tall to over six feet in height.

Also in abundance were Oxeye Daisies. They were found everywhere, including around the old cabin shown above.

The Showy Aster certainly lives up to its name.

A flower I have occasionally seen in the past is the Sticky Geranium.

One beautiful flower that I don’t recall seeing before was the Streambank Wild Hollyhock. Growing in clumps on stocks that are about 2-3 feet tall, I found a stunning display of these along the road to Cameron Lake.

One flower that I found in a variety of locations is not native to this continent. The Meadow Buttercup was actually introduced from Europe.

To close out, a special presentation of Fireweed.