Wildflower Walks

Well … sure. Missoulian reporter Rob Chaney goes on the hunt for wild mushrooms in the Mission Mountains, where recent rain has brought out fungi aplenty.
It’s open house season for the fairies and wood elves of Montana’s mountainsides.
Those toadstool dwellers may be imaginary, but their domiciles of record are in profusion this time of year. [...]

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Wildflower-related activities are planned this weekend by the Flathead Chapter of the Montana Native Plant Society and the Montana Chapter of the Sierra Club.
On Saturday, join botanist Anne Morley and the Montana Native Plant Society for a two-mile wildflower identification hike along the Old Swan River Road near Bigfork. The hike will be from [...]

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Roundleaf alumroot
Heuchera cylindrica

Description: Five cream to greenish-yellow sepals forming cup with five stamens clustered atop 6- to 18-inch stem with oval- to heart-shaped leaves on stalks growing from base. Glandular hairs cover top of plant. Found on rocky flats, slopes and cliffs. Blooms April to August. (Wildflowers of Montana, by Donald Anthony Schiemann.)
Recently seen: Mission [...]

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A hike up into the Mission Mountains from the Seeley-Swan Valley over the weekend was like taking a step back into early spring: Growing from grassy patches among the rocks and lingering snowfields were Western springbeauty and glacier lilies.
Also, lower down, we found plenty of last week’s flower of the week – pointed mariposa lilies.
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