Category Archives: Glacier National Park

Walk for July 29

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Justin Grigg

Yellow columbine Aquilegia flavescens Description: Flowers are made up of five cream to yellow petals that are open in the front and taper to yellow spurs and five yellow sepals. They stand atop stems 8 to 30 inches tall with … Continue reading →

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Send me on a walk

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Justin Grigg

It’s nearly time for my annual summer trip to Glacier National Park. While finding wildflowers there is never difficult, deciding on which trails to hike is more of a chore – albeit one with a great reward. My wife and … Continue reading →

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Flora courses in Glacier

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Justin Grigg

The Glacier Institute has a couple of courses coming this month up related to wildflowers: “Photography in Glacier Country” will be held July 21 to 23. Learn to photograph subjects big and small, from panoramic vistas to closeups of flowers. … Continue reading →

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Glacier’s centennial bouquet

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Justin Grigg

Glacier National Park turns 100 on May 11, and just in time for the celebration the Montana Native Plant Society has designated Logan Pass as the first Important Plant Area in the state. A news release from the park notes … Continue reading →

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Walk for Aug. 6

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Justin Grigg

False hellbore Veratrum viride Description: Yellowish-green flowers about one-half inch across clustered on branches atop 3- to 6-foot stem. Four- to 12-inch oval leaves with coarse, parallel veins grow from base. Found in wet meadows and open areas. Blooms June … Continue reading →

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Walk for July 30

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Justin Grigg

Elegant camas Zigadenus elegans Description: Bowl-shaped flowers three-quarters of an inch wide consists of six cream or greenish-white, petal-like segments with a greenish gland at base. Blossoms cluster atop stem 6 to 28 inches tall with 6- to 12-inch-long grass-like … Continue reading →

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Meadow gold

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Justin Grigg

If you missed out on the glacier lily bloom around Missoula in mid-May, now is the perfect time to catch it up higher. These small, yellow canopies can be found carpeting mountain meadows in the Swan Range’s Jewel Basin and … Continue reading →

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Hiking buddies wanted

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Justin Grigg

The Glacier National Park Fund is looking for a few friends to go on Friday hikes: Glacier group plans Friday hikes By MICHAEL JAMISON of the Missoulian WEST GLACIER – It’s not like you need another excuse to skip work … Continue reading →

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Glacier flora, fauna

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Justin Grigg

Glacier National Park’s free lunchtime seminars continue Thursday, June 18, at noon in the Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center with “Confessions of a Wildlife Observer.” Photographer Chris Peterson takes a lighthearted look at Glacier’s flora and fauna, which … Continue reading →

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Walk for Aug. 1

Posted on August 2, 2008 by Justin Grigg

Beargrass Xerophyllum tenax Description: A dense cluster of small cream to white flowers atop a stem 2 to 3 feet tall with a large tuft of sharp-edged grasslike leaves at the base. (Peterson Field Guides’ Rocky Mountain Wildflowers, by John … Continue reading →

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