The Nature Photography Thread

[tikichick]

Very nice! What's all the rocky lava-y lookin stuff? I haven't seen any like that over here.

[Stefan-A]

sorry for what??? those are nice shots!!! I would try some like that, but I can't find the moss thru the snow.......

Sorry they're not animals.

Those are nice photos, Stefan.

Thanks.

Great shots!! Love the shamrocks!!

Not shamrocks. This is common wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella). It's sour and makes a nice snack when you're out in the woods.

Very nice! What's all the rocky lava-y lookin stuff? I haven't seen any like that over here.

A lichen. Lasallia pustulata, I think.

[Stefan-A]

[drache]

lovely photo, Stefan
are those in fact shamrocks?
they look like what we used to call sour clovers - soft leaves that taste a bit like sorrel, when eaten, growing along the edge of forest in the sun dappled areas?

[Stefan-A]

lovely photo, Stefan
are those in fact shamrocks?
they look like what we used to call sour clovers - soft leaves that taste a bit like sorrel, when eaten, growing along the edge of forest in the sun dappled areas?

Shamrocks are usually actual clovers, but it appears that the name is applied to just about any plant that has roughly the same appearance. Sorrels do grow in the kind of places you described.

[drache]

I thought shamrocks were a particular kind of very small clover that grows primarily in Ireland and has some special magical Irish attributes, elevating them in status above your regular red, white and purple clover

[anji1971]

I called them shamrocks because they look just like the shamrock plants they sell at the flower shop at this time of year. But sorrel would definitely be more correct. We nibble on the stuff too when we're out hiking (we call it sour clover).

By the way, what kind of bird is that in your latest post, Stefan?? He's a very handsome looking fellow!

[Stefan-A]

Jackdaw (Corvus monedula).
Jackdaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[stonyloam]

Since I had nothing better to do this (early) morning I did a little research on “shamrocks”, and found out a couple of interesting things. It seems that there is no one “shamrock plant’. Any of several three leaf plants can be correctly called shamrocks, including (the most popular) white clover (Trifolium repen), red clover, sorrels, and black medock. So if it looks like a shamrock it is OK to call it a shamrock. Now a four leaf clover (lucky) is most likely to be a white clover plant with an extra leaf, it cannot be a shamrock, because by definition a shamrock has three leaves. I just love this trivia stuff. Guess it’s time for bed.

[Lori P]

Great pics, Stefan, I really enjoyed them. Thanks! :-)