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Below are some of my favorite images of Fall Colors , Trees , Plants , Flowers , and Fungi & Lichen , which I suggest as fine art for home or office. Click any image to see more from that area:

Fall Colors:

Left: Snow dusts maple trees in late September, in Superior National Forest, Minnesota. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Fall colors in Superior National Forest, Minnesota. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Tree trunks in late September, Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Washington, USA: Mount Shuksan (North Cascades National Park), reflects in Picture Lake, which is located in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. (published in January/February 2002 Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club Outings). (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Fall storm over larch forest with needles turning gold, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, CANADA. Yellow lichen covers the rocks in the foreground. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Above: Needles of larch trees turn a beautiful yellow in the fall alongside the spectacular Bugaboo Glacier, Bugaboo Provincial Park, British Columbia, CANADA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Ferns in late September, Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Michigan. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Berg Lake and Mount Robson (12,972 feet), highest peak in the Canadian Rocky Mountains,
Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, CANADA. (Published in January/February 2004 Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club Outings.) (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Red fireweed emerges from other colorful foliage, in Bugaboo Provincial Park, British Columbia, CANADA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Aspen trees turn gold in the fall, in Banff National Park, CANADA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Water drops on maple leaf in late September. Superior National Forest, Minnesota, USA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Fall color leaves. Yoho National Park, British Columbia, CANADA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Forest floor fall color and lichen. Yoho National Park, BC, CANADA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Japanese Garden, University of Washington Arboretum, Washington state, USA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

University of Washington Arboretum: Japanese Garden

Left: The meadows of Paradise Valley turn yellow and red in late September beneath Mount Rainier, Washington.

Below: Fall shrub colors and Mount Rainier, on the Naches Peak Loop Trail, in Mount Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest.

Below right: Fall color groundcover in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. (This image available for purchase, with or without a person in the frame.) (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Above: Little Annapurna and larch trees in fall, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below left: Prussik Peak and larch trees in fall, in the Stuart Range, Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Prussik Peak. Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, Washington.

Below: Maple leaves. University of Washington Arboretum. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Aspen turning gold in South Fork Teton Canyon, Wyoming. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Here on the Maple Pass Loop Trail, Carol walks on the border of North Cascades National Park, looking towards Lake Ann in Okanogan National Forest. Lake Ann is a great side trip from the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail at Rainy Pass, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: A rest stop on Interstate Highway 94 gives you convenient views of the "badlands" of Theodore Roosevelt National Park South Unit, in North Dakota, USA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Golden larch trees on Grasshopper Pass, Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, Okanogan National Forest, North Cascades Mountains, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Bowron Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia, CANADA

Left and below right: Canoing the Bowron Lake Provincial Park circuit, British Columbia, CANADA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Above: Maple leaf, in Michigan. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Trees:

Left: Pine bark pattern on Mount Smolikas (8,649 feet), the second highest mountain in GREECE. Northern Pindos Mountain Range. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Lichen covered old growth trees in Deception Pass State Park, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Karri tree forest, Porongurup NP, Western Australia

On Nancy's Peak Loop in Porongurup National Park, Western Australia, we explored this impressively tall karri tree forest (a type of eucalyptus). Karri trees are the tallest flowering plants on earth. AUSTRALIA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: The impressive karri trees are only found in a few small parks in south-Western Australia, and nowhere else on earth. I was thrilled to climb up the Diamond Tree (this photo), a 150-foot high public Fire Lookout built into a living karri tree. I ascended a ladder of thick rebar posted into the tree, which created a breathtakingly airy feeling under my feet. Anyone is free to climb this tree, and access is not controlled. AUSTRALIA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Diamond Tree, a 150-foot high Fire Lookout, Western Australia

Left: Eucalyptus bark peals off into many colorful patterns in Royal National Park, NSW, AUSTRALIA. This park offers a great 7-mile day-hike loop through native Palm Forest, bluffs, and beach, a convenient day trip by rental car or train, south of Sydney, NSW. A 3-foot long goanna (monitor lizard) surprised me with its boldness and size. A pair of huge forest parrots impressed us also. Best of all, I spotted a rare Lyrebird running silently across the trail in front of me. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Colorful bark on gum trees (eucalyptus) on the Overland Track. Cradle Mountain-Lake Saint Clair National Park. Tasmania, AUSTRALIA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: A small grub forms these wiggly patterns under the bark of the Squiggly Bark Gum, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park (14 miles north of Sydney), NSW, AUSTRALIA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Fire is a necessary and natural part of the lifecycle of eucalyptus forest, to the dismay of people in adjacent cities. Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park (14 miles north of Sydney), NSW, AUSTRALIA.

Above: Eucalyptus Bark, Royal National Park, NSW, AUSTRALIA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Above: Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, offers a beautiful variety of coastal scenery, tidal estuaries, and easily seen wildlife, AUSTRALIA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Lenga tree turning yellow, in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Left: Lenga trees, one turning yellow in late summer, Torres del Paine NP, CHILE. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: A rare forest of native monkey puzzle trees pierces a magical fog, Nahuelbuta National Park on the coast range of CHILE. (Click the image to see more from the area.)
Monkey puzzle (araucaria) tree forest, Nahuelbuta National Park, Chile

Above: Monkey puzzle tree forest, Nahuelbuta National Park, CHILE. Monkey puzzle (araucaria) trees are conifers which come in male and female. [Published on the web site for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, International Affairs, http://citestimber.fws.gov ] (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: A plane tree traditionally grows in the town squares of Zagoria, such as this one in Micro Papingo, GREECE. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Plants:

Left: Fireweed springs up on sunny slopes cleared by a forest fire, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below right: A pretty flower (maybe an orchid) growing in the Monkey puzzle tree forest, Nahuelbuta National Park, in the central coast range of CHILE. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Five-Finger Fern (or Western Maidenhair, Adiatnum pedatum aleuticum), in Twin Falls Natural Area, Ollalie State Park, in the Cascade foothills of western Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Grass silhouette and reflection of Teton Range, Wyoming. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Fall squash harvest in Minnesota. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: A farmer contemplates rice terraces near Kimche, along the trail to Annapurna Sanctuary in Nepal.

Flowers:

Above: This green spider is perfectly camouflaged to hide in the center of this datura flower blossom. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: A pretty yellow flower shaped like a slipper, growing near Chomrong in Nepal.

Below: Magenta and blue trumpet shaped flowers growing on a vine near Chomrong in Nepal.

Left: Glacier Lily on Sauk Mountain, near the town of Concrete. Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: An Avalanche Lily (white) and Glacier Lily (yellow) on Tolmie Peak, Mount Rainier National Park. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Cinquefoil (potentilla) flower, SWITZERLAND. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Above: Tiger Lily (or Columbia Lily, Lilium columbianum), on Church Mountain, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Spectacular hybrid rhododendrons bloom in Meerkerk Gardens, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA (April 27, 2005). (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Commercial tulips grow in the Skagit River Valley near La Conner, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Insect on a daisy wildflower, on Mount Dickerman, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Daisy wildflower on Mount Dickerman. July 20, 2005, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Five yellow petals form each trumpet shaped flower in the Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle, Washington.

Left: Snow on Western Anemone seed heads, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: California poppies. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: The copihue (Lapageria rosea) is Chile's national flower. I found this one near Hostaria Balmaceda, on the "Seno de Ultima Esperanza" (Sound of Last Hope), near Puerto Natales, Patagonia, CHILE. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Wild cactus flower, Southwest USA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Cactus flowers in Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona.

(Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Indian Paintbrush. High Sierra Mountains, California.

Left: A small green spider waits for prey in a datura flower blossom, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Claret cup cactus, Utah. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: A camper drives through an ocatillo forest in bloom. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Haleakala Crater, Maui, USA: Related to sunflowers, silverswords grow for up to twenty years before a blooming with a huge flower stalk between May and November. After just a single gigantic bloom, the plant dies. In Haleakala Crater, the fascinating native silversword plants are endangered by feral goats. Silverswords grow only on Maui and the Big Island of Hawaii. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Hybrid Lupine flowers decorate the gardens of Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, ARGENTINA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Red cactus flower in Havasu Canyon, Havasupai Indian Reservation, Arizona, USA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Rare native orchid wildflower on Mount Smolikas, Zagoria, Epiros, GREECE. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Above: Afternoon sun hits Mount Rainier and lupine flowerss near Sunrise Visitor Center. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Western Anemone seed heads blowing in the wind, in Goat Rocks Wilderness Area. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Above: A glacier Lily on Johnson Ridge in late June, on the hike to Scorpion Mountain (9 miles, 2900 feet round trip), a hike in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, accessible from US Highway 2 near Skykomish, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: A composite flower (probably an aster) with purple extensions and yellow center, grows in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada.

Fungi, Mushrooms, Algae, & Lichen:
(See also Trees above, which have more lichen images.)

Below: Beautiful backlit orange mushrooms (may be a "False Chanterelle"? latin name = Clitocybe aurantiaca), Wenatchee National Forest, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Two Admirable Boletus Mushrooms (Boletus mirabilis), each about five inches across, in Wenatchee National Forest, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Glacier Peak (10,541 feet), seen from the lichen-covered top of Mount Pilchuck, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Oyster mushrooms, Wenatchee National Forest, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Tiny brown mushrooms appear to form a condominium over green moss, Wenatchee National Forest, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Gomphus Floccosus (common name Woolly Chanterelle) mushrooms, Wenatchee National Forest, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Above: Mushrooms in Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Idaho.

Left: Orange algae grows in the hot outflow from Grand Prismatic Spring, and brown and green algae grow on the cooler edges. Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

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Below: Pink and blue-green mold on a log. Yoho National Park, British Columbia, CANADA.

Left: Closeup section of a Coral Hydnum mushroom (Hericium coralloides) [taken from the image below right]. Wenatchee National Forest. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: This Coral Hydnum mushroom (Hericium coralloides) is about 4 inches tall and edible. Wenatchee National Forest. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Coral mushroom, Wenatchee National Forest, Washington. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: On the edge of Lake Superior, wave spray has nourished the yellow-orange lichen growing on purple rocks, next to a forest of birch trees. Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Left: Lichen pattern, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, CANADA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Mushrooms in Melba Gully, a park which is a remnant of the rainforest which formerly covered large portions of Victoria, AUSTRALIA. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: I found this startling starfish fungus (2 inches across) on the Awaawapuhi Trail at about 3000 feet elevation on northwest Kauai. The starfish fungus (Aseroe rubra) is an unusual tropical member of the ornate stinkhorn family (Clathraceae, a family of fungus which emerge from a subterranean "egg" stage). At maturity it has five to ten radiating arms, each divided into two slender "tentacles." A slimy, black spore mass occurs in the center and at the bases of the radiating "tentacles." The spore slime has a fetid odor like rotting meat, attracting flies to carry away spores to new habitats. (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Below: Grand Prismatic Spring (in Wyoming) is the largest hot spring in Yellowstone National Park. Yellow algae grows in the hottest water, followed by orange, brown, and green algae in progressively cooler water exiting the hot spring. Yellowstone National Park was established in 1872 as the world's first national park, and now it is now part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem which extends across parts of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, and is now recognized as an International Biosphere Preserve, a World Heritage Site. (This panorama combines three images; scroll right to see all): (Click the image to see more from the area.)

Flora

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