Paul, I bet that the average Michigander has no idea it's a state flower, much less an endangered plant.
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 11:33 AM Subject: Re: PESO: Michigan's State Flower > Thanks David. Yes, I suspect they yield to highways in Michigan as > well. Not to mention landscapers. The company that "did" my neighbors > yard wiped out a bunch of them, despite the fact that I pointed them > out. Overzealous homeowners also kill them by raking away the leaves > from under trees. Trillium loves a nice thick blanket of decaying > leaves. > Paul > On May 6, 2008, at 10:58 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> Great shot. The back ground is very nice. >> >> Good a crisp shot. >> >> This is Ontario's flower and is protected to, unless they are growing >> in the path of a highway extension, then they are goner's. >> >> Dave >> >> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Paul Stenquist >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> It's both our state flower and an endangered species in these parts. >>> The latter protection was put in place to discourage commercial >>> operations that were digging up plants in the wilderness. I have >>> about thirty plants on my property, and I photograph one or more >>> every year. Today's effort was made with the K20D and the Vivitar >>> Series 1 90/2.5 macro: >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7234027&size=lg >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly >>> above and follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Equine Photography >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> Ontario Canada >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
