You're correct. I find that almost all are unaware of this little plant's significance. Too bad. Paul On May 6, 2008, at 6:57 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > 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.
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