{"id":181,"date":"2011-07-18T02:57:08","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T02:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/?p=181"},"modified":"2012-10-25T16:26:25","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T16:26:25","slug":"buisiness-park-wildflower-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/buisiness-park-wildflower-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Park Wildflower Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DavisFlwrIMG_1342.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DavisFlwrIMG_1342-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DavisFlwrIMG_1342-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DavisFlwrIMG_1342.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">multiflora rose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Working at an office park, anyone with an inclination towards the outdoors world &#8230; simply has to get out of the office and walk.\u00a0 In this course, I discovered that numerous wildflowers grow around the periphery of the park.\u00a0 Being both photographer and sometimes amateur naturalist,\u00a0 I began photographing and cataloging the various flowers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That was the humble beginning of what I will refer to as the Park Wildflower Project.\u00a0 My catalog is more than 60 species &#8230;\u00a0 but I&#8217;m not done yet.\u00a0 I find it necessary to return frequently.\u00a0 From year to year, the species can vary.\u00a0 (This year, Common Tansy has invasively taken over the northwest meadow.)\u00a0 I find flowers that I have not seen before;\u00a0 and I no longer find some of those that I have seen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0For identification, I rely primarily upon two books.\u00a0 For a quick visual reference, I like &#8220;Wildflowers in the Field and Forest&#8221; by Clemants and Gracie.\u00a0\u00a0 But that&#8217;s not always enough.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Newcomb&#8217;s &#8220;Wildflower Guide&#8221; is absolutely essential !<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working at an office park, anyone with an inclination towards the outdoors world &#8230; simply has to get out of the office and walk.\u00a0 In this course, I discovered that numerous wildflowers grow around the periphery of the park.\u00a0 Being both photographer and sometimes amateur naturalist,\u00a0 I began photographing and cataloging the various flowers.\u00a0 That [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,19,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowerphoto","category-nature","category-photo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}