Plant lovers only...

I spend a lot of my time with my nose close to the ground. The flowers are only starting but I've photographed Arctic lupin, Bear Root (or the poisonous northern sweet vetch, hard to know the difference - ask the 1820 arctic expedition members who  died), mountain avens, dandelion (native!), showy Jacob's ladder, wild flax, one prairie crocus and the thrilling find of a patch of lady's slippers.
As we climbed we found a lovely little alpine garden with tiny plants crammed into cracks on a giant rock glacier - no soil to be seen! I've also developed a serious love of lichen - along with the caribou who survive on it. Apparently full of carbohydrates!
Here are a few pics.