NE OK is again hammered with crazy high winds, rain, thunder, lightning, derechos and tornadic activity. Dangerous stuff! Photo by my partner off the front porch. #SparrowhawkMtn #weather #Cherokee #Oklahoma #Photography #monochrome
#Parthenocissus inserta, also known as #FalseVirginiaCreeper" or #GrapeWoodbine", is a woody vine native to OK and USA. Contact with the plant may cause dermatitis. All parts of plant highly toxic! ☠️ Loc: #SparrowhawkMtn Gps *35.962909/-94.876295 #Naturalist #NativePlants #Ethnobotany #Evolution
It's stopped raining here for a bit, but more is coming this afternoon. Hope no flooding! 😱 #SparrowhawkMtn #CherokeeNation #rain #flooding #Oklahoma #Tahlequah #GreenCountry #ChahtaPhotographer #Indigenous #photography 🌧️☔️🌊
Aphonopelma hentzi, also known as the "Texas brown tarantula or Oklahoma or Missouri tarantula. Dark brown coloration and lighter cephalothorax. Female leg span up to 6 inches. My tomcat "Woz" scared this one up. Very cool! 😎 #SparrowhawkMtn #CherokeeNation #Oklahoma #Spiders #naturalist #Chahta
Veronica persica.🌼 Flowering plant in the family #Plantaginaceae. A/k/a Birdeye speedwell, common field-speedwell. Native to Eurasia. In NA since 1830 or so. Loc #SparrowhawkMtn #Oklahoma #Tahlequah #NaturePhotography🌺☘️
#SparrowhawkMtn, #CherokeeNation OK. Horses pastured here. Spring bursting forth with color, wildflower blooms! 🐴🌸💐 #Nature #Wildflowers #Oklahoma #Horses #Spring #NativePlants #botany #biology #Photography #IndigenousCreative
Oxalis Corniculata, aka "Creeping Woodsorrel". Tiny, but pretty yellow flowers. Very invasive! It's edible, but sour. 🤢 Poisonous 😱 for dogs, tho. It's an antidote for datura ☠️ poisoning. Cool, huh? #OxalisCorniculata #SparrowhawkMtn #GardenWeed #NativePlants
Arroyos. Temporary water highways in the landscape. Typically dry, sometimes a torrent! In rare moments, surface flow sinks through recharge windows, feeding a hidden aquifer below. Sparrowhawk,OK. #Flashflooding. 04.05.25 | Sony RX100VII | Zeiss 24mm #arroyo #hydrogeology #SparrowhawkMtn
Happy Sunday! #SparrowhawkMtn Cherokee Nation OK. #TahlequahOK Sony RX109II. Zeiss 24mm. #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #greencountry #oklahoma #trees #naturalist #choctaw #chahta #nativeartist
