Note to viewers The flower pictures in this book are designed to be viewed through red/cyan (blue) 3D glasses. With the glasses they are sharp and clear. Wisconsin Wildflowers in 3D TM David Tank Planert Creek Press
A Celebration of Seasonal Beauty My goal in creating Wisconsin Wildflowers in 3D was not to create another field guide; there are already some excellent wildflower books available that serve that purpose. My hope was to create a book that would celebrate the seasonal beauty of wildflowers through the magic of 3D photography, which has enjoyed renewed interest due to the success of movies like Avatar and the introduction of 3D television. This book is a sampling of the flowers that brighten our Wisconsin landscape, loosely organized in the order that they appear, with early blooming plants in the first part of the book and late bloomers at the end. I chose to identify the plants by their common names and quickly discovered that a number of the plants go by more than one name and sometimes the same name has been given to more than one plant. The spelling of the names varied as well. When deciding which common name to use and how to spell it, I generally followed the conventions found in the Wisconsin State Herbarium s Wisconsin Botanical Information System database. Alternate common names are presented in parentheses. I hope that you have as much fun viewing the pictures in Wisconsin Wildflowers in 3D as I did creating them. David Tank Left: The Brewster Stereoscope was the first commercially available viewer of 3D images (England, circa. early 1850s) Right: The Planox Stereoscope (France, 1904) (collection of the author) A Brief History of 3D Photography Stereo photography is as old as photography itself. The earliest photographers created 3D images in the mid 1800s, but it wasn t until a simple and inexpensive sterescope was created in 1861 that public interest took off. By the late 1800s, stereoscopes could be found in homes throughout the world and millions of stereoview cards were available. People could travel the world without leaving their parlors; some sets of pictures even came with travel guides. Events such as the Civil War and the San Francisco earthquake were popular subjects. Few pictures seem to have been taken of flowers and plants, however, possibly because color photography had yet to be developed. 4
Large-flowered Trillium 11 8-18 tall April-June Found in woods and thickets. Flowers begin white, but often turn pink or purple as the blooms mature.
Bunchberry 3-8 tall May-July Found in cool, moist forests and bogs. In the summer, the bloom is replaced with a bunch of small, red berries. 13
29 Ox-eye Daisy 1-3 tall June-August Found in meadows, pastures and roadsides. This is the perfect flower for she loves me, she loves me not because the number of petals varies greatly from flower to flower and you can t predict the outcome.
Pasture Rose (Carolina Rose) 6-36 tall June-July Found in prairies, roadsides, sandy areas and upland woods. Game birds and small mammals eat the fruit, called a rose hip, helping to disperse the seeds over long distances. 59 52
67 Arrowhead 6-48 tall July-August Found in shallow water and muddy soil. The plant gets its name from the shape of its leaves, which vary from wide to narrow.
71 Blue Vervain (Wild Hyssop) (Simpler s-joy) 16-40 tall July-October Found in sunny prairies, meadows and streambanks. In Shakespeare s time, children hung vervain and a horseshoe above their doors to keep out witches. It was a joy for simplers (herb gatherers) to find because of its magical properties.
87 Pearly Everlasting 1-3 tall July-September Found in dry woods and fields. This native plant works well in dried flower arrangements. It is the host plant for the American Painted Lady butterfly.
Anemone, Canada... 19 Arrowhead... 67 Aster, Common Blue Wood (Heart-leaved)... 93 Aster, Bristly (Swamp/Purple-stemmed)... 70 Bellflower, Marsh (Bedstraw Bellflower)...96 Bergamot, Wild (Bee Balm)...40 Bindweed, Hedge... 57 Black-eyed Susan...26 Blazing-star, Rough... 101 Bouncing-bet (Soapwort)...53 Bunchberry... 13 Bur-reed,Narrow-leaved...63 Butter-and-eggs (Wild Snapdragon/Toadflax)... 43 Buttercup, Tall...20 Calla, Wild (Water-arum)... 16 Catnip... 97 Chickweed, Common... 100 Clover, Rabbit-foot...85 Clover, Red... 18 Clover, White... 18 Coneflower, Pale Purple (Prairie Coneflower)...75 Coreopsis, Prairie... 82 Cow-parsnip...33 Crown-vetch... 28 Cucumber, Wild...80 Culver s-root... 47 Daisy, Ox-eye...29 Dame s Rocket... 12 Dandelion...44 Dogbane, Hemp (Indian Hemp)... 61 Dogbane, Spreading... 72 Evening-primrose...86 Everlasting, Pearly... 87 Index Fireweed...94 Fleabane, Daisy...30 Forget-me-not... 31 Four-o clock, Wild... 62 Foxglove, Yellow...50 Geranium, Wild (Crane s-bill)... 10 Goat s-beard, Yellow... 41 Goldenrod, Bog...83 Goldenrod, Canada... 81 Groundnut (Indian-potato)...88 Harebell (Bellflower)... 24 Hawk s-beard, Narrow-leaved...45 Hoary-alyssum...45 Horsemint, Dotted (Spotted Bee Balm)... 103 Indian-pipe...68 Iris, Blue Flag...35 Jack-in-the-pulpit... 17 Jewelweed, Yellow (Touch-me-not)... 73 Knapweed, Spotted...69 Labrador-tea... 21 Lady s-slipper, Pink (Moccasin-flower)... 25 Lead-plant (Prairie Shoestring)... 102 Lobelia, Great Blue...99 Loosestrife, Purple...84 Lupine, Wild...36 Marsh-marigold (Cowslip)... 15 Meadow-rue, Tall...58 Meadowsweet...59 Milkweed, Common... 42 Mullein (Flannel Plant)...60 Parsnip, Wild... 32 Pea, Everlasting...77 Phlox, Wild Blue (Wild Sweet William)... 27 Pickerel-weed... 79 Pitcher-plant, Purple...65 Pond-lily, Yellow...55 Prairie-smoke (Old-man s-whiskers)... 37 Puccoon, Hoary...46 Queen Anne s-lace (Wild Carrot)... 74 Quinine, Wild (American Feverfew)... 78 Ragweed, Giant... 92 Rose, Pasture (Carolina Rose)... 52 St. John s-wort... 75 Solomon s-seal...38 Solomon s-seal, False... 23 Sow-thistle...98 Spiderwort...39 Spurge, Flowering...64 Spurge, Leafy (Wolf s Milk)...48 Starflower... 14 Steeplebush (Hardhack)...90 Stonecrop, Gold-moss (Yellow Sedum)...56 Sundrops, Prairie...95 Sunflower, Woodland... 51 Sweet-clover, Yellow... 18 Tansy (Golden-buttons)...89 Tick-trefoil, Cluster-leaved...66 Trefoil, Bird s-foot (Deer Vetch)...34 Trillium, Large-flowered... 11 Vervain, Blue (Wild Hyssop/Simpler s-joy)... 71 Vetch, Hairy...22 Virgin s-bower (Devil s-darning-needle)... 76 Water-lily, White...54 Wood-sorrel, Yellow... 91 Yarrow (Milfoil)... 49 104