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Monk's hood blossoms        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Monk's hood (or simply 'monkshood') is a plant of wet, cool regions.   These blossoms were growing on a steep hillside near timberline, mixed with rich displays of fireweed, about 1000 m above the town of Skagway (left) and on the Pribilof Islands (right).

digital captures, left: Canon 10D, 100-400 mm IS zoom lens with 500D close-up lens, at about 400 mm (2004) right, below: Canon 1D Mk. II, 500 mm IS lens with 2X converter and extension tubes, fill-in flash (2005)