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D242-2012 Prairie Dock, Silphium terebinthinaceum (with a bonus bee and a teensy weensy fly or two) Family Asteraceae . . . Native to North America. Related plants (same genus): Cup Plant, Compass Plant, Rosinweed On the tall grass prairie, the Silphium plants say 'Summer' every bit as much as sunflowers do. Keep in mind that these blooms were 8-10 feet in the air. . Tall Grass Prairie at Secor Park, Toledo, Ohio. August 30, 2012
D242-2012 Great drifts of goldenrod blowing in the wind...a quintessential sight of late summer and early autumn around here. Can you find the busy bee in this shot. It takes a keen eye! . Tall Grass Prairie at Secor Park, Toledo, Ohio. August 30, 2012
D242-2012 Common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia Family Asteraceae . . . Native to North America This much despised wildflower has many common names. The ones given in the Wikipedia article are: Annual Ragweed, Bitterweed, Blackweed, Carrot Weed, Hay Fever Weed, Roman Wormwood, Stammerwort, Stickweed, Tassel Weed, and American Wormwood . Tall Grass Prairie at Secor Park, Toledo, Ohio. August 30, 2012
D242-2012 Common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia. The stalks bear the male flowers. The female flowers are even more inconspicuous and are borne in the leaf axils. . Tall Grass Prairie at Secor Park, Toledo, Ohio. August 30, 2012
D242-2012 Flowering Spurge, Euphorbia corollata Family Euphorbiaceae . . . Native to North America . Tall Grass Prairie at Secor Park, Toledo, Ohio. August 30, 2012
D242-2012 Poison Ivy, always one of the earliest plants to show color changes as autumn approaches. . Tall Grass Prairie at Secor Park, Toledo, Ohio. August 30, 2012
D242-2012 Ripening seedpods of butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa). They remind me of candle flames. Surrounding them are dried brown seed heads of black-eyed susans and dainty white blossoms of leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) A BW version that give greater tonal separation between the seed pods and the foliage is available here: http://smu.gs/OwDA6J . Tall Grass Prairie at Secor Park, Toledo, Ohio. August 30, 2012
D242-2012 Goldenrod (genus Solidago, species unknown), one of either the so-called flat-top or clubby types I think. . Tall Grass Prairie at Secor Park, Toledo, Ohio. August 30, 2012
D242-2012 BW version with filtering: Ripening seedpods of butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa). They remind me of candle flames. Surrounding them are dried brown seed heads of black-eyed susans and dainty white blossoms of leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) For the color version, unfiltered, see here http://smu.gs/QbOJWB . Tall Grass Prairie at Secor Park, Toledo, Ohio. August 30, 2012
D242-2012 Prairie Dock, Silphium terebinthinaceum (with a bonus bee and a teensy weensy fly or two)
Family Asteraceae . . . Native to North America.
Related plants (same genus): Cup Plant, Compass Plant, Rosinweed
On the tall grass prairie, the Silphium plants say 'Summer' every bit as much as sunflowers do.
Keep in mind that these blooms were 8-10 feet in the air.
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Tall Grass Prairie at Secor Park, Toledo, Ohio.
August 30, 2012
D242-2012 Prairie Dock, Silphium terebinthinaceum (with a bonus bee and a teensy weensy fly or two) Family Asteraceae . . . Native to North America. Related plants (same genus): Cup Plant, Compass Plant, Rosinweed On the tall grass prairie, the Silphium plants say 'Summer' every bit as much as sunflowers do. Keep in mind that these blooms were 8-10 feet in the air. . Tall Grass Prairie at Secor Park, Toledo, Ohio. August 30, 2012
D242-2012 Prairie Dock, Silphium terebinthinaceum (with a bonus bee and a teensy weensy fly or two)
Family Asteraceae . . . Native to North America.
Related plants (same genus): Cup Plant, Compass Plant, Rosinweed
On the tall grass prairie, the Silphium plants say 'Summer' every bit as much as sunflowers do.
Keep in mind that these blooms were 8-10 feet in the air.
.
Tall Grass Prairie at Secor Park, Toledo, Ohio.
August 30, 2012
See photo in original gallery.
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