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Category Archives: Plants
Coreopsis Hillside
Lanceleaf coreopsis, Coreopsis lanceolata This is what the hillside east of our house here at the PGT looked like today at sunrise. Coreopsis everywhere!
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Fun at the PGT Wildflower Walk
About 30 people explored the Prairie Garden Trust this morning on the first Wildflower Walk. Tim Smith, former botanist and current ombudsman at the Conservation Department, led the group through prairie and savanna to Hillers Creek, then past woods and … Continue reading
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Foxglove Beardtongue
Foxglove Beardtongue, Penstemon digitalis Today the field East of the PGT Center is filled today with the white flowers of Foxglove Beardtongue. There must be a million blossoms. I saw big bumble bees getting nectar from it.
Mt. Cuba
Trillium at Mt. Cuba This week Lorna and I have been exploring one of the best wildflower gardens in North America. It is called Mt. Cuba and it is in Deleware. They are especially well known for their woodland wildflowers … Continue reading
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Brand’s Phacelia
Brand’s phacelia, Phacelia gilioides What an ugly name for such an attractive plant! This small plant is blooming now on the trail through The Savannah.
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Honeybees on Wild Hyacinth
Wild Hyacinth, Camassia scilloide Yesterday we found a patch of Wild Hyacinth blooming just east of Beaver Lake. The bees were actively working the flowers.
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Blackjack Oak
Blackjack Oak, Quercus marilandica Blackjack Oaks occur on the most challenging sites at the PGT. This morning I photographed this tree at The Point; a high rocky cap along Hillers Creek. It was growing out of what looks to be … Continue reading
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Flowering Dogwoods Opening
Flowering Dogwood, Cornus florida Flowering Dogwoods are just coming into bloom. I took this picture today in the woods east of the PGT Visitor Center. This shot shows the flowers as they are opening; the large white petals have curved … Continue reading
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Big Red Mushrooms
Big Red False Morel, Gyromitra caroliniana Tonight we found 5 Big Red mushrooms in the South-40 Woods. One of them was 8-inches across. The new MDC book “Missouri Wild Mushrooms” describes them as “Reddish-brown, convoluted, brain-like cap with whitish stalk … Continue reading
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A Million Wildflowers
Spring Beauty, Claytonia virginica I don’t know how to accurately estimate the number of wildflowers carpeting the woods at the PGT but it must be millions. The flowers that seem to be everywhere is Spring Beauty. That is what I … Continue reading
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