November Berries

When choosing bushes to plant in your yard, keep in mind that non-migratory birds eat berries during the winter months.

       

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Posted 21 days ago

Wild Grape

At least, I THINK this is a "wild grape" of some sort.

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Posted 1 month ago

New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis)

These appeared today amongst the wild grape, touch-me-nots, and post-bloom honeysuckle near the pedestrian bridge over Timber Branch Creek.

     

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Posted 4 months ago

Viburnum Sargentii Blooms Again

Picture take on July 25, 2009. (For a picture taken earlier this season click here).

   

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Posted 4 months ago

Bombus Occidentalis on Echinacea Purpurea

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Posted 4 months ago

Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

     

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Posted 4 months ago

Our Hydrangea Are Still Blooming

         

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Posted 5 months ago

Sargent Viburnum 'Onondaga' (Viburnum sargentii)

From our front yard.

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Posted 6 months ago

Purple Vetch (Vicia americana)

These are small and nondescript but the tendrils give them away.

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Posted 6 months ago

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)

My "Field Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-central North America" calls this species "alien."

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Posted 6 months ago