Thornton-Lansing Woods, IL • May 2018
plants
Mskoda Land and Water Reserve, IL • September 2016
Miller Woods, IN • April 2016
It’s always a treat to visit here. Pannes, oaks, dunes, and views for days.
The water is high and a beaver is busy near the boardwalk across the closest wetland!
And the NPS folks don’t neglect poetry and important science.
US Steel SouthWorks, IL • July 2015
Unbelievable how much botanical diversity there is on slag and other industrial waste. These are just the obvious ones! think what lies beneath…
salsify gone to seed
honeysuckle
cottonwood saplings
common milkweed
fleabane
viper’s bugloss
a brassy lassy
creeping thistle
great mullein
scale insects on cottonwood
fleabane in the distance; evening primrose and whorled milkweed up close
boneset coming up
butterfly milkweed + fleabane
bonsai cottonwood
whorled milkweed
Sand Ridge Nature Center, IL • April 2015
Cowles Bog, IN • March 2014
Indiana Dunes State Park, IN • July 2012
Warren Woods, MI • May 2012
Calumet Region Adventure Club 