Stateline Restoration Prairie - Beloit, Wis.
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On Saturday Stephanie and I went out to the Beloit Farmer's Market, where we bought a lovely felt stitching of a crow (magpie???) named Hector from this lady:
On the way to the Post Office I nerded out over these Milkweed plants behind the shops on State Street.
Plus: Hollyhocks.
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Gooseneck Loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)
Anyhow, summer's finally here, and I've been spending some time out in the Stateline Restoration Prairie, just across the border in Beloit, Wisconsin. After the Farmer's Market, Stephanie and I went out and did a quick weed and wildflower inventory, and here are the results:
Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Unknown Thistle. My goal this summer is to learn to ID the myriad varieties of thistle.
[Musk Thistle (Bud) -- (Carduus nutans)]
???
[Musk Thistle]
White Sweet Clover that's taller than I am!
(Melilotus alba)
To the east of the prairie is an abandoned old bridge crossing Turtle Creek, that connects Illinois and Wisconsin.
Here I am walking to Illinois.
Home at last!
Spider web over Turtle Creek.
Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Unknown fern-like device.
[Illinois Bundleflower -- (Desmanthus illinoensis)]
Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)
Butterfly Milkweed (w/ buds)
Don't know.
[Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)]
White Campion (Silene latifolia)
Hmmm...
[Purple Prairie Clover]
I already told you, I don't know!
[Musk Thistle]
More White Campion.
White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida)
Somebody help me out here.
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Narrowleaf Plaintain (Plantago lanceolata)
Beloit alleyway.
(All photos by Stephanie Dorman)
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