2. Nature

May All your Weeds Be Wildflowers!

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Bloodroot, one of the earliest spring blooms.
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Bloodroot, one of the earliest spring blooms.

  • Dogwood bloom, Usually in April
  • Bloodroot, one of the earliest spring blooms.
  • Wild Phlox. Usually blooms in May.
  • Detail of Wild Geranium bloom. Usually in early May.
  • Wild Columbine, The wild version is red and yellow although it has been cultivated into many different colors. Usually blooms in May.
  • Clump of Wild Phlox. Usually May blooming, also known as Wild Sweet William. Comes in several different colors. I liked the slight violet highlights to this one.
  • 5-19-16. A great Crane Fly on this Wild Hyacinth, Wild Hyacinth prefers a floodplain environment and blooms in NE Ohio mid-May.
  • Dame's Rocket is an import which has naturalized all over the state. It prefers moist environments and blooms in mid-May here. This shot was processed with a VanGogh filter in Topaz Studio for the painterly effect.
  • Fleabane is a very common and long blooming plant. Usually it is much more white than this particular plant. It's 'pinkness' attracted me.
  • Daisies are frequent hosts for all sorts of insects. This Crab Spider is about to snag dinner.
  • Hawkweed comes in several types and colors. Very common in pastures, fields and roadsides.
  • This was a patch of yellow hawkweed, orange hawkweed and daisies with some seeding grasses with a purplish tone. It was run through a VanGogh filter in Topaz Studio for a painterly effect.
  • This is a closeup of the flower of a wild onion. Very tiny and easily overlooked.
  • There are several kinds of wild Lily in Ohio. This one is a Michigan Lily, found in pockets throughout our area.
  • Clover is everywhere, but unlike this skipper, we don't tend to look at the complexity of the flowers. Skipper is probably a Peck's, but I will take corrections.
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  • This is one our native orchids, Ragged Fringed Orchid. Easy to overlook in the midst of other vegetation.
  • Pale-spiked Lobelia, Lobelia spicata, with friend. These flowers are very tiny and the plant is easy to overlook. I have no idea what the insect is.
  • Chicory is one of those flowers which is frequently treated as a weed. The color is a beautiful shade of blue, and as you can see here, the flower is complex on a closer view. The bee appears to be a variety of sweat bee.
  • Jewelweed likes damp places. The bee may be a type of Small Carpenter Bee. It definitely is small!
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