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Exploding Seeds
Exploding pods, the gifts come forth Of silken parachutes and seeds in flight. The milkweed plant offers a lovely show when it disperses its seeds for the next season. Photographed at Governor Nelso… more »
Seeded Earth
Exploding Seeds
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Bo wrote 7 months ago: Exploding pods, the gifts come forth Of silken parachutes and seeds in flight. The milkweed plant o … more »
Last Aster on the Prairie
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Bo wrote 8 months ago: Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity. John Ruskin The last aster on the prair … more »
Coneflower Seedhead
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Bo wrote 9 months ago: Purple coneflower seed head in the restored prairie at Governor Nelson State Park, Westport, WI, … more »
Wild Carrot Seed Heads
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Bo wrote 9 months ago: Wild carrot seed heads found in the prairie restoration site in Governor Nelson State Park, Westpor … more »
Opening of Purple Aster
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Bo wrote 9 months ago: Photo of Aster bud taken September 14, 2007; similar plant in full bloom September 25, 2007, both … more »
Milkweed Surprise
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Bo wrote 10 months ago: The milkweed blooms in early June through early August. Milkweed pods on the third week of August. … more »
Tall Goldenrod
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Bo wrote 10 months ago: Goldenrod brooms at rest, having just swept all the clouds from the sky. Prairie restoration site … more »
Purple Coneflower, Wonder Drug
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Bo wrote 10 months ago: Purple Coneflower or Echinacea This is a wildflower probably better known by its Latin name, Echina … more »
Yellow Coneflower
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Bo wrote 10 months ago: This is quite a newly grown specimen; soon the petals will be hanging low and looking a bit bedragg … more »
Milkweed and Monarchs
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Bo wrote 10 months ago: (butterfly photo, commons license, unknown photographer) Monarch Butterfly or Milkweed Butterfly? … more »
Celestial Search
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Bo wrote 10 months ago: On tiptoes Fingers dancing, stretched above our heads Touching sculptured sky Fluffs of clouds, our … more »
Tall Grass Prairies
Bo wrote 10 months ago: There were millions of acres of tallgrass prairie in the heartland of North America only 170 years … more »
Chickory; Blue Sailor; Ragged Sailor
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Bo wrote 10 months ago: This is another import from Eurasia, purposely brought to the US to be cultivated, roasted and grou … more »
Common Yarrow; Milfoil; Staunchweed
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Bo wrote 10 months ago: Myth has it that Achilles carried this plant to battle to treat wounds, hence its common name, Stau … more »
Common Milkweed
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Bo wrote 10 months ago: This milkweed is among the most versatile of prairie plants. Native Americans used the flowers to … more »
Wild Bergamot
Bo wrote 10 months ago: The leaves of the Bergamot are aromatic and can be used to make a mint tea. Native Americans made … more »
Black-Eyed Susans
Bo wrote 10 months ago: A native North American wildflower, Native Americans made a medicinal tea from the roots to treat w … more »
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