Category: Places

Nlaka’pamux Artifacts

The Nlaka’pamux native peoples of British Columbia are also known as the Thompson People:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_people

Around the Lake

   

Martha’s Adventure’s With Laddie

 

Purple Deadnettle

These photos of Purple Deadnettle [Lamium purpureum] where taken at Fletcher Park on 16 March 2013. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 86-87, says it’s a member of the mint (Lamiaceae) family that blooms Spring to Fall on roadsides and in waste places. It does have a square stem. USDA Plant Listing:Lamium purpureum Purple Deadnettle – 16 …

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Foxie at the Food Pantry

 

Pretty Unknown Flower

Bidens or Beggartick

Photographed in Fletcher Park, 23 September 2012 and 4 September 2013. The Wildflowers of the Carolinas, page 382, shows a flower that looks this listed as Bearded Beggartick [Bidens aristosa], a member of the Aster (Asteraceae) family. It makes an orange or orange-yellow dye. USDA Plants Listing: Bidens aristosa

Pennsylvania Smartweed

Pennsylvania Smartweed [Polygonum pensylvanicum] photographed at Fletcher Park on 23 September 2012 and 11 July 2013. It is a member of the Buckwheat (Polygonaceae) family, shown on pages 102-103 of Wildflowers of the Carolinas. USDA Plants Listing: Polygonum pensylvanicum

Edwards Corn Stand

Bull Thistle

This photo of Bull Thistle [Cirsium vulgare] was taken at Trout Lake, Hermon, NY. It’s a member of the Aster (Asteraceae) family. Reader’s Digest North American Wildlife, page 463, shows it as being found across Canada, Mexico, and the United States. USDA Plants Listing: https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=CIVU