So there are a lot of pictures to catch up with, and so I’m going to do another dump here of them…and since I’m still taking pictures in current time, I’m probably not going to be able to catch up and do quite so much research for every other picture…
So here come a lot of pictures, and the plants or other things I name will be named informally, and potentially semi-sorta accurately… so again, use them as a starting point if you are really working to identify something. If I get the chance, some of these pictures will be pulled into their own ongoing, or I might come back and add edits with more correct or in depth info. Sorry folks!
I am pretty sure I’ve got pictures of Queen Anne’s Lace, maybe chicory, a thistle, I think bull thistle, what I think is one of the potentially several plants called, among other things, gravelroot, a berry-ish making shrub I’m working to ID, some monarchs caterpillars on milkweed, I think common milkweed, another set of some other kind of milkweed I think, a leafhopper, goldendrod (I think), some cardinal flower, burdock, some tiger swallowtail butterflies, what I think is ‘creeping Johnny’, and another look at butter and eggs I think… I think I listed everything. Technically, I think these are in reverse chronological order. And oops, I forgot I have at least one flower/plant in there that I didn’t mention, and it’s also one I’ve got completely and utterly to figure out, I’m not even sure what it’s related to… It’s the bell/snapdragon looking one in purpley-pinkish.
And here are a few videos of monarch caterpillars.
Ok, I think that’s all for these days, although as I said, I’ll probably be pulling some of these pictures (or using them again) in one or two ongoing type posts. Thanks for viewing, aren’t those caterpillars fun!
Reading your blog, I feel like I am back in advanced Botany class out in the field with my favorite professor..
Have you come across any Yarrow or Mullen? Its common up my way.
Enjoying your affinity to identifying the floura an fauna in your area, I find myself trying to emulate and identify every plant I see, drawing on my ancient education lol. Having come across a few curious species that I had not seen before… I wonder if I sent a picture or two if you could identify the mysterious plants?
As always Thanks for taking the time to share your love of the great outdoors.
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That is great. Yes send pictures and we will try to identify them.
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Addie writing: I see Mullein (yah, I spelled it mullen up until earlier this year… and I’m still not convinced I’ve got it quite down pat yet!), I think I might have some more update pictures with it in, or I’ll take some next time I’m out with Kyle. It’s really common along the roads (…what a surprise, I’m pretty sure it’s European, which means disturbances in an ecosystem like roads give it a toe hold to get established), and I’ve been sort of watching some prize winners for size as they go through the almost flowering stage, then the yellow flower stage which kind of reminds me of corn on the cob, and then browns as the flowers do their job and life moves on towards seeds.
There were also a lot of yarrow earlier in the year, and if I snouse around, I could probably find some leaves… maybe. I was just thinking about this stuff a few days ago, thinking that where I grew up, if a flower was a flat topped group of little white flowers (I never remember that term… sigh) it was probably yarrow, as there isn’t a lot of Queens Anne’s Lace in the area I grew up (yet… I’m not sure if the Lace is expanding it’s naturalized range or has stabilized). I used to get Yarrow confused with Tansy, but once I realized I had them mixed, I was able to unmix them in my head, which is good. Tansy has yellow flowers which remind me of a bunch of those candy dots (the colorful sugary rounded blops on paper, not the gummy ones), and I think the leaves are a little less feathery than Yarrow.
Speaking flower shapes, I’ve been planning on doing a bit of research, and a bit of sorting through my pictures, and maybe putting together a blog post thingy of different shapes of leaves and flowers etc. One day!
Thanks for all your positive comments, people tend to just think good thoughts and not say anything, but if they have something negative to say, it seems like quite often they have more motivation, not just here, but anywhere! Like Ryan said, if you have pictures I’ll try to help you track down what you are seeing.
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