Wild roses and elderberry

Native wild roses (Rosa sp.) at Celery Bog Park.  To the left are clusters of elderberry flowers (Sambucus canadensis)

Picture taken June 25, 2013.

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Allium tricoccum flowering

The leaves visible in spring have disappeared and now the flowering stalks of Allium tricoccum cover this forest floor in Celery Bog Park.  Picture taken June 23, 2013.

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Dickcissel on Silphium

Dickcissel (Spiza americana) on a Silphium laciniatum, Prophetstown State Park, June 22, 2013.

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Mulberries

Mulberries (Morus alba), at the trail along Cumberland Ave. near West Lafayette Walmart, June 10, 2013.  The mulberries this year have been exceptionally good to eat, very big, numerous and flavorful.

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Rorippa sylvestris

Rorippa sylvestris, at McAllister Park, Lafayette, in the flood plain of the Wabash.  This is one of the first plants to appear after a flood.  The land here that was a golf course last year is in the beginning stage of plant succession and has a nice display of these yellow flowers.

Picture taken June 2, 2013.

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Wabash River June 2, 2013

Wabash River at Lafayette, June 2, 2013.   The river is flooded at about 16 ft. at the Lafayette gage.

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Galls on elm leaves

Elm leaves with a lot of galls.  Probably eriophyid mites that are causing the galls.  In Cumberland Park in West Lafayette, June 1, 2013.

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The tree is either American elm (Ulmus americana) or it could be red elm (Ulmus rubra).

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Basswood seedling

The cotyledon leaves of the seedlings of basswood (Tilia americana) have a distinctive palmate shape, much unlike the leaves of the mature tree.  In West Lafayette, May 27, 2013.

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Spooky Tube

The Spooky Tube is a passageway between the west side of the underground parking garage to the Indiana State Museum and the Central Canal walk outside.  It acts as an echo chamber and sound bounces through it when you yell.  The Spooky Tube is a useful place for Colts and Pacers fans to practice voice projection and warm up their lungs before a game.