Woolgrass

Woolgrass (Scirpus cyperinus) at Fisher Oak Savanna Nature Preserve in Jasper County.

Photos taken August 12, 2015.

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Obedient plant

Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana) in the prairie restoration section of the Fisher Oak Savanna in Jasper County.  Photo taken August 12, 2015.

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Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana) at Kankakee Sands Nature Preserve in Newton County.  This is along the Wet Prairie Trail in Unit K, near the Efroymson Memorial Rock.  Photo taken August 28, 2015.

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Actaea pachypoda

Actaea pachypoda, sometimes called doll's eyes, in Moyer-Gould Woods in Carroll County.  Notice several more plants in the background.

Photo August 8, 2015.

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Indian pipe

Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora), at Moyer-Gould Woods, Carroll County.

Photo August 8, 2015.

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Liatris aspera

Liatris aspera at Kankakee Sands Nature Preserve.

Photo taken July 29, 2015.

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Beach wormwood and New Jersey tea

This photo shows beach wormwood (Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata), the tall light-green plant on the right side of the photo.  The lower-growing white flowered plant is New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americana).  In sandy soil at Kankakee Sands Nature Preserve, July 29, 2015.

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Black-eyed Susan and prickly pear cactus

In sandy soil at Kankakee Sands Nature Preserve, Newton County, black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) and prickly pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa).  Photo taken July 29, 2015.

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Monarda punctata

Monarda punctata, at Kankakee Sands Nature Preserve.  Photo taken July 29, 2015.

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Cleland's evening primrose

Cleland's evening primrose (Oenothera clelandii).  At Kankakee Sands Nature Preserve, Newton County.  In sandy soil.

Photo taken July 29, 2015.

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Wild quinine

Wild quinine (Parthenium integrifolium) at Kankakee Sands Nature Preserve in Newton County.  Sandy soil.  Photo taken July 29, 2015.

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Viceroy butterflies

Viceroy butterflies (Limenitis archippus) at Kankakee Sands Nature Preserve in Newton County.

Photo taken July 29, 2015.

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False foxglove

False foxglove (Aureolaria flava), along the bicycle/pedestrian trail that parallels McCormick Road. Aureolaria is hemiparasitic on the roots of oak trees.

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Immediately to the east the Purdue golf course management has been foolishly cutting down old oak trees to disturb the forest ecosystem.  Will it have an effect on the Aureolaria population here?

Photos taken July 25, 2015.

Whorled milkweed

This roadside between Cherry Lane and the bicycle/pedestrian trail has several patches of whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata).  Asclepias verticillata is a true prairie plant which is a nice sight on our roadsides as most roadside flora are weedy-character plants of disturbed habitat.  A sign of the prairie restoring itself.

The wooded area in the background is McCormick Woods.

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Asclepias verticillata together with some of the common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca). This is also along Cherry Lane near the site of the first photo.

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Asclepias verticillata is also common along I-65 near Lafayette and at Sagamore Parkway at the Soldiers Home Road exit ramp.

Photos taken July 25, 2015.

Wild turkey

This wild turkey (Melleagris gallopavo) found itself too close to me for its own comfort.  It was walking along the main drive through Prophetstown State Park and tried to run away but this fence kept it close to the road.

Photo taken July 22, 2015.

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Bluegill

This small bluegill was found floating in the water dead, at the north end of the wetland that is part of Celery Bog Park.  People are doing some fishing here and this was probably caught and released but didn't survive.  It would be interesting to survey whatever fish populations there are here.  I'd guess it fluctuates widely as the herons and other predators eat them all when the wetland recedes in a dry season.  Then some people coming back from fishing elsewhere dump their catch and bait minnows, and others dump their aquariums here.

Photo July 25, 2015.

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