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.
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