Shining aster

The shining aster of wetlands.  At Prophetstown fen, at the state park.  Tough to get a good scientific name on this one, I'll call it Aster firmus.  Picture taken Sept. 25, 2013.

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Prenanthes

Prenanthes, in Moyer-Gould Woods, Carroll County.  Probably Prenanthes altissima.
Picture taken Sept;. 22, 2013.

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Dyer's Polypore and Zigzag Goldenrod

The mushroom at the base of this white oak tree is a dyer's polypore (Phaeolus schweinitzii).  It popped up to surround the zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis) in the middle of the picture. The big dyer's polypore section in the left of the picture is concave enough that it is holding water like a birdbath.  Green algae is growing in the water.  The plant on the right is Lonicera maackii. This white oak tree is in Moyer-Gould Woods in Carroll County, on high ground at the edge of a ravine.  A spring emerges directly below the tree keeping it perpetually watered.  Along with the goldenrod the polypore surrounds a dead stem of Osmorhiza.  Picture taken September 22, 2013. 

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Nodding Bur Marigold

Yellow flowers of nodding bur marigold (Bidens cernua) at the west edge of Coot Slough, at Celery Bog Park.  Pictures taken September 17, 2013.

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Thistle at Indianapolis

A thistle rosette on the north side of 207 N Delaware St., Indianapolis.  Compare to Carduus nutans.  September 15, 2013.

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Sneezeweed and Giant ragweed

The yellow flowers here are sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale) and the tall plants just beyond are giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida).  This is along the new Trail 3 at Prophetstown State Park.  Further down this trail it turns into virtually a solid forest of giant ragweed.  Picture taken September 7, 2013.

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Kummerowia stipulacea

This is Kummerowia stipulacea, also called Korean lespedeza.

Growing at the edge of the roadside, Swisher Road on the approach to the bridge over I-65.   Near the main entrance to Prophetstown State Park.  Tippecanoe County, September 7, 2013.

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A volunteer pumpkin

A cucurbit grows wild on the sandy bank of the Wabash River.  Likely from a seed from somebody's garden, washed there in a flood.  A very few spots of powdery mildew on the leaves.  Near where the West Lafayette sewage treatment plant's outflow reaches the river. Picture taken Sept. 1, 2013.

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Boneset

Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) at the fen at Prophetstown State Park.  Picture taken Sept. 4, 2013.

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Pedicularis lanceolata

Pedicularis lanceolata at the fen at Prophetstown State Park, Sept. 4, 2013.  Pedicularis is now classified in the family Orobanchaceae and is parasitic on the other plant species near it. 

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Epilobium coloratum

This plant with the tiny white-pinkish 4-petaled flowers is Epilobium coloratum.  At the fen at Prophetstown State Park.  The yellow flowers are probably a Bidens or Coreopsis.  Picture taken Sept. 4, 2013.

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Swamp thistle

Swamp thistle (Cirsium muticum) at the fen at Prophetstown State Park.  Picture taken Sept. 4, 2013.

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Agalinis

Agalinis, at the fen at Prophetstown State Park.  There are two species of Agalinis reported for Tippecanoe County, Agalinis purpurea and Agalinis tenuifolia.  I am calling this Agalinis purpurea because of the short pedicels of the flowers.

Picture taken September 4, 2013.

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Wild poinsettia and prairie tea

Wild poinsettia (Euphorbia dentata) in the middle of the picture.  Another name for this plant is toothed spurge.  Below the Euphorbia dentata is a carpet of prairie tea (Croton monanthogynus).  At the trailhead to the Wabash River trail that is at North 9th St. near McAllister Park.

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Prairie tea (Croton monanthogynus) just north of downtown Lafayette.  Both pictures taken Aug.11, 2013.

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Bur cucumber tendrils

Tendrils of bur cucumber (Sicyos angulatus) get tightly wound up wherever they touch the plant that the bur cucumber is climbing over.  This bur cucumber is climbing over a sunflower at the north wetland at Celery Bog Park near Cumberland Drive.

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These are new bur cucumber tendrils reaching to find a plant.to grab.  If they touch something they will wind up to look like the tendrils in the top picture. 

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Pictures taken August 12, 2013.