Purple loosestrife

Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) at the Lodge Apartments just off Cumberland Avenue, West Lafayette.  Picture taken July 14, 2014.  The Celery Park wetland is nearby but no purple loosestrife is visible there.  

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Dalea purpurea

Dalea purpurea at Prophetstown State Park.  July 4, 2014.

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Orbexilum onobrychis

Orbexilum onobrychis along the tail leading to the fen at Prophetstown State Park.  A fair sized colony here.  This plant is sometimes called French grass although as a legume family plant it is nothing like a true grass.  Orbexilum could have been introduced to this area as a result of planting prairie species when the park was established, or it might have been here all along.  Photo taken July 4, 2014.

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Another species of Orbexilum, Orbexilum stipulatum, was last found over a hundred years ago in Kentucky at the Falls of the Ohio region.  It has not been seen anywhere since then.  It seems to me that it could have been present in Indiana too.  Maybe there is some still in Indiana somewhere and no one has ever found it. 

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Little Wood-Satyr Butterfly

Little wood-satyr butterfly (Megisto cymela) at Weiler-Leopold Nature Preserve, Warren County.  Photo taken June 22, 2014.

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Grape honeysuckle

I am calling this grape honeysuckle (Lonicera reticulata) on the basis of these round-shaped leaves.  In Carroll County on the trail sloping down from the Monon High Bridge trail to the NICHES Mary Gerard Nature Preserve on Deer Creek.  Photo taken June 18, 2014.

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Rabbit-foot clover

Rabbit-foot clover (Trifolium arvense), surrounding a bike rack near a parking lot at Prophetstown Farm.  This is the first time I've ever seen this particular plant.  Photo taken June 14, 2014.

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Green heron

Green heron (Butorides virescens) near the edge of Coot Slough at Celery Bog Park.  Photo taken June 19, 2014.

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