Pokeweed growing in a stump

A beautiful specimen of pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) growing in a dead tree stump.  At Ross Hills County Park.  Photos taken Oct. 8, 2015.

A closer look at the pokeberries.

Link to previous post on pokeweed:

Chestnut

Fruit in chestnut trees along McCormick Road, just north of State St.  These are probably Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollisima).

Photo taken Sept. 8, 2015.

Link to Castanea:

Link to Castanea:

Maidenhair spleenwort

Maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes) on sandstone at Shades State Park, Montgomery County.  This is at a ravine along Trail 1, Devil's Punch Bowl.

Photo taken Sept. 19, 2015.

Link to Asplenium trichomanes:

Link to Asplenium trichomanes:

Walking fern

Walking fern (Asplenium rhizophyllum).  Each photo was of a different location but both were on Trail 1 at Shades State Park, known as Devil's Punch Bowl, Montgomery County.  This is a deep sandstone ravine that stays damp perpetually.

Photos taken Sept. 19, 2015.

Link to Asplenium rhizophyllum:

Link to Asplenium rhizophyllum:

Link to Shades State Park:

Ginseng

Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius), at Stewart's Woods, Tippecanoe County, showing the red berries.   Ginseng is an uncommon plant of the deep woods.

Photo taken Sept. 7, 2015.

Link to Panax quinquefolius:

Link to Panax quinquefolius:

Pycnoporus cinnabarinus shelf mushroom

Pycnoporus cinnabarinus at Great Marsh, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter County.

Photo taken Sept. 4, 2015.

Link to Pycnoporus cinnabarinus:

Link to Pycnoporus cinnabarinus:

Link to Great Marsh at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore:

Wild sensitive plant

Wild sensitive plant (Chamaecrista nictitans) at Conrad Station Savanna, Newton County.  Photo taken August 19, 2015.

Link to Chamaecrista nictitans:

Link to Chamaecrista nictitans: