Dryopteris

Wood Fern (Dryopteris sp.) at Turkey Run State Park.  Along Trail 1.  Possibly Dryopteris intermedia.

Photo taken Dec. 21, 2016

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Walking fern in winter

Walking fern (Asplenium rhizophyllum) along Trail 1 at Turkey Run State Park, Dec. 21, 2016.

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Sugar Creek at Turkey Run State Park

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Sugar Creek, looking east, at Turkey Run State Park on winter solstice day, Dec. 21, 2016.  Sycamore trees on the north bank.

Frost aster

A bank of frost aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum) along the Cumberland Avenue roadside, looking east towards the intersection with US 231, West Lafayette.  My own reason for calling this frost aster is because you often see it flowering in early winter while snow or frost is covering the ground.  Photos taken October 8, 2016.

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Solidago flexicaulis

Zig-zag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis) at McCormick Woods, West Lafayette.  Tippecanoe County,  Photo taken Sept. 24, 2016.

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Imperial moth

This male imperial moth (Eacles imperialis) showed up inside the house.

I took it outside and got this second photo of it.  At West Lafayette, July 17. 2016.

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Ranunculus fascicularis with morel mushroom

Morel mushroom (Morchella, either esculenta or cryptica).  The yellow flowers in the photo are buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis).  In sandy soil, Tippecanoe County, May 1, 2016.

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