Weekly Wildflowers – Kennebunk Plains Preserve

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Northern Blazing Star, Liatris novae-angliae, Asteraceae
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Lady’s Thumb Smartweed, Persicaria maculosa, Polygonaceae
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Northern Blazing Star, Liatris novae-angliae, Asteraceae
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Forked Bluecurls, Trichostema dichotomum, Lamiaceae
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Orange Grass St. John’s Wort, Hypericum gentianoides, Hypericaceae
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Black Huckleberry, Gaylussacia baccata, Ericaceae
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Orange Grass St. John’s Wort, Hypericum gentianoides, Hypericaceae
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Forked Bluecurls, Trichostema dichotomum, Lamiaceae
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Goldenrod, Solidago sp., Asteraceae
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Coastal Jointed Knotweed, Polygonum articulatum, Polygonaceae
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Tall Rattlesnake Root, Nabalus altissimus, Asteraceae
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Blunt Leaved Rabbit Tobacco, Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium, Asteraceae
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Northern Blazing Star, Liatris novae-angliae, Asteraceae
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Lowbush Blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium, Ericaceae
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Tall Hairy Lettuce, Lactuca hirsuta, Asteraceae
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White Coral Fungus, Clavaria coralloides, Clavulinaceae
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Sallow Sedge, Carex lurida, Cyperaceae
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Scrub Oak, Quercus ilicifolia, Fagaceae
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Common Puffball, Lycoperdon perlatum, Agaricaceae
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Northern Blazing Star, Liatris novae-angliae, Asteraceae
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White Topped Aster, Sericocarpus asteroides, Asteraceae
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White Meadowsweet, Spiraea alba, Rosaceae
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Northern Blazing Star, Liatris novae-angliae, Asteraceae
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Evening Primrose, Oenothera sp., Onagraceae

Why so many pictures of the Northern Blazing Star? The sand plain this preserve is a part of has the largest population of this species in the world, so it seemed only fitting.