Spreading Dogbane, Apocynum androsaemifolium , Apocynaceae Climbing Bindweed, Fallopia scandens , Polygonaceae White Meadowsweet, Spiraea alba , Rosaceae Forked Bluecurls, Trichostema dichotomum , Lamiaceae Northern Blazing Star, Liatris novae-angliae , Asteraceae Horseweed, Erigeron canadensis , Asteraceae Goldenrod, Solidago sp ., Asteraceae Sweet Everlasting, Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium , Asteraceae Orange Grass, Hypericum gentianoides , Hypericaceae Northern Blazing Star, Liatris novae-angliae , Asteraceae Downy Goldenrod, Solidago puberula , Asteraceae Forked Bluecurls, Trichostema dichotomum , Lamiaceae Northern Blazing Star, Liatris novae-angliae , Asteraceae Northern Blazing Star, Liatris novae-angliae , Asteraceae Pitch Pine, Pinus rigida , Pinaceae Round-Fruited Pinweed, Lechea intermedia , Cistaceae Common Earthball, Scleroderma citrinum , Sclerodermataceae Silverrod, Solidago bicolor , Asteraceae Stiff Aster, Ionactis linariifolia , Asteraceae Orange Grass, Hypericum gentianoides , Hypericaceae Rough Hawkweed, Hieracium scabrum , Asteraceae American Burnweed, Erechtites hieraciifolius , Asteraceae (with Asian Lady Beetle, Harmonia axyridis ) The Deceiver, Laccaria laccata , Hydnangiaceae Northern Blazing Star, Liatris novae-angliae , Asteraceae The Deceiver, Laccaria laccata , Hydnangiaceae Northern Blazing Star, Liatris novae-angliae, Asteraceae Northern Blazing Star, Liatris novae-angliae , Asteraceae Coastal Jointed Knotweed, Polygonum articulatum , Polygonaceae
It’s nice to see something is enjoying this summer’s weather. I have never seen so many blazing star plants out as we did yesterday. It’s funny for a plant that loves being in a sand plain, but it would appear that as long as it drains quickly, they enjoy the rain.
Here’s the best my camera could do for a wide shot:
