Saturday, June 27, 2009

Back acreage of World Peace Wetland Prairie a mix of thousands of species, mostly native but with much Lonicera japonica still to be removed

Please click on image to ENLARGE photos of a tall Asclepias viridis blooming later than its taller relatives, a swamp milkweed in the foreground still weeks from full bloom with a butterfly milkweed orange in the background in full bloom and a mix with the prairie wild rose in the background and a poison hemlock in the foreground. Don't mistake the hemlock for a Queen Anne's lace. Even the native version of hemlock isn't something to chew on! Queen Anne's lace is a nonnative invasive species that many people dig up and put in their gardens. It dominates many areas where natives ought to be more visible.


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