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Tag Archives: non-native species
09.03.2019 Chicory
The subject of roadside weeds the other day brought up some similarities between Wild Lettuce-Lactuca spp and Chicory-Cichorium intybus. Wild Lettuce is a native while Chicory is alien. Both are prolific, can be added to salads (among other things), have … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers
Tagged Chicory, Cichorium intybus, Lactuca, Lactuca biennis, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, non-native flowers, non-native plant, non-native species, non-native wildflower, roadside plant, western massachusetts, Wild Lettuce, Wildflowers
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07.11.2019 Beebalm
Bee Balm-Monarda didyma is non-native and mostly an escaped garden plant when found in the wild. In this case, these are in our garden and I’ve not photographed them as often as I should. I posted one from 2008 a little … Continue reading
Posted in Flora
Tagged bee balm, flora, intimate landscape, Monarda didyma, non-native flowers, non-native plant, non-native species, Wildflowers
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07.13.2016 It’s Queen Anne’s Lace season again
Although also known as “Wild Carrot” (Daucus carota) I have yet to eat one. They are too lovely in the field or along our driveway to consider picking. I’d rather have the plants come back year after year than pluck … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers
Tagged Amherst, Daucus carota, flora, flora; wildflower;, Massachusetts, New England, non-native flowers, non-native plants, non-native species, non-native wildflowers, queen anne's lace, western massachusetts, Wildflowers
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06.04.2016 Saturday Night One-liner
Tragopogon dubius-Yellow Goat’s Beard! No photography today. I archived 3 months of images…still have March through May to go…and split a bunch of next winter’s heat. Hydraulic splitter not a maul, but it’s hot and still feels like work. Once … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers
Tagged flora, flower portrait, Massachusetts, New England, non-native flowers, non-native plants, non-native species, non-native wildflowers, Quabbin, Tragopogon dubius, western massachusetts, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers, Yellow Goat's Beard
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06.01.2016 Backyard Daisy Portrait
There are parts of our yard that are allowed to grow wild to encourage wildflowers. One spot is home to dozens of daisies every year. We didn’t plant them, but at one time our yard was part of a pasture, … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers
Tagged Amherst, daisy portrait, flora, Leucanthemum vulgare, Massachusetts, New England, non-native flowers, non-native plants, non-native species, non-native wildflowers, western massachusetts, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers
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08.24.2015 Mullein leaves from both sides now
With apologies to Joni (who wrote the song) and Andrew ( whom, if memory serves correctly, had his own post riffing on the title), here we are approaching a flower, although not as colorful as I led you to believe … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract leaves, Common Mullein, dewy leaves, Fall Foliage, flora, Hadley, leaf pattern, leaf vein pattern, Massachusetts, New England, non-native flowers, non-native plants, non-native species, non-native wildflowers, Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Verbascum thapsus, western massachusetts
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08.04.2014 Queen Anne’s Lace
We have a print of a Queen Anne’s Lace water color, by a Maine artist, hanging in the bathroom that I admire greatly. It is of a field of the flowers filling the frame as it fades into the distance … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers
Tagged alien plants, Amherst, Centaurea maculosa, Centaurea stoebe, Common Tansy, Daucus carota, flora, Massachusetts, New England, non-native species, queen anne's lace, Spotted Knapweed, Tanacetum vulgare, Tansy, western massachusetts, Wild Carrot, Wildflowers
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