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(Polygala cruciata)
July 8, 2020:

I wondered if any Ladies' Tresses were blooming here yet...


Sabatia
Rose Pink, aka Rose Gentian   (Sabatia campanulata)


Spiranthes
Spring Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes vernalis) starting to bloom.


Spiranthes
Spring Ladies' Tresses
Most of the flowering stalks were just beginning to bloom.



Spiranthes
Spring Ladies' Tresses - flower detail


Spiranthes
Spring Ladies' Tresses



July 14, 2020:

A week later...


Spiranthes_vernalis
The Ladies' Tresses were more fully in flower...


Spiranthes_vernalis
Spring Ladies' Tresses   (Spiranthes vernalis)


Spiranthes_vernalis
Spring Ladies' Tresses - detail


Sabatia
Rose Pink, aka Rose Gentian


Polygala_curtissii
Curtiss' Milkwort   (Polygala curtissii)



September 1, 2020:

My objective was to see if the Pink Coreopsis were blooming yet...


Pink_Coreopsis
Pink Tickseed   (Coreopsis rosea)


Pink_Coreopsis
Pink Tickseed in habitat


Pink_Coreopsis
Pink Tickseed   (Coreopsis rosea)


Pink_Coreopsis
Pink Tickseed in habitat


Pink_Coreopsis
Pink Tickseed   (Coreopsis rosea)


Pink_Coreopsis
Pink Tickseed   (Coreopsis rosea)


Pink_Coreopsis
Pink Tickseed in habitat


Pink_Coreopsis
Pink Tickseed   (Coreopsis rosea)


Pink_Coreopsis
Pink Tickseed in habitat



A few other species from the same day...

Polygala_cruciata
Cross-leaf Milkwort   (Polygala cruciata)


Lespedeza_virginica
Slender Bush Clover   (Lespedeza virginica)


Rhexia_mariana
Pale Meadow Beauty   (Rhexia mariana)


Sand_Bean
Sand Bean   (Strophostyles umbellata)


Lobelia_puberula
Downy Lobelia   (Lobelia puberula)


Sabatia_companulata
Slender Marsh Pink   (Sabatia campanulata)


Sneezeweed
Sneezeweed   (Helenium flexuosum)


Ironweed
New York Ironweed   (Vernonia noveboracensis)


Chrysopsis_mariana
Maryland Golden-aster   (Chrysopsis mariana)


Lespedeza_cuneata
Lespedeza cuneata


Pipewort
Woodland Flax   (Linum virginianum)


Tick_trefoil
One of the Tick Trefoils


White_Aster
White Aster   (Symphyotrichum sp.)



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