20 August 2023
Any individual in my community planted commonplace sunflower (Helianthus annuus) at the strip of land between the sidewalk and the road. This month it droops over the sidewalk, so tall that I slightly must duck to take this closeup of yellow with a golden forged. Do you know this meals plant is local to the Americas?
This wooded area sunflower (Helianthus divaricatus), in a sunnier colour of yellow, used to be recognized at the Botanical Society stroll ultimate Sunday on the 9 Mile Run Path. The aspect of the flower is displayed for the reason that bracts at the again and the bud are essential. Click on at the symbol to peer a entrance view of the flower.
This very yellow “light jewelweed” (Impatiens pallida) is a rarity in Schenley Park. Deer have eaten the entire different jewelweed but this patch prospers. Why? The clue is in center of this unpleasant photograph.
Do you notice the prickly department of wineberry draped over the jewelweed plant? All the patch is secure by way of this invasive thorny plant. The deer can’t method. (Wineberry stems are turned around in crimson beneath.)
And a Crimson Host:
I don’t have in mind the precise species of tick trefoil observed at the Botanical Society stroll however a butterfly showed the plant is prospering.
Tick trefoil is the host plant for the silver noticed skipper. This one used to be sipping on an rainy deserted blouse within reach its host.
(footage by way of Kate St. John)