 A warm late afternoon sunset. |
 Common reed in fall mode |
 Wallflowers |
 Cut-leaf Teasel. Dipsacus laciniatus |
 Endive chicory - Cichorium endivia L. |
 Life on a fence post. |
 Snack time |
 Pale Cone Flowers |
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 Queen Ann Lace sourrounded by Bergamot Flowers |
 Daisy Time |
 It is mayapple time in New Jersey |
 Uvularia grandiflora - Bellwort |
 Celantine or pilewort - ficaria verna |
 Hairy Bittercress - cardamine hirsuta |
 Snowdrops are in full bloom since early January 2024 |
 Wet dripping grass mid-winter |
 New Year's Eve Walk 2023, 4 pm |
 Goldenrod ready for winter weather |
 Late fall view of weedfields |
 Pampas Grass in north-west New Jersey |
 Knotroot Bristlegrass- Fall Version |
 Bittersweet vine - Celastrus scandens |
 Cheerful Sunflower - helianthus laetiflorus |
 Windswept Reeds |
 It looks like fall around here - goldenrod meets bumblebees |
 WILD WOOD ASTERS |
 Wild Bergamot or Bee Balm - monarda fistulosa |
 Yellow cup plant with foraging bumblebee |
 Horseshoe lake and coneflowers in the late afternoon sun |
 Broadleaf Arrowhead- sagittaria latifolia |
 Buffalo bur - Solanum ostratum - a veri evil plant |
 Wilted |
 Bladder Campions - silene vulgaris |
 Mayapple - podophylum peltatum |
 Star of Bethlehem - Ornithogalum umbellatum |
 Wild violets are taking over our lawn |
 Field of Buttercups |
 Last year's weed all dried out. |
 Wild Geranium - Geranium maculatum |
 The final look of the blooming poppy - papavera oriantalis |
 Poppies are breaking open too - papavera oriantalis |
 Oriental Poppy just before blooming - papavera oriantalis |
 Wild Hyacinths |
 Wild Bluebells - hyacinthoides non scripta |
 English Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta11 . |
 Dandelion seeds at take-off stage |
 Northern Evening Primrose - oenothera parviflora |
 Wild Columbines - Aquilegia Canadensis |
 Yellow Trout Lily - Erythronium americanum |
 Dutchman's Breeches- Dicentra cucullaria |
 Glory of the Snow (Chinodoxa) |
 CHINESE SILVERGRASS (MISCANTHUS SINENSIS) |
 CHINESE SILVERGRASS (MISCANTHUS SINENSIS) |
 Jumping for joy. |
 Emerging dafffodils under a surprise snow blanket |
 2023 - Snowdrops-a-smiling |
 Hepaticas blooming already. |
 Just an old shriveled stalk of golden rod |
 Thistles growing along the roadside |
 First snowdrops appearing way too early. |
 A controled burn of weed fields |
 Weeds in Winter - Wild Carrot - Daucus carota |
 Field Thistles - cirsium discolor |
 Goldenrod loaded with snow |
 A false milkweed bug feasting on the seeds of milkweed |
 Milkweed Pods Opening |
 Zabulon Skipper visiting |
 Great spankled fritillary - Speyeria cybele |
 Purple Cone Flower and Great Blue Lobelia |
 Swamp Rose Mallow - Hibiscus moscheutos |
 Wild Beach Roses - Rosa Rugosa |
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 Scarlet Beebalm - monarda didyma |
 Great Mullein - verbascum thapsus |
 Nothing but sunshine - heliopsis helianthoides |
 Scarlet Beebalm - monarda didyma |
 Butterfly Milkweed - asclepias tuberosa |
 A very pretty "false" sunflower - Heliopsis helianthoides |
 A whole field full of oxeye daisies |
 Sweet Pea - lathyrus odoratus |
 Foxglove Beardtongue - Penstemon digitalis |
 Philadelphia Fleabane - erigeron philadelphicus |
 Yellow water flag iris - Iris pseudacorus |
 Bristly Locust - robinia hispida |
 Stars of Bethlehem - ornithogalum umbellatum |
 Siberian Iris - iris sibirica |
 HARLEQUIN BLUEFLAG IRISES - iris versicolor |
 Wild pink azaleas - rhododendron periclymenoides |
 Night-Scented Gilliflower - Hesperis matronalis |
 Wild bleeding heart flowers - dicentra eximia |
 Lily of the Valley - convallaria majalis |
 Wild Geraniums - geranium maculatum |
 Bellwort - uvularia perfoliata |
 Columbine Bloom - Wild Columbine - aquilegia canadensis |
 Dandelion - Taraxacum erythrospermum |
 Solomon's seal - polygonatum biflorum |
 Time or some grilled fiddleheads |
 Smiling Buttercup |
 Spring meadow |
 Ready to let fly and reseed |
 Fiddlehead fern emerging |
 Dandelion Time |
 First wild columbines making an appearance in 2022 |
 Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra cucullaria |
 Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra cucullaria |
 First grape hyacinth in our yard - muscari armeniacum |
 Today's find in the woods. |
 Moss in spring |
 A pretty weed leftover from last year |
 Dried up thistles still smiling - mid-winter |
 Perennial snowdrops basking in the rays of the winter sun. |
 Leftover from 2021 |
 Weeds in the winter meadow |
 Goldenrods in winter |
 Cat o' Nine Tails in Winter |
 Airborne Milkweed Seeds |
 Sunset over Milkweeds |
 Picnic Area Detail |
 New Arrival - Something is sprouting on our deck |
 A hint of blue |
 Wild Bergamots in Bloom (monarda fistulosa L.) |
 Chicory wild flower |
 Weathered Cone Flower |
 Coneflower and other willdflowers |
 Invasive - yes, but still very pretty. |
 Daisy Time |
 Shamrock time |
 Sweet peas in bloom. |
 Sweet Peas - lathyrus odoratus |
 The more the merrier. |
 Hello, beauties in the fields. |
 Multirose bush |
 King Solomon's Seal - poligonatum spp |
 Wild geraniums are blooming all around here now |
 A banner year for wild columbines |
 Love and Peace |
 Feeling a little blue today. |
 Dandelion |
 Mayapple Canopy |
 Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra Cucullaria |
 Wild Columbines |
 Anemones are raising their heads |
 Forsythia Branch Blooming Indoors |
 Glory-of-the-snow - Scilla luciliae |
 Bloodroot Blossoms Emerging |
 Hepaticas raising their pretty heads. |
 Bloodroot blossom - sanguinaria canadensis |
 First sighting of hepaticas |
 Dinner is served |
 Beautiful Grass Weeds |
 Ordinary Reeds in Winter |
 A delicate weed in winter |
 Field of Weeds in Fall |
 Common Reed - Phragmite Australis |
 Goldenrod in mid-winter |
 End of walk in the park |
 Milkweed pods |
 Ripe Uncut Grasses |
 Gently waving in the breeze |
 Yellow Toadflax or Butter and Eggs - linaria vulgaris |
 Chinese Silver Grass - Miscanthus sinensis |
 Perhaps the last trip to this bud. |
 Goldenrod - Solidago |
 Milkweed seeds are taking to the wind |
 Milkweed pods opening up |
 Cardinal Flower |
 Thistles |
 Goldenrod - Solidago |
 Balmony or White Turtlehead - Chelone Glabra |
 Orange Jewelweed or Spotted Touch-Me-Not |
 Yellow Jewelweed Blossom |
 Spear or Bull Thistle - Cirsium Vulgaris |
 Blue Lobelia or Blue Cardinal Flower |
 Bull Thistles - Cirsium Vurgare |
 Chicory Flowers |
 Sweet Pea Blossoms on Lily Pads |
 Black Eyed Susans in the Field |
 Butterfly Weed - Asclepia tuberosa |
 Black Eyed Susan |
 Wildflower Meadow |
 Orange Daylily |
 Ground cover golden sedum |
 Bush Honeysuckle |
 Orange Daylilies |
 Foxglove |
 Sweet Peas |
 Lily pad on the water - Spring time |
 Yellow Beauty |
 Mayapple |
 There has to be a dandelion. |
 Eastern Wild Columbines |
 Lady Slipper Orchids - wild |
 Dame's Rocket - Hesperis Matronalis |
 Lily of the Valley |
 Solomon's seal - Polygonatum biflorum |
 Wild Columbine |
 Spring Wildflower Arrangment |
 A violet of a different color. |
 Fiddlehead Fern |
 Apple Blossoms |
 Wildflower Bouquet |
 What is there not to love about this plant. |
 Blood Root - Sanguinaria Canadensis |
 Coronavirus Activity |
 Exception of the rules |
 It is fiddlehead fern time again in Northern New Jersey |
 Hepatica |
 Periwinkle - Vinca Minor |
 Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra Cucullaria |
 Periwinkles |
 Happy Easter from the Woods of New Jersey |
 Wild Trout Lily |
 A perfect sextet playing Rhapsody in Blue/Lavender |
 One can never find too many hepaticas. |
 They call me Vinca or Periwinkle |
 Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra Cucullaria |
 Spring Awakening |
 Crocus in Exile |
 Skunk Cabbage Emerging |
 Farewell to Summer 2019 |
 The Weeds Have it! |
 Thistles in fall mode |
 Golden Fall Grass |
 The more the merrier. |
 Milkweed pods covered with large milkweed bugs |
 Milkweed pods covered with milkweed bugs |
 Fall grass close-up |
 Fall grasses over pavement |
 Pretty in White |
 Grasshopper on Goldenrod |
 Autumn Landscape |
 Milkweed seeds taking to the wind |
 Black- eyed Susan |
 Pretty in purple |
 Scarlet Lobelia or Cardinal Flower |
 Happy Daisy Faces |
 Yellow Beauties |
 Sweet peas growing in the shade |
 Dogwood Dream |
 Dogwood blossom against a cloudy sky. |
 Columbines Ringing in Spring |
 Dutchman's Breeches - dicentra cucullaria |
 Linaria vulgaris | Common Toadflax |
 Rye Grass Spikes |
 Milkweed in Bloom |
 Sweet Peas - Lathyrus odoratus |
 Spring has sprung. |
 Burnt grass |
 Prickly Arrangement |
 End of Life for these Seed Pods |
 A Bow of Bittersweet Berries |
 Common Reeds |
 A patch of grass and algae bloom |
 An interesting mushroom |
 Common Reed |
 Fiddlehead Fern Septed |
 Purple Majesty |
 Rhododendron Unfolding |
 Joe-Pye Weeds Taller than a Man |
 Wild Azaleas |
 Fall Beauties |
 Sweet peas along the path |
 Spottted Jewelweed by the Falls |
 Yellow Pond Lily and Wasps |
 Dried up Thistles |
 Prehistoric Antennas Provided by Mother Nature |
 Lovely weed called Joe Pye or Jopi |
 Arisaema triphyllum (Jack in the Pulpit) |