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Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)Observer
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Whenever I take a picture of buttonbush, there's a silver-spotted skipper nearby. They must like these.
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Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)Observer
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Common; boggy margin of kettlehole lake.
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Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)Observer
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Common in shallow water, margin of kettlehole lake.
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American White Waterlily (Nymphaea odorata)Observer
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Abundant; shallow waters in glacial kettlehole lake.
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Great Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)Observer
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Common; growing with Blephilia hirsuta in moist herbaceous thicket along beaver dam.
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Club-spur Orchid (Platanthera clavellata)Observer
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Common; shaded sphagnum hummocks with Symplocarpus and Carex spp., White Pine Bog.
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Spatterdock (Nuphar advena)Observer
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Abundant/dominant in floating-leaved/emergent marsh.
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Swamp Candles (Lysimachia terrestris)Observer
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Infrequent; Sparganium mixed emergent marsh and pond margins.
This specimen lacks the more elongate inflorescence typical of the species, so it's not a particularly good representative photo (not to mention the botched focus!). Unfortunately, this was the only flower I could reach without sinking into muck-oblivion.
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Dwarf St. John's Wort (Hypericum mutilum)Observer
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Common; moist herbaceous thickets along margins of beaver pond.
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Glossy Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)Observer
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Common; shrubby thickets along margin of beaver pond.
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Hairy Wood Mint (Blephilia hirsuta)Observer
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Common; margins of pond and beaver dam.
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Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)Observer
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Common, forest edge along dirt road.
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Broad-leafed Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine)Observer
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Rare; single plant along stream margin in skunk cabbage seep in boggy woods.
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Mountain Deathcamas (Anticlea elegans)Observer
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A bioblitz at this property last year failed to turn up this species, though it had been reported to occur here. I was excited to find it in flower this year! I presume it was responding to increased light from ongoing invasive shrub removal projects. The flowers send their regards!
Rare; single plant under sparse tamarack canopy in sphagnum bog. This appeared to be a robust and especially floriferous specimen, at least in comparison to the plants I have observed at Cedar Bog in Champaign Co.
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Sphagnum Mosses (Genus Sphagnum)Observer
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Common in small tamarack bog. With capsules.
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Bristly Sedge (Carex comosa)Observer
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Common in boggy area, former margin of drained lake.
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Canada Lily (Lilium canadense)Observer
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My friends, this isn't something you see everyday...I think I slipped into flower nirvana when I saw this.
Fasciated Canada lily, over 50 flowers on a single stalk; single plant in weedy moist thicket along railroad.
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Smooth Gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum)Observer
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Uncommon; low shrubs in sedge meadow/shrubby cinquefoil fen.
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Alderleaf Buckthorn (Rhamnus alnifolia)Observer
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Common low shrub in sedge meadow/shrubby cinquefoil fen.
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Tamarack (Larix laricina)Observer
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Rare; 4 or 5 mature trees in sphagnous area within fen.
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Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)Observer
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weed, roadside, Moorefield Rd. bridge above Buck Creek.
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White Beak-Sedge (Rhynchospora alba)Observer
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Common; sphagnum mat in kettlehole bog.
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Three-way Sedge (Dulichium arundinaceum)Observer
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Common; sphagnum mat in kettlehole bog. In flower.
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Marsh Hedge Nettle (Stachys hispida)Observer
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Uncommon; small patch in wet phalaris meadow. This has been merged with Stachys tenuifolia by some authorities.
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Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)Observer
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Single individual on Pastinaca along roadside. The plant was infested with aphids; I don't think they were harming the caterpillar.
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Morrow's Honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)Observer
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Frequent, edge of weedy successional forest and moist meadow. Orange- and red-fruited individuals present.
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Spotted St. John's Wort (Hypericum punctatum)Observer
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Common in moist old field.
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Virginia Ctenucha Moth (Ctenucha virginica)Observer
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Common in moist old field habitat with Solidago.