Field botany for Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves; previously with Indiana Dunes National Park (NPS) and Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (MDC). Former botanizer of central Illinois and its environs, I'm now exploring the lovely Bluegrass State.

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Species comparison shots:

- Osmorhiza claytonii & O. longistylis: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42519254, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42519253

- Symphyotrichum anomalum & S. shortii (a comparison germane mostly for Illinois botanists, as the western/southern part of the state is the only area they're sympatric, but they can look pretty similar vegetatively): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33025919, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33025922

- Andropogon gerardii, A. gyrans, S. scoparium, A. ternarius, A. virginicus: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33957071, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33957072, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33957068, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33957067, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33957073

- Dicentra canadensis & D. cucullaria: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22485543, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22485544

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