Snail
I saw my FOS Yellow Flax (Linum rigidum) blooming today!
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Yellow Flax (Linum rigidum) is so lovely, but don’t look at it wrong or the petals will fall off LOL.
The following photos are from the grasslands on April 6th.
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Isn’t the White Honeysuckle beautiful?
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Four nerved Daisy (Tetraneuris scaposa) and a bee. The daisies are just getting started.
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Blue Flax (Linum pratense) is a delicate little flower. Sometimes it is hard to spot since it usually stands alone. Petals are quick to fall off like many of the flax flowers.
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Amercian Lady on Skunkbush!
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New leaves on a red oak.
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Wedge-leaf Euphorbia (Euphorbia longicruris) is another small plant that can easily be overlooked.
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Two-flowered Milkvine (Matelea biflora) is just starting. The brownish flowers will come in pairs!
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Cochineal scale insect on prickly pear cactus. The red on my finger is from the insect which could be as a red dye. Read about the insect here.
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Common Least Daisy (Chaetopappa asteroides)!
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The Common Least Daisy is so small and is like sprinkles on the ground.
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White Honeysuckle (Lonicera albiflora) was so close to blooming!
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Engelmann’s Adder’s-tongue (Ophioglossum engelmannii) fern was still going but not as many were seen. Still in the hundreds though.
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Usually I find the snail shell but not the live snail. This one was anchored in the ground so I presume it was live! I did not pull it up. 🙂
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Spring is springing! Neat article too about the snakeflies.