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inactive bees
On one small stand of asters, several bees were motionless, apparently barely alive. Is it the end of their arc of life, the result of cooler temperatures from overnight, or some other thing? Four,...
wintergreen flowering
While I still haven't seen many at Wadsworth (where the soil is mostly base), tiny wintergreen flowers are appearing in more acidic forests around here. Here are some from a bit south, near Chester...
strife on the loose
Purple loosestrife has established itself at the northwest corner of the park near Route 157. This beautiful flower, unfortunately, is a fast-spreading newcomer species that can become a choking mo...
yellow flower twins
Yellow hawkweed, suggests NH Gardener. If so, we might expect to see it spread...
Venus' looking glass
These flowers weren't open, surely because of the rain. Still, they must be clasping venus'-looking-glass.
