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Tag Archives: wildflowers
Solar-powered dairy case
Cooked by the summer sun, a few orders of Butter-and-eggs (Linaria vulgaris) brighten the main entry path of Weltz Park.
Posted in Flora, Flowers, Weltz Park
Tagged Butter-and-eggs, Linaria vulgaris, nature, nature photography, park, wildflowers, yellow flower, yellow wildflower
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Chicortreat
Like cupped rays of pale blue moonlight, these Chicory flowers (Cichorium intybus) were practically glowing along the edges of the park trail.
Young plant with a horn
Blaring orange, the flowers of this Trumpet creeper vine (Campsis radicans) put on quite a show to be seen, if not heard. These were near one entrance to the Union Transportation Trail in Upper Freehold.
Blue in the place
A pleasing stretch of violets is blooming in one of the open lawns of Thompson Park. They may be Common blue violets (Viola sororia), appropriately the state flower of New Jersey.
Posted in Flora, Flowers, Thompson Park
Tagged Common blue violets, meadow, nature, nature photography, park, purple wildflowers, Viola sororia, violets, wildflowers
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The Jewel in the Ground
If it’s possible for a plant to be both a weed and a jewel, then this striking flame of a flower is aptly named: Orange jewelweed (Impatiens capensis). While it’s also known as Spotted Touch-Me-Not, I think ‘jewelweed’ better captures … Continue reading
Posted in Flora, Flowers, Joe Palaia Park
Tagged 'The Jewel in the Crown', Impatiens capensis, nature, Orange jewelweed, park, Spotted Touch-Me-Not, wildflowers
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A patch of blue
This fuzzy-fat bumble bee was having his afternoon meal in a patch of blue wildflowers between one of the park paths and the nearby woods. Lunch seems to have been catered by Gill-Over-The-Ground, Ground Ivy, or Creeping Charlie (Glechoma hederacea).
Posted in Fauna, Flora, Flowers, Insects & Spiders & Stuff, Joe Palaia Park
Tagged blue, bumble bee, cerulean, Creeping Charlie, Gill-Over-The-Ground, Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, meadow, nature, park, wildflowers
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