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The plants were about three to four feet tall.

Brown-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Swamp Milkweed

Swamp Milkweed or Asclepias incarnata

Yellow Coneflowers - Ratibida pinnata

Thistle

In my garden.

Thistle and Bumble Bee

I've been enjoying watching the butterflies, bees, bugs of all types, gold finches, and hummingbirds hang out in the thistle this summer.  This year it came up right outside my kitchen window, in the east garden, and is currently over 12 feet tall.  Luckily some of the blossoms were down low making it easier to snap photos.  The hummingbirds had a nest in it this year so I was able to watch the mamma and pappa bird tend to their baby until it fledged earlier this week.

Bloodroot

Downy Yellow Violet

Downy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens) at Skillet Creek Indian Mounds near Stratford, Iowa
Well I think it is either that or it's a Stream or Smooth Violet (Viola Glabella)

Sunset at Doolittle Prairie

High Bush Cranberry NOT Hawthorn

Found this lovely bush while picking apples on Monday.

(NOTE 082608 High Bush Cranberry NOT Hawthorn - will be propogating this in our own yard)