Arrowhead???

Found this plant today the three images go together and would appear to be different stages in growth of the plant. I"ve never seen an arrowhead plant with points on the leaves before. Was growing up a steep bank from a river.

Busy Beaver

There was an active beaver lodge in the oxbow off of the river. What your not seeing is the steep hillside going down to the oxbow the view across is the other bank and a restored prairie area beyond that.

Moss Blooming

Foliage

Turkey Tail

Trametes versicolor

Turkey Tail

The bottom image is definatley Turkey's Tail or Trametes versicolor, I'm thinking the top image is as well since the log on the ground, bottom photo, was laying directly under the tree in the top photo.

Virginia Waterleaf

Hydrophyllum virginianum I have a ton of it growing in my yard and it takes over everything!!!

Foliage

Here there are three different plants growing in close proximity to each other, not counting the tree. The two larger ones are not the same as the leaf margins are totally different.

Foliage

Wild Ginger

Wild Ginger and Virginia Waterleaf and a few other plants growing in the area.

Yellow Violets

Unkown

I'll know more about this plant in the coming weeks as it developes blossoms. the blossoms in front of the plant are some sort of anemone.

Great White Egrets

It's nesting season here.

Moss on Rock

A close up of the puffballs, yes there really are puffballs this small, I'm thinking these are from last year.

A view of the opposite side.

The rock upside down and showing the third side, here you can see the root matrix of the various plants living on the rock, which I think is flint.

Moss on Rock

Moss on a rock with lichens and a couple of fungi (puffball variety). Yes I left this in the woods, in fact I put it back eactly where I found it.

Bellwort

A view showing how the blossoms are attached to the stem.

Bellwort

Here you can see a blossom hiding under the leaves.

I love how the leaves just pop out of the top of the stem.

Uvularia grandiflora or Bellwort

Mayapple beginning to Unfurl it's Leaves

Bloodroot without the blossom

I think the petals must have fallen off of the flower.

Hepatica acutiloba

A close up of the green blossoms, the leaf margins towards the stem are a deep maroon to purple color like the plant below. This could be Hepatica americana or Hepatica acutiloba, I believe it to be the latter.

I'm not sure if these two plants are the same or not, if they are the same they are in different stages of color. I took them the same day in the woods, the one below has green flowers. Now that I have a little time I'm working on identifying them.

Wood Anemone

Bloodroot

Marsh Grass

We have several marshes in our local area, this photo was take awhile back, a few days ago I drove past the marsh and the spring burn had been perscribed. I can't wait to see the new prairie plants break earth.

Great White Egret

There were three white egrets in this oxbow off of the main river.

White Trout Lily

Spring Beauty

We have quite the prairie plants in our green belt areas.

Coot

This is a water bird, not a duck! It doesn't have webbed feet and it doesn't have a bill it has a beak like a chicken. I've been told that they are bad eating.

Coot

This is a water bird, not a duck! It doesn't have webbed feet and it doesn't have a bill it has a beak like a chicken.

Moss

A lovely clump of several mosses in the woods

Red Velvet Spider Mite

Kentucky Coffee Bean Tree Pod

Someone was munching on this black locust pod, it's great how the inside is a bright acid green color!

Bloodroot

Dutchman's Breeches

Visually Jarring

I have a photo of Neil Smith prairie and there are plastic bags blowing across the grass as the buffalo graze. It's very jarring to see the white bags there, they look quite garish.

Drought?

The wind is coming out of the south east again. The wind has blown out of the east for most of the year now, this means one thing and one thing only - Drought! The big question is for how long. The last time this area was greatly stricken with drought was the Dust Bowl way back when, so most folks don't know how to function in drought conditions.

Roses