Tuesday, June 30, 2015

July 7


In Michigan

Midsummer is well underway, yet there are signs that this season has  begun to wane.

The roadsides here are fairly uniform with a mixture of native grasses, now gone to seed head and occasionally releasing clouds of pollen when disturbed. Dotting the roads and fields are the Ox-eye Daisies, and small Campions, Wild Carrot, Yarrow and Milkweed now in full bloom. Some portions smell summer fragrant, with the mixture of milkweed and sweet grass hay.

Growing quickly within, however, and nearly knee high are the Golden Rods. They are fairly nondescript at this point, with no evidence of the yellow plumes that mark late summer and early fall, but nonetheless they slowly progress toward maturity. Their coming is a signal of summer’s own twilight.

Notes:
Creeping Dogbane in Bloom

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