Evening Primrose

(Primrose family)

Yellow, opens in the evening, 7 petals, near end of stalk. Flowers bloom in the evening and last until about noon.

Flower closed. Flower bloom at the bottom going up a few at a time.

Lance shaped, whirled around the stalk, finely serrated

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12" in small plants, up to 36" in one full season.

Small plant a few weeks old

Larger plant about 4 months old

Queen Anne's Lace

(Carrot family)

White, sometimes called Wild Carrot. Caution the deadly Water Hemlock has a similar flower but the leaf is not carrot-like.

Unopened Flower

Flower after blooming curls into a sort-of bird's nest shape.

Carrot-like leaves that are have many small leaves on one stalk that have deeply cut indentations.

Green Fox Tail

(grass family)

Seed pod more or less upright, 2" 4" long

Green fox tail with tall grass, Queen Anne's Lace, Pepper Grass and one Sun Flower

Bristly Fox Tail

(grass family)

Bristly Foxtail about twice or three times as long as Green Fox Tail, drooping

See the larger drooping Foxtails.

Note: the more upright and generally smaller and shorter Green Foxtails are also shown in this photo.

Yellow, tiny flowers in clusters.

36" - 48" in one

full season.

Makes a wonderful plant when grown with over contrasting plants

Can also be grown in large clumps for drama. Shown here in late fall with the beginning of fall color.

Small birds (sparrow, gold finches) love it.

White flowers bloom up the seed head.

Overall view during flower blooming.

Overall view shortly after the plant has finished blooming and the seed are fixed (see seeds photo).

Dandelion

(Aster family)

Yellow flowers, open in the morning and close in the afternoon.

After the flower has just closed.

The leaves picked before the flower blooms are sometimes eaten as salad greens.

The open flowers only, picked, scalded with boiling water and placed in sugar-water and fermented make Dandelion wine.

Name come from the French words "dent de lion" meaning the teeth of the lion.

White flower

Black Medick

(Pea family)

Yellow flower, with clover-type leaves, stems covered with short hairs and feel fuzzy.

Knapweed

(Aster family)

Meadow Fescue grass

(Grass family)

Leaves at base of plant.

Purple Top

(grass family)

Purple Top

Umbrella Sedge

(Sedge family)

Yellow-green flower scales radiate from the top of the plant

Sandbur

(grass family)

Bur Cucumber

(Gourd family)

Hairy stem.

Bouncing Bet

(Pink family)

White flower with pink tones. Similar to phlox except each of its five flower petals have a heart-shaped indentation whereas the phlox petal is smoothly curved.

Red Clover

(Pea family)

An unopened flower. Leaves have a "V" shaped white mark.

Rag weed flowed points downward; shown here as viewed from the bottom.

Small birds (Sparrows, Finches) love to feed in Rag Weed.

Large clump.

Birds feeding on the wind blown Rag Weed seeds.

Aster #1

unidentified

What is believed to be some kind of an Aster. Hope to have it identified soon,

Aster #2

unidentified

What is believed to be some kind of an Aster. Hope to have it identified soon,

Catalpa

large, fast growing tree

Small plant about 2 months old.

Medium sized large leaved tree (about 3 years old) with light green leaves in center of photo.

Large light green leaves at upper left of photo about 3 years old..

Grass #1

Unidentified.

Flower blooms the second year on a 3-4 foot high stalk.

Second year plant.

Dry flower stalk; early fall.

Furry, soft to the touch, leaf.

First year plant with no flower.

Three first year plants.

First year plant detail of leaves of a very healthy plant.

A first year plant that is a little more sparce; grown in shade and competing with the grasses for nutrients.

Hackberry

Large Tree

A 1 year old plant.

A 30-40 year old plant.

A 40-50 year old plant.

Trunk detail (vine is Virginia Creeper).

Trunk detail (vine is Virginia Creeper).