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October Flower

A couple of days ago, while scouting for deer sign, I came across this small clump of Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora) […]

It's Memorial Day and that means...

the Showy Lady’s-Slippers (Cypripedium reginae) are blooming: […]

Daytrip to Mingo

Last Sunday (May 17,) I made the hour long drive over to Mingo National Wildlife Refuge near Puxico. I always enter the refuge via the Job Corps entrance and then turn left and go to the spillway. The road is normally closed at this point, so after backtracking to the Bluff Road, I follow it past the Board Walk and Visitor Center and exit through the Red Mill Drive area. But this time, a seasonal “driving tour” was open and I entered it from the Spillway area. […]

Columbine

Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) is one of my absolute favorite wildflowers. […]