Guttation

This plant is showing guttation. Water gets forced through the plant and exudes as drops at the edge of the leaf where there are special leaf structures called hydathodes.  This plant is a Geum, possibly Geum canadense.  Rose family plants like Geums and roses and strawberries often exhibit guttation.

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This spiderwort also has droplets of fluid at the edge of its leaves caused by guttation.

Pictures taken May 24, 2011, at Celery Bog Park, on a humid morning.

Solomon's Seal

Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum biflorum), in a wooded area of Celery Bog Park.  Solomon's Seal is a different plant than False Solomon's Seal which is also in this park.  Picture taken May 24, 2011.

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False Solomon's Seal

False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum), along a trail in Celery Bog Park.  Picture taken May 24, 2011.

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American Cranberrybush

This American Cranberrybush (Viburnum opulus var. americanum) is along a trail in Celery Bog Park.  This is not common in this park.  Picture taken May 21, 2011.


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Green Dragon

Green dragon (Arisaema dracontium) in Celery Bog Park, May 21, 2011.

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Black Snakeroot

Black snakeroot (Sanicula) on the forest floor in Celery Bog Park.  Picture taken May 21, 2011.

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Red mite

This red mite was crawling over the mulch on a trail in Celery Bog Park.  Picture taken May 21, 2011.

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Black locust trees are flowering

Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) flowers along Tapawingo Drive in West Lafayette.  Picture taken May 14, 2011.

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Wabash River at Lafayette, May 2011

Wabash River at Lafayette, May 14, 2011.  Near flood stage and soon to rise.  Looking upstream from the pedestrian bridge.

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Musk thistle

 This musk thistle (Carduus nutans) grows at the Lafayette Farmer's Market.  It will be flowering in a couple weeks if it doesn't get vandalized first.

Pictures taken May 14, 2011.

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Wild hyacinth

This wild hyacinth (Camassia scilloides) is growing on a slope at Prophet's Rock.  Picture taken May 13, 2011.

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Wild columbine

Wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), on Hanging Rock in Wabash County.  Picture taken May 11, 2011.

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Quercus muhlenbergii

Chinquapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii) atop Hanging Rock in Wabash County.  The Wabash River is in the background.  Picture taken May 11, 2011.

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Pokeweed and Mica Caps

Mica cap mushrooms (Coprinellus micaceus) sprout up along with new pokeweed (Phytolacca americana), in disturbed woods along North River Road, West Lafayette, May 8, 2011.

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Polyporus alveolaris

The familiar Polyporus alveolaris, on a fallen twig in a woods near the Mississinewa River in Delaware County.  Picture taken May 5, 2011.


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