Now Blooming at Jennings Prairie

Plants & Fungi
Tall sunflower, Helianthus giganteus, Jennings Prairie (photo by Kate St. John)
Tall sunflower, Helianthus giganteus, Jennings Prairie (photo by Kate St. John)

Yesterday we saw these flowers and many more on the Wissahickon Nature Club outing at Jennings Prairie (Jennings Environmental Education Center) in Butler County, PA.

Swamp milkweed with a bee, Jennings (photo by Kate St. John)
Swamp milkweed with a bee, Jennings (photo by Kate St. John)
Thimbleweed after the petals fall, Jennings (photo by Kate St. John)
Thimbleweed after the petals fall, Jennings (photo by Kate St. John)
Oxeye or false sunflower, Jennings, 4 Aug 2018 (photo by Kate St. John)
Oxeye or false sunflower, Jennings, 4 Aug 2018 (photo by Kate St. John)
Joe-pye weed with tiger swallowtail, Jennings (photo by Kate St. John)
Joe-pye weed with tiger swallowtail, Jennings (photo by Kate St. John)
Swamp thistle, Jennings (photo by Kate St. John)
Swamp thistle, Jennings (photo by Kate St. John)

If you haven’t been to Jennings yet, there’s still time to see these beautiful flowers.  Stop by in early August.  Click here for directions.

 

p.s. How tall is Tall Sunflower, Helianthus giganteus?  Jack Solomon shows us.

How tall is a Tall Sunflower? Jack Solomon shows us, Jennings, 4 August 2018 (photo by Kate St. John)
How tall is a Tall Sunflower? Jack Solomon shows us, Jennings, 4 August 2018 (photo by Kate St. John)

(photos by Kate St. John)

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