SOME SPRING 2024
BOTANICAL WONDERS

hairy wild petunia (Ruellia humilis)
Acanthaceae, the acanthus family
June 16, Adams County

eastern prickly-pear (Opuntia cespitosa)
Cactaceae, the cactus family
June 15, Adams County

foxglove beard-tongue (Penstemon digitalis)
Plantaginaceae, the plantain family
June 4, 2024 Marion County

scouring-rush (Equisetum hyemale)
Equisetaceae, the horsetail family)
June 4, Marion County

Meehan’s mint (Meehania cordata)
Lamiaceae, the mint family
June 1, Hocking County

great yellow woodsorrel
Oxalidacedae, the woodsorrel family
June 1, Hocking County

cockspur hawthorn (Crataegus crusgalli)
Rosaceae, the rose family
May 21, Marion County

pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
Sarraceniaceae, the pictcher-plant family
May 15, Licking County

tulip-tree (Liriodendron tulipiifera)
Magnoliaceae, the magnolia family
May14, Franklin County

wild hyacinth (Camassia scilloides)
Asparagaceae, the asparagus family
May 14, Marion County

cheezes (Malva neglecta)
Malvaceae, the mallow family
May 7, 2024, Marion County

Carolina pink (Silene caroliniana)
Caryophyllaceae, the pink family
April 24, 2024, Pike County

 

SOME LATE-SEASON 2023
BOTANICAL WONDERS

Carolina hornwort (Phaeoceros carolinianus)
Notothyladaceae, a hornwort family
September 23, 2023, Guernsey County

hen of the woods (Grifola frondosa)
a basidioomycete fungus in the family Grifolaceae
September 17, 2023, Framklin County

hairy pinesap (Hypopitys lanuginosa)
Ericaceae, the heath family
September 17, 2013, Hocking County

false foxglove (Agalinis sp.)
Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family
August 30, 2023, Delaware County

pasture thistle (Cirsium discolor)
Asteraceae, the aster family
August 30, 3023, Delaware County

downy lobelia (Lobelia puberula)
Campanulaceae, the bellflower family
August 19, 2023, Scioto County

American chestnut (Castanea dentata)
Fagaceae, the beech family
August 19, 2023, Scioto County