Crataegus

Crataegus punctata (dotted hawthorn, white thorn)-red anthered form.
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Little Calumet river trail, 6/7/09


Crataegus phaenopyrum (Washington Hawthorn)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Mnoke Praire, 6/7/09

Edible Berry

Iris

Iris virginica v. shrevei (blue flag)

County road 700, Portage, IN., 6/14/09

Iris virginica v. shrevei (blue flag)


Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Marsh near Mnoke Praire trailhead, 6/7/09

Achillea

Achillea millefolium (white yarrow)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Mnoke Praire, 6/7/09

Birds, Bombycilla

Bombycilla cedrorum (Cedar waxwing)

Countyline road, Portage, IN., 6/14/09

Verbascum

Verbascum blattaria (moth mullein)

County road 700, Portage, IN., 6/14/09

Morus, Mulberries

Morus alba (white mulberry)

Edible. County road 700, Portage, IN. 6/14/09

turtles

Chelydra Serpentina (common snapping turtle)

County road 700, Portage, IN. 6/14/09

Pastinaca

Pastinaca sativa (wild parsnip)

Poision! will cause skin rash in sunlight. County Road 700, Portage, IN. 6/14/09

Quercus

Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak)
County road 700, Portage, IN. 6/14/09


Quercus alba (white oak)

Countyline road, Portage, IN. 6/14/09

Sylvilagus

Sylvilagus floridanus (Eastern Cottontail Rabbit)

Yard wildlife, Portage, IN. 6/14/09

Snakes

Thamnophis sirtalis (Eastern garter snake)

Brought to me by neighbor boys who found him on the Prairie Duneland Bike Trail, Portage, IN. 6/14/09

Arctium

Arctium minus Common Burdock

Countyline Road, Portage, IN. 6/14/09

Peltandra

Peltandra peltatum (arrow arum)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Little Calumet River Trail, 6/7/09

Smilacina

Smilacina racemosa (false Solomon's seal)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Little Calumet River Trail, 6/7/09

Tradescantia

Tradescantia ohiensis (Bluejacket, Ohio Spiderwort)

Indiana Dunes National lakeshore, Mnoke Prairie, 6/7/09

Hieracium

Meadow Hawkweed (Hieracium caespitosum)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Mnoke Prairie, 6/7/09

Rosa

Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Mnoke Praire, 6/7/09

Edible

Rubus

Rubus occidentalis (wild black raspberry)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Mnoke Prairie, 6/7/09

Edible.

The Unidentified Fauna

Butterfly, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Mnoke Prairie, 6/7/09

Snail

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Little Claumet River Trail, 6/7/09

Leucanthemum

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Chelberg farm, 6/7/09

Leucanthemum vulgare (ox-eye daisy)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Mnoke Prairie trailhead, 6/7/09

Trifolium

Trifolium pratense (red clover)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Little Calumet River Trail-near Mnoke Prairie, 6/7/09

Melilotus

Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) , Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Mnoke Prairie trailhead, 6/7/09

Erigeron

Erigeron annuus (eastern daisy fleabane)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Little Calumet River Trail near Mnoke Praire, 6/7/09

Haracleum

Haracleum lanatum (cow parsnip)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Old Little Calumet River Trail Trailhead, 6/7/09

may be poisonous

Arisaema

Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit, Indian turnip)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Little Calumet River Trail, 6/7/09

Unidentified Mushrooms

Unknown, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Little Calumet River Trail 6/7/09

Odocoileus

Odocoileus virginianus (White-tailed deer)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Chelberg Farm, 6/7/09

Odocoileus virginianus (White-tailed deer)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Little Calumet River Trail--The edge of Mnoke Praire, 6/7/09

Ribes

Ribes cynosbati (prickly gooseberry, dogberry)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Little Calumet River Trail 6/7/09

Edible berry.

Onoclea

Onoclea sensibillis (Sensitive fern, bead fern)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Little Calumet River Trail 6/7/09