Run to the Wild Side

Plants found on plot

Goldenrods--about 100 species, all native to this country, most found in the East--generally 2-4 feet high--summer and fall--composite family

Queen Anne’s Lace--thrives in cultivated fields and exposed grounds--summer and early fall--parsley family

Yarrows--typical roadside weed, growing 1-2 feet high--summer and fall--composite family

Thistle--60 species--spiny bracts--flowers in spring and summer--fruit (seed) on plot was spiny and dry--composite family

Aster--120-150 species--open fields and roadside--late summer to late fall--composite family

Joe-pye weed--2-12 feet, habitat is roadside--Boneset, with white flowers--is most common type-- late summer and fall--composite family

Live birds and animals found on plot

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)--12”, sleek gray-brown--found in the northern part of the plot with the cottonwoods and black willow--feeds on scattered seed, insects, grass and grain seed--usually nests in trees 3-30 feet high, and rarely,, on the ground--habitat is in almost any open habitat.

Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus)--thought to evolve to look like the Monarch (poisonous) butterfly, but both are bitter-tasting--lives in willows, poplars and cottonwoods--can be distinguished from the Monarch by the black