Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA 16 images
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    Most of the photographs were taken along the edges of the wet part of Great Meadows. I was trying to just get there, and not be too distracted along the Minuteman trail, and in the woods before getting to Great Meadows, where I saw the butterfly, nothing really jumped out at me. When I got back into the woods, the mosquitos attacked me, so I hurried along.
 
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Viper's Bugloss, Echium vulgare  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : Very showy. All but one spike had flopped over.
Common Name : Viper's Bugloss
Latin Name : Echium vulgare
Location : Along the Minuteman Trail, Lexington MA
Date : 2002-06-29 13:12
Event : Trip to Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
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Butterfly (Great Spangled Fritillary?)  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : I was riding along the dirt trail through the woods, and this flew across my path. I stopped, got out the camera, and followed on foot, and it miraculously let me get close to it, on about the fifth time it landed to fan its wings.

I think it's a Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) based on the habitat, but I'm having trouble distinguishing that from the Aphrodite Fritillary.

I don't remember exactly how large it was, but it struck me as quite large.

Location : Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
Date : 2002-06-29 13:58
Event : Trip to Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
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Butterfly (Great Spangled Fritillary?)  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : Here's a view of it with its wings closed.
Location : Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
Date : 2002-06-29 13:58
Event : Trip to Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
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Purple Loosestrife, Lynthrum salicaria  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : Pretty but awful.
Common Name : Purple Loosestrife
Latin Name : Lynthrum salicaria
Location : Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
Date : 2002-06-29 14:52
Event : Trip to Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
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Unknown #3  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : I don't know what this is; maybe I'll find some sometime when it's fully in flower.
Location : Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
Date : 2002-06-29 14:53
Event : Trip to Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
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Heron  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : He'd come up nearer the path, and flew up, when I walked past here the second time.
Location : Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
Date : 2002-06-29 15:12
Event : Trip to Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
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Common Milkweed, Asclepias sariaca  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : Mark was talking about milkweed last night, and I remembered to get a picture.
Common Name : Common Milkweed
Latin Name : Asclepias sariaca
Location : Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
Date : 2002-06-29 15:20
Event : Trip to Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
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Tall Meadow Rue, Thalictrum polygamum  Sm    Med    Lg  
Common Name : Tall Meadow Rue
Latin Name : Thalictrum polygamum
Location : Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
Date : 2002-06-29 15:30
Event : Trip to Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
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Tall Meadow Rue, Thalictrum polygamum  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : Leaf detail.
Common Name : Tall Meadow Rue
Latin Name : Thalictrum polygamum
Location : Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
Date : 2002-06-29 15:30
Event : Trip to Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
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Brook Lobelia, Lobelia kalmii  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : The leaves are very narrow. It's quite small and inconspicuous.
Common Name : Brook Lobelia
Latin Name : Lobelia kalmii
Location : Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
Date : 2002-06-29 15:48
Event : Trip to Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
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Unknown #4  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : I'm a little miffed that I can't figure out what this is.
Location : Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
Date : 2002-06-29 15:50
Event : Trip to Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
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Hop Clover, Trifolium procumbens  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : There's lots of the smaller hop clovers around Cambridge, but this has substantially bigger flowers.

I didn't realise it at the time, but there's considerable naming ambiguity among these clovers; R. Flogaus-Faust points out that this is not Trifolium agrarium L. and that Trifolium procumbens L. is also ambiguous.

Common Name : Hop Clover
Latin Name : Trifolium procumbens
Location : Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
Date : 29/06/2002 15:54:50
Event : Trip to Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
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Rabbit's Foot Clover, Trifolium arvense  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : This was in big fuzzy piles, all over the place.
Common Name : Rabbit's Foot Clover
Latin Name : Trifolium arvense
Location : Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
Date : 2002-06-29 15:55
Event : Trip to Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
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Hedge Bindweed, Convolvulus sepium  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : I also found a number of white ones, but this slightly tattered one was the only picture I had that showed the leaves.
Common Name : Hedge Bindweed
Latin Name : Convolvulus sepium
Location : Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
Date : 2002-06-29 16:15
Event : Trip to Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
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Hedge Bindweed, Convolvulus sepium  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : Showing a front view of the flower, this time.
Common Name : Hedge Bindweed
Latin Name : Convolvulus sepium
Location : Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
Date : 2002-06-29 16:15
Event : Trip to Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
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Deptford Pink, Dianthus armeria  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : These were blowing around in the wind, and I was having trouble keeping my shadow out of the way.

I only saw one clump.

Common Name : Deptford Pink
Latin Name : Dianthus armeria
Location : Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
Date : 2002-06-29 16:17
Event : Trip to Great Meadows NWR, Concord MA
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