Some of us stopped at Wolf Mountain Overlook on the way home, so I’ve included pictures taken there. Thanks to the Standaert Bros. for long-distance ID-ing the mystery shrub in the meadow (Bill got it first!).
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Daudie & John Colson, Penny Longhurst, & Lucy Prim. Click on any picture to zoom.
![Mountain Bugbane; Late Black Cohosh (Actaea podocarpa) [Ranunculaceae] from 8/20/19](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/thumbnail_img_2214.jpg?w=308&h=411&ssl=1 "Mountain Bugbane; Late Black Cohosh (Actaea podocarpa) [Ranunculaceae] from 8/20/19")
![Purple Chokeberry (Aronia X prunifolia) [arbutifolia x melanocarpa hybrid] bloom seen in May](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/mystery-shrub-bloomed-in-may-jc.jpg?w=250&h=141&ssl=1 "Purple Chokeberry (Aronia X prunifolia) [arbutifolia x melanocarpa hybrid] bloom seen in May")
![Purple Chokeberry (Aronia X prunifolia hybrid) [Rosaceae] Fruit](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/mystery-shrub-pl.jpg?w=253&h=143&ssl=1 "Purple Chokeberry (Aronia X prunifolia hybrid) [Rosaceae] Fruit")
![Panicled Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum) [Asteraceae; Cichoroideae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/panicled-hawkweed-hieracium-paniculatum-pl.jpg?w=320&h=339&ssl=1 "Panicled Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum) [Asteraceae; Cichoroideae]")
![Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) [Droseraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/round-leaved-sundew-drosera-rotundifolia-pl.jpg?w=313&h=253&ssl=1 "Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) [Droseraceae]")
![Elm-leaved Goldenrod (Solidago ulmifolia) [Asteraceae] Leaves](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/elm-leaved-goldenrod-solidago-ulmifolia-leaves-kb.jpg?w=336&h=256&ssl=1 "Elm-leaved Goldenrod (Solidago ulmifolia) [Asteraceae] Leaves")
![Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea) [Asteraceae] Leaves](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/early-goldenrod-solidago-juncea-leaves-kb.jpg?w=359&h=423&ssl=1 "Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea) [Asteraceae] Leaves")
![Mountain Bugbane; Late Black Cohosh (Actaea podocarpa) [Ranunculaceae] from 8/20/19](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/thumbnail_dsc02129.jpg?w=373&h=249&ssl=1 "Mountain Bugbane; Late Black Cohosh (Actaea podocarpa) [Ranunculaceae] from 8/20/19")
![Panicled Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum) [Asteraceae; Cichoroideae] Plant](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/panicled-hawkweed-hieracium-paniculatum-plant-pl.jpg?w=259&h=543&ssl=1 "Panicled Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum) [Asteraceae; Cichoroideae] Plant")
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