Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Jim Poling, & Joe Standaert (Click on any picture to zoom).
![Goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus) [Rosaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/d23030_mts-elk-pasture_053.jpg?w=418&h=557&ssl=1 "Goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus) [Rosaceae]")
![Entire-leaved False Foxglove (Aureolaria laevigata) [Scrophulariaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/entire-leaved-false-foxglove-aureolaria-laevigata-blooms.jpg?w=444&h=250&ssl=1 "Entire-leaved False Foxglove (Aureolaria laevigata) [Scrophulariaceae]")
![Starry Campion (Silene stellata) [Caryophyllaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/d23030_mts-elk-pasture_080.jpg?w=361&h=361&crop=1&ssl=1 "Starry Campion (Silene stellata) [Caryophyllaceae]")
![Horse Balm (Collinsonia canadensis) [Lamiaceae] Early Buds and Leaves](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/horse-balm-collinsonia-canadensis-early-buds-and-leaves.jpg?w=444&h=250&ssl=1 "Horse Balm (Collinsonia canadensis) [Lamiaceae] Early Buds and Leaves")
![Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) [Ranunculaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/columbine-aquilegia-canadensis-bloom-closeup-02.jpg?w=252&h=251&ssl=1 "Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) [Ranunculaceae]")
![Yellow Wood Sorrel (Oxalis stricta) [Oxalidaceae] Plant](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/yellow-wood-sorrel-oxalis-stricta-plant.jpg?w=380&h=507&ssl=1 "Yellow Wood Sorrel (Oxalis stricta) [Oxalidaceae] Plant")
![Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea canadensis) [Onagraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/circaea-canadensis-enchanters-nightshade202307141004-edit-edit-edit.jpg?w=404&h=404&crop=1&ssl=1 "Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea canadensis) [Onagraceae]")
![Featherbells (Stenanthium gramineum) [Liliaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/d23030_mts-elk-pasture_040-1.jpg?w=316&h=421&ssl=1 "Featherbells (Stenanthium gramineum) [Liliaceae]")
![Broadtooth Hedge Nettle (Stachys latidens) [Lamiaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/d23030_mts-elk-pasture_012-1.jpg?w=201&h=357&ssl=1 "Broadtooth Hedge Nettle (Stachys latidens) [Lamiaceae]")
![Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa) [Ranunculaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/black-cohosh-actaea-racemosa-bloom-closeup.jpg?w=226&h=127&ssl=1 "Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa) [Ranunculaceae]")
![Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis*) [Commelinaceae] Bloom](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/asiatic-dayflower-commelina-communis-bloom.jpg?w=226&h=226&crop=1&ssl=1 "Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis*) [Commelinaceae] Bloom")
![Figwort; Carpenter's Square (Scrophularia marilandica) [Scrophulariaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/d23030_mts-elk-pasture_078-1.jpg?w=271&h=271&crop=1&ssl=1 "Figwort; Carpenter's Square (Scrophularia marilandica) [Scrophulariaceae]")
![Purple or Wideleaf Bedstraw (Galium latifolium) [Rubiaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/d23030_mts-elk-pasture_044.jpg?w=260&h=195&ssl=1 "Purple or Wideleaf Bedstraw (Galium latifolium) [Rubiaceae]")
![Clinton's Lily, White Clintonia (Clintonia umbellulata) [Liliaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/d23030_mts-elk-pasture_037-1.jpg?w=444&h=333&ssl=1 "Clinton's Lily, White Clintonia (Clintonia umbellulata) [Liliaceae]")
Shut-In Trail – July 14, 2023
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