What a great field trip! Several different orchids blooming as well as loads of other plants. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name. Photography by Charlie Brice, Ken Borgfeldt, Cindy Carpenter, & Mary Knierim. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.
![Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) [Onagraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/common-evening-primrose-oenothera-biennis-1-1.jpg?w=439&h=586&ssl=1 "Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) [Onagraceae]")
![Gray Sunflower (Helianthus resinosus) [Asteraceae] Bracts & Stem](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/gray-sunflower-helianthus-resinosus-bracts.jpg?w=193&h=193&crop=1&ssl=1 "Gray Sunflower (Helianthus resinosus) [Asteraceae] Bracts & Stem")
![Naked-flowered Tick Trefoil (Desmodium nudiflorum) [Fabaceae] Leaves](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/naked-flowered-tick-trefoil-desmodium-nudiflorum-leaves.jpg?w=209&h=210&ssl=1 "Naked-flowered Tick Trefoil (Desmodium nudiflorum) [Fabaceae] Leaves")
![Gray Sunflower (Helianthus resinosus) [Asteraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/gray-sunflower-helianthus-resinosus.jpg?w=218&h=218&crop=1&ssl=1 "Gray Sunflower (Helianthus resinosus) [Asteraceae]")
![Wild Potato Vine; Man-of-the-Earth (Ipomoea pandurata) [Convolvulaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/wild-potato-vine-man-of-the-earth-ipomoea-pandurata-.jpg?w=360&h=360&crop=1&ssl=1 "Wild Potato Vine; Man-of-the-Earth (Ipomoea pandurata) [Convolvulaceae]")
![Panicled Tick Trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum) [Fabaceae] Leaves](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/panicled-tick-trefoil-desmodium-paniculatum-leaves.jpg?w=404&h=404&crop=1&ssl=1 "Panicled Tick Trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum) [Fabaceae] Leaves")
![Deer-tongue Witch Grass (Dichanthelium clandestinum) [Poaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/deer-tongue-witch-grass-dichanthelium-clandestinum-.jpg?w=314&h=418&ssl=1 "Deer-tongue Witch Grass (Dichanthelium clandestinum) [Poaceae]")
![Ragged Thoroughwort (Eupatorium pilosum) [Asteraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ragged-thoroughwort-eupatorium-pilosum-.jpg?w=189&h=251&ssl=1 "Ragged Thoroughwort (Eupatorium pilosum) [Asteraceae]")
![Snowy Hydrangea; Silverleaf (Hydrangea radiata) [Hydrangeaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/snowy-hydrangea-silverleaf-hydrangea-radiata-.jpg?w=423&h=423&crop=1&ssl=1 "Snowy Hydrangea; Silverleaf (Hydrangea radiata) [Hydrangeaceae]")
![Curtiss' Milkwort; Candyroot (Polygala curtissii) [Polygalaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/curtiss-milkwort-candyroot-polygala-curtissii-.jpg?w=209&h=209&crop=1&ssl=1 "Curtiss' Milkwort; Candyroot (Polygala curtissii) [Polygalaceae]")
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Cindy Carpenter, & Penny Longhurst. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name. Click on any picture to zoom.
![Small Wood Sunflower (Helianthus microcephalus) [Asteraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/small-wood-sunflower-helianthus-microcephalus-.jpg?w=335&h=189&ssl=1 "Small Wood Sunflower (Helianthus microcephalus) [Asteraceae]")
![Crimson or Italian Clover (Trifolium incarnatum*) [Fabaceae] Bloom](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/crimson-or-italian-clover-trifolium-incarnatum-bloom.jpg?w=204&h=272&ssl=1 "Crimson or Italian Clover (Trifolium incarnatum*) [Fabaceae] Bloom")
![Hardhack; Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa) [Rosaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hardhack-steeplebush-spiraea-tomentosa-.jpg?w=153&h=272&ssl=1 "Hardhack; Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa) [Rosaceae]")
![Chinquapin (Castanea pumila) [Fagaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/chinquapin-castanea-pumila-.jpg?w=444&h=333&ssl=1 "Chinquapin (Castanea pumila) [Fagaceae]")
![Calliopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria) [Asteraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/calliopsis-coreopsis-tinctoria-bloom.jpg?w=296&h=222&ssl=1 "Calliopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria) [Asteraceae]")
![Crimson or Italian Clover (Trifolium incarnatum*) [Fabaceae] Leaves](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/crimson-or-italian-clover-trifolium-incarnatum-leaves.jpg?w=236&h=315&ssl=1 "Crimson or Italian Clover (Trifolium incarnatum*) [Fabaceae] Leaves")
![Cow Wheat (Melampyrum lineare) [Scrophulariaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cow-wheat-melampyrum-lineare-blooms.jpg?w=229&h=228&ssl=1 "Cow Wheat (Melampyrum lineare) [Scrophulariaceae]")
![New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus) [Rhamnaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/new-jersey-tea-ceanothus-americanus-1-1.jpg?w=361&h=361&crop=1&ssl=1 "New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus) [Rhamnaceae]")
![Crimson or Italian Clover (Trifolium incarnatum*) [Fabaceae] Going to Seed](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/crimson-or-italian-clover-trifolium-incarnatum-going-to-seed.jpg?w=218&h=218&crop=1&ssl=1 "Crimson or Italian Clover (Trifolium incarnatum*) [Fabaceae] Going to Seed")
![Sensitive Brier (Mimosa microphylla) [Fabaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/sensitive-brier-mimosa-microphylla-blooms.jpg?w=189&h=141&ssl=1 "Sensitive Brier (Mimosa microphylla) [Fabaceae]")
![Virginia Bugleweed (Lycopus virginicus) [Lamiaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/virginia-bugleweed-lycopus-virginicus-1-1.jpg?w=251&h=141&ssl=1 "Virginia Bugleweed (Lycopus virginicus) [Lamiaceae]")
![Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria) [Fabaceae] Blooms](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wild-indigo-baptisia-tinctoria-blooms-.jpg?w=387&h=387&crop=1&ssl=1 "Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria) [Fabaceae] Blooms")
A perfect day and the meadow was full of Phlox! Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name. Photography by Diane Bauknight, Susan Beacham, Cindy Carpenter, Lucy Prim, & Randy Richardson. Click on any picture to zoom.
![Basil Balm (Monarda clinopodia) [Lamiaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/basil-balm-monarda-clinopodia-1-1.jpg?w=404&h=303&ssl=1 "Basil Balm (Monarda clinopodia) [Lamiaceae]")
![Tall Meadow Rue (Thalictrum pubescens) [Ranunculaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/tall-meadow-rue-thalictrum-pubescens-1-1.jpg?w=156&h=208&ssl=1 "Tall Meadow Rue (Thalictrum pubescens) [Ranunculaceae]")
![Purple-node Joe-Pye-Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) [Asteraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/purple-node-joe-pye-weed-eutrochium-purpureum-1-2.jpg?w=396&h=528&ssl=1 "Purple-node Joe-Pye-Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) [Asteraceae]")
![Small Stagshorn Fungus (Calocera cornea) [Dacrymycetaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/horn-like-tuning-fork-mushrooms-calocera-cornea.jpg?w=317&h=178&ssl=1 "Small Stagshorn Fungus (Calocera cornea) [Dacrymycetaceae]")
![Carolina Phlox (Phlox carolina) [Polemoniaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/carolina-phlox-phlox-carolina-1-1.jpg?w=316&h=421&ssl=1 "Carolina Phlox (Phlox carolina) [Polemoniaceae]")
![Greenbrier; Catbrier (Smilax rotundifolia) [Smilacaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/greenbrier-catbrier-smilax-rotundifolia-1-1.jpg?w=228&h=303&ssl=1 "Greenbrier; Catbrier (Smilax rotundifolia) [Smilacaceae]")
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Jim Poling, & Joe Standaert (Click on any picture to zoom).
![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=404&h=303&ssl=1 "Purple or Wideleaf Bedstraw (Galium latifolium) [Rubiaceae]")
![Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis*) [Commelinaceae] Bloom](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/asiatic-dayflower-commelina-communis-bloom.jpg?w=271&h=271&crop=1&ssl=1 "Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis*) [Commelinaceae] Bloom")
![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]")
![Featherbells (Stenanthium gramineum) [Liliaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/d23030_mts-elk-pasture_040-1.jpg?w=221&h=295&ssl=1 "Featherbells (Stenanthium gramineum) [Liliaceae]")
![Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) [Ranunculaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/columbine-aquilegia-canadensis-bloom-closeup-02.jpg?w=186&h=186&crop=1&ssl=1 "Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) [Ranunculaceae]")
![Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa) [Ranunculaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/black-cohosh-actaea-racemosa-bloom-closeup.jpg?w=341&h=192&ssl=1 "Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa) [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=141&h=188&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=189&h=188&ssl=1 "Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea canadensis) [Onagraceae]")
![Starry Campion (Silene stellata) [Caryophyllaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/d23030_mts-elk-pasture_080.jpg?w=188&h=188&crop=1&ssl=1 "Starry Campion (Silene stellata) [Caryophyllaceae]")
![Goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus) [Rosaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/d23030_mts-elk-pasture_053.jpg?w=221&h=295&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=186&h=105&ssl=1 "Entire-leaved False Foxglove (Aureolaria laevigata) [Scrophulariaceae]")
![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=186&h=186&crop=1&ssl=1 "Figwort; Carpenter's Square (Scrophularia marilandica) [Scrophulariaceae]")
![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=340&h=192&ssl=1 "Horse Balm (Collinsonia canadensis) [Lamiaceae] Early Buds and Leaves")
![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=188&h=333&ssl=1 "Broadtooth Hedge Nettle (Stachys latidens) [Lamiaceae]")
This is our second monthly post on the flora of Sam Knob Meadow. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Cindy Carpenter, & Jim Poling. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.
![Gray Beardtongue (Penstemon canescens) [Scrophulariaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/gray-beardtongue-penstemon-canescens-blooms.jpg?w=290&h=516&ssl=1 "Gray Beardtongue (Penstemon canescens) [Scrophulariaceae]")
![Michaux's Saxifrage (Micranthes petiolaris) [Saxifragaceae] Plant](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/michauxs-saxifrage-micranthes-petiolaris-plant.jpg?w=316&h=421&ssl=1 "Michaux's Saxifrage (Micranthes petiolaris) [Saxifragaceae] Plant")
![Oval-leaf Sedge (Carex cephalophora) [Cyperaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/oval-leaf-sedge-carex-cephalophora-.jpg?w=316&h=421&ssl=1 "Oval-leaf Sedge (Carex cephalophora) [Cyperaceae]")
![Pink Earth Lichen (Dibaeis baeomyces) [Baeomycetaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/pink-earth-dibaeis-baeomyces-.jpg?w=180&h=135&ssl=1 "Pink Earth Lichen (Dibaeis baeomyces) [Baeomycetaceae]")
![Lanceleaf Loosestrife (Lysimachia lanceolata) [Primulaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/lanceleaf-loosestrife-lysimachia-lanceolata-1-3.jpg?w=209&h=157&ssl=1 "Lanceleaf Loosestrife (Lysimachia lanceolata) [Primulaceae]")
![Curly Dock (Rumex crispus*) [Polygonaceae] Fruit](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/curly-dock-rumex-crispus-blooms.jpg?w=144&h=192&ssl=1 "Curly Dock (Rumex crispus*) [Polygonaceae] Fruit")
![Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium pallidum) [Ericaceae] Berries](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/lowbush-blueberry-vaccinium-pallidum-berries.jpg?w=204&h=204&crop=1&ssl=1 "Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium pallidum) [Ericaceae] Berries")
![Velvet Grass (Holcus lanatus*) [Poaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/velvet-grass-holcus-lanatus.jpg?w=360&h=480&ssl=1 "Velvet Grass (Holcus lanatus*) [Poaceae]")
![Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum) [Onagraceae] Bloom and Leaves](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/fireweed-chamerion-angustifolium-ssp.-circumvagum-bloom-and-leaves.jpg?w=203&h=115&ssl=1 "Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum) [Onagraceae] Bloom and Leaves")
![Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum) [Onagraceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/fireweed-chamerion-angustifolium-ssp.-circumvagum-1-1.jpg?w=245&h=184&ssl=1 "Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum) [Onagraceae]")
![Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria*) [Caryophyllaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/deptford-pink-dianthus-armeria-blooms.jpg?w=188&h=250&ssl=1 "Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria*) [Caryophyllaceae]")
![Hairy Bush Pea; Blue Ridge Golden Banner (Thermopsis villosa) [Fabaceae] Bloom](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hairy-bush-pea-thermopsis-villosa-bloom.jpg?w=166&h=296&ssl=1 "Hairy Bush Pea; Blue Ridge Golden Banner (Thermopsis villosa) [Fabaceae] Bloom")
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