Joe Pye Weed Eutrochium maculatum (or Illinois Wildflowers or USDA)
When I think of color in the Fall, I automatically think of autumn leaves. Most of summer's prairie flowers are finished, replaced by a variety of asters and goldenrods. A walk at the Kalamazoo Nature Center reminded me that there are still some interesting plants in bloom, particularly in the wet soil along the Kalamazoo River.
Jewelweed Impatiens capensis (or Illinois Wildflowers or MSU extension pdf)
White Turtlehead Chelone glabra (or USDA link or Illinois Wildflowers )
Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
Ghost forest at Silver Lake Dunes
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Perched on a plateau and rising more than 100 feet high above Silver Lake,
the heart of these dunes are totally devoid of any vegetation, even dune
grass.
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