Enchanter's Nightshade, Whorled Tickseed

Enchanter's Nightshade is a shade loving plant known for its tiny, white, two-lipped flowers.

Whorled Tickseed, also known as Threadleaf Coreopsis, has thin, thread-like foliage that forms bushy clumps.

Jewelweed, Rose Campion, Asiatic Dayflower, New Jersey Tea, Narrow-leaved Sundrops, Snake in a bush

Jewelweed, also called touch-me-not, features bright orange, tubular flowers spotted with red or brown.

Rose Campion has magenta blossoms and woolly, silvery-gray leaves.

Asiatic Dayflower has two blue petals at the top and amuch smaller petal underneath. The blooms last for one day.

New Jersey Tree is native shrub that produces abundant clusters of tiny, fragrant white flowers.

Narrow-leaved Sundrops is in the evening primrose family.

After a drenching rainfall garter snakes will climb into bushes to dry out and possibly get warm.

Thermopsis

Thermopsis, also called False Lupine or Goldenbanner, has tall, upright spikes of bright yellow, pea-lke flowers.

Queen Anne's Lace, Lady's Thumb Smartweed, Spotted Spurge, Musk Mallow

Queen Anne's Lace, also called Wild Carrot, has flat-topped, lace-like flower clusters, often with a single dark red or purple flower in the center.

Lady's Thumb Smartweed features dense, spike-like clusters of small pink or white flowers.

Spotted Spurge is a mat forming weed found in disturbed areas. It has reddish stems and small white petaled flowers.

Musk Mallow has pink petals that often have a crepe paper-like texture.

Shinleaf, Orange Grass, Rabbit-foot Clover, Daylily

Shinleaf, Pyrola, has a naked flower stalk that bears 7 - 15 white, waxy, drooping greenish-white flowers

Orange Grass has small, very small, yellow flowers that only open in the sun.

Rabbit-foot Clover has small, dense, pinkish-gray flower heads that have a soft, fuzzy-hairy appearance.

Orange Daylily is also called Ditch Lily. Unlike true lilies the plant is not spotted and its individual blooms last for only one day.

Common Mullein, Venus' Looking Glass, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Dogbane Beetle, Field Bindweed

Common Mullein is a biennial plant with woolly spires and yellow flowers.

Venus' Looking Glass is known for its leaves that clasp around the stem.

Sulphur Cinquefoil features pale yellow flowers with deeper yellow centers. It is found in pastures, fields and along roadsides.

Dogbane Beetles are a native insect known for brilliant, iridescent blue-green metallic coloring. As its name suggests its host plant is dogbane.

Field Bindweed features white or pinkish funnel-shaped flowers. It has smaller flowers than Hedge Bindweed and smaller, arrow-shaped leaves.

Everlasting Pea, Cow-wheat, Partridgeberry, Straw Foxglove

Everlasting Pea is a climbing vine known for its showy, pea-like flowers in pink, purple or white.

Cow-wheat is a small annual with a white tubular blossom that has a prominent yellow lower lip.

Partridgeberry is a low-growing, evergreen groundcover with paired, white, four-petaled flowers.

Straw Foxglove or Yellow Foxglove has tall spires of tubular, bell-shaped flowers. The blossoms are creamy yellow with brown stippled interiors.

Black-eyed Susan, Tall Thimbleweed, Purple Loosestrife, Wild Radish

Black-eyed Susan is in the sunflower family. It's found in sunny locations.

Tall Thimbleweed has a single white flower with a cone-shaped center.

Purple Loosestrife is considered an invasive noxious weed as it aggressively displaces native wetland plants.

Wild Radish is a member of the mustard family. The flower has four petals with prominent veining.

Tufted Vetch, Chicory, Turkey Poult

Tufted Vetch is in the pea and bean family. It's found in disturbed areas, including old fields and roadside ditches.

Common chicory is found along roadsides and waste areas. Inside is a small sweat bee known for its metallic coloration.

Turkey poults are now large enough to be following mom out and about.

Nipplewort, White Avens, Milkweed, Emerald Euphoria

Nipplewort has small, dandelion-like flowers that bloom in clusters.

White Avens has five white petals and a green center. It's a member of the rose family.

Purple Milkweed is a critical host for Monarch butterfly caterpillars.

The Emerald Euphoria is flower chafer in the scarab family.