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Lead plant
Here was another new flower for me to find at Roundrock on our last visit. This, I’ve since learned, is lead plant, and I found it in a number of places on the forest edge on the south-facing slope over the pecan plantation.

I used the close-up function on Libby’s camera to take this shot. That photo is larger than life size, and I had a hard time getting even one good shot given their long shape (and the breeze that seems to freshen every time I try to take a picture).

Lead plant (Amorpha canescens) is a Missouri native I’m happy to report, and I’d hate to try to eradicate this if it weren’t. The plant was seemingly “everywhere”, and I understand that its roots run deep. As I said above, this was a new plant to me. Even though it should flower through the summer, I had never seen it before at Roundrock. And it is supposed to be a favorite of butterflies, so that should have attracted me to them long before now. I must learn to pay better attention.

Missouri calendar:

  • Bobcat kittens are born through the month.



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