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| This pond was between the parking area and the trail head and was full of interesting plants |
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| Cardinal flower |
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| On both sides |
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| Pickerelweed (or - apparently - pickerel weed in the UK) |
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| White water lily |
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| There was a lot all along the side of the marsh and its sweet smell was quite intoxicating |
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| Also attractive to the monarchs apparently |
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| Great blue heron |
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| Two quiet eastern phoebes snuck by. We also heard at least two of their eastern wood pewee cousins |
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| It’s also peak mushroom time |
Lovely wild moments! One correction, if I may... I believe the sweet-smelling shrub you noted is actually Sweet-pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia) -- a shrub I used to smell a lot this time of year, when I lived in Massachusetts.
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