No state motto is "Look Down" (though it might be the unofficial motto at the dairy). It isn't a bad idea. Walking through a marsh, I literally stumbled over a pair of sheds (deer antlers) from this spring. The deer must have been large - a 12 pointer. Continued on through a rocky field and found a whole disk from the trap shoot earlier this year. Guess they didn't hit them all. I was tuned into looking down now and found a roll of paper birch bark that had blown off a tree. Picked that up too - great fire starter. Among some rocks I found these berries. I didn't realize it grew here so another new species for me. By the time Indy and I got home from our walk, I was loaded down w/ goodies. (and yes, Brent, another name for this plant is "Deadly Nightshade.")Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
No state motto is "Look Down" (though it might be the unofficial motto at the dairy). It isn't a bad idea. Walking through a marsh, I literally stumbled over a pair of sheds (deer antlers) from this spring. The deer must have been large - a 12 pointer. Continued on through a rocky field and found a whole disk from the trap shoot earlier this year. Guess they didn't hit them all. I was tuned into looking down now and found a roll of paper birch bark that had blown off a tree. Picked that up too - great fire starter. Among some rocks I found these berries. I didn't realize it grew here so another new species for me. By the time Indy and I got home from our walk, I was loaded down w/ goodies. (and yes, Brent, another name for this plant is "Deadly Nightshade.")
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Uh oh, you invited me over for a Thanksgiving meal. I think I'll let you sample all the food first.
Brent - if you smell Frog's Breath then be aware that she's covering something up!
"Nothing is more suspicious than Frog's Breath!"
Rebecca
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