Medic, Medic!

By James Braswell | Published May 2, 2012

Today’s wildflower is a rather small flower, but still quite showy … the Black Medick (Medicago lupulina):         The Black Medick is not a native wildflower. It was introduced from Eurasia. From the information I’ve looked at, not much of this showy plant was planted in Missouri.       Online-Photography-Classes.com

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Li’l Blue

By James Braswell | Published April 26, 2012

Another wonderful, little wildflower currently growing at Prairie State Park is the Prairie Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium campestre). Although this colorful plant can grow up to 2-feet tall, it is usually found at shorter heights, this one being about 12″. The flowers are small and contain blue 6-pointed stars that can be variable in size. A […]

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Unusual Prairie Resident

By James Braswell | Published April 25, 2012

During my trek around Prairie State Park last week, I was checking out some rather unusual flowers (I’ll feature them in an upcoming post) when my eyes focused in on a very bright object just a few feet from me. As I closed in on the object, I realized it was a moth that was […]

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Faster Than A Speeding Bullet!

By James Braswell | Published April 23, 2012

While on my recent camping trip to the bootheel area of Missouri, I ran upon this small fence lizard (species unknown) while photographing woodland wildflowers near my campgound:       While photographing him, I decided to try to grab some video. Here is a short clip of the little guy. Watch his extreme speed […]

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