Guest Post 8: Canada lily from below

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And here’s a closer look, in isolation and from below, of a flower of the Canada lily, Lilium canadense, that I encountered at Bartholomew’s Cobble on June 29.

© 2012 Steven Schwartzman

Guest Post 7: Canada lilies

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A little while after I took the previous picture in some shade at Bartholomew’s Cobble on June 29, I entered a sunnier area and came across some Canada lilies, Lilium canadense, that a worker at the preserve had told me to be on the lookout for. Unlike the cultivated day lilies that people have planted in large numbers in the Northeast, this species is native to that area and even farther south, as you can confirm on the clickable map at the USDA website.

© 2012 Steven Schwartzman