Photographer: Rochelle Davis (Photo of Distinction)
September 2024
Grassy Hill Preserve
The milkweed seedpods stand up like a candelabra, and as they open, the seeds pop out with their white downy parachute to ride the winds away.
A Late Summer Leaf
Photographer: Kent Girty
September 2024
Mount Archer Woods
I love how sunlight on moss highlights anything one finds sitting on top.
Creates a color contrast I find so visually appealing – like this tiny leaf with its mighty color set against the plush moss.
Danaus Plexippus
Photographer: Kent Girty
August 2024
Jewett Preserve
Always loved these fellas as a kid and discovering them in a meadow still brings a smile and that familiar feeling of high summer.
Indian Pipe
Photographer: Kent Girty
August 2024
Jewett Preserve
Monotropa uniflora, also known as ghost plant, ghost pipe, or Indian pipe. One of my favorite finds in the forest. This one is an unusual pink color. Actually not a fungus but a parasite that feeds off fungus Mycorrhizae. It’s in the same family as blueberries, cranberries, azaleas, and Rhododendrons. Who knew?
A Tree Inside of a Tree
Photographer: Michael Lloyd
September 2024
Mount Archer Woods – Town of Lyme
The Tree looks like it has another tree inside of it.