The seasonal dying of the milkweed plant (Asclepias incarnata) allows the seed pods to open and the wind to spread the seeds. Image by Jim Bodkin
Closed bottle Gentians occur in wet to dry -mesic prairies and prairie fens, primarily in loamy soils. Bumblebees must open the top of the 'bottle' to access the nectar inside. Image by Jim Bodkin
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) butterfly alights on Fringed Gentian in search of nectar. Image by Jim Bodkin.
