I have been using the Audubon Wildflower Guide (Eastern Region) from the library to identify most of these. I am still trying to decide whether or not to get this or the Peterson guide as my own. Against popular opinion and as a newbie, I am partial to the color photos in the Audubon guide, and like the size and 2-part organization. In the past, I’ve found it difficult to use illustrated wildflower guides since I need more detail to accurately identify as a beginner. Either way, it has been a joy finding all of these blooms.
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- Yarrow (white), Crown Vetch, Black-Eyed Susan, Bird’s Foot Trefoil
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- Virginia Rose growing near the lake.
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- Bird’s Foot Trefoil
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- Moth Mullein
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- Fragrant Water Lily
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- Daisy Fleabane
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- Oxeye Daisy
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- Dame’s Rocket?
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- Yellow Sweetclover
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- White Sweetclover
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- Chicory
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- Buttefly Weed (just about to bloom)
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- Poison Hemlock (the stuff that killed Socrates)
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- Oxeye Sunflower in the Kent State Rec prarie (this one took me a while to ID—there are a lot of look-alikes and not-quites)
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- Queen Anne’s Lace
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- Orange Day Lilies
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- Forget-Me-Nots