Flowers, trees, weeds, wildflowers, mushrooms, and vines
A very close-up view of a dandelion puff showing pappuses and attached filaments. (New Baltimore, VA)
A Dandelion flower hosts a pollinating Dance Fly. (Springfield, VA)
A Fly Agaraic mushroom, known as a Fairy Tale mushroom, pushed up out of the ground. (Springfield, VA)
A Garlic Mustard flower blooms while a flea beetle feeds. (Springfield, VA)
A partly exposed Dandelion seedhead, the result of natural shedding in a breeze (Springfield, VA)
Looking into a Dandelion seedhead. (Springfield, VA)
Dandelion seedhead (Springfield, VA)
Honey Fungus, or Honey Mushroom, basidiocarp (the stem and cap or mushroom part of the fungus) sprouts in clusters on the forest floor and decaying wood. (Lorton, VA)
A wild blackberry bloom dries in the sun after a Spring shower. (Springfield, VA)
A close up of the petals of a wild Red Clover bloom. (Springfield, VA)
Black Cohosh against a dusk sky. (Shenandoah National Park, VA)
A Prairie Rose, or Climbing Rose, being pollinated by a hover fly. (Alexandria, VA)
A Rumex plant supports a dew laden spider web. (Alexandria, VA)
Purple Milkweed is a very popular butterfly flower. (Alexandria, VA)
English Ivy grows on a tree trunk in the spotlight of afternoon sun. (Springfield, VA)
Bearded Beggarticks attract butterflies. (Shenandoah National Park, VA)
A wild pansy, also called a Johnny Jump Up. (Springfield, VA)
