A day in mid May. Vines of NE Illinois blooming on one day, From upper left and clockwise : climbing bittersweet, riverbank grape, yellow honey suckle, bristly cat's brier, moonseed, poison ivy, Virginia waterleaf, virgin's bower. Celastrus scandens, Vitis riparia, Lonicera reticulata, Smilax hispida, menispermum canadense, Toxicodendron radicans, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Clematis virginiana.

Blooming milkweeds Whorled, Common, Butterfly weed, Swamp, Whorled Asclepias (A) verticillata, A. syrriaca, A.tuberosa, A.incarnata, A verticillata 20x24. 1A of 3

Milkweed pods : whorled, common, butterfly weed, swamp, whorled Asclepias (A) verticillata, A.syriaca, A. tuberosa, A.incarnata, A.verticillata 20x24 2A of 3

Milkweed seeds : whorled, common, butterfly weed, swamp, whorled Asclepias (A) verticillata, A.syriaca, A. tuberosa, A. incarnata, A. verticillata 2ox24. 3A of 3

Blooming milkweeds Whorled, common, butterfly weed, swamp, whorled Asclepias (A) verticillata, A.syriaca, A. tuberosa A. incarnata, A. verticillata 20x24. 1B

Mid summer woodland, NE Illinois 20x24. 1A

Mid Summer woodland, NE Illinois 20x24. 1B

Mid summer wet prairie, NE Illinois 20x24. 1A

Mid summer wet prairie, NE Illinois 20x24. 1B

Goldenrods in bloom: Riddell's, Canada, Tall, Early, Elm-Leaved, Seaside (non native) Oligoneuron riddellii, Solidago canadensis, Solidago altissima, Solidago juncea, Solidago ulmifolia, Solidago sempernirens. 11x14. 1A

Golderods in bloom: Riddell's, Canada, Tall, Early, Elm-Leaved, Seaside (non native) Oligoneuron riddellii, Solidago canadensis, Solidago altissima, Solidago juncea, Solidago ulmifolia, Solidago sempervirens. 11x14. 1B

Goldenrods in seed: Blue-Stemmed, Showy, Tall, Stiff, Elm-Leaved, Early, Canada, Old-Field, Hairy Grass-Leaved, Zig-Zag, Riddell's, Seaside (non native). Solidago(S) caesia, speciosa, altissima, Oligoneuron rigidum, S. ulmifolium, S.juncea, S. canadensis, S. nemorallis, Euthamia nuttallii, S. flexicaulis, Oligoneuron riddellii, S. sempervirons (non native) 11x14. 1A

Goldenrods in seed; Blue-stemmed, Showy, Tall, Stiff, Elm-leaved, Early, Canada, Old-Field, Hairy Grass-Leaved, Zig-Zag, Riddell's, Seaside (non native) 11x14 1B Solidago (S) caesia, S. speciosa, S.altissima, Olinoneuron rigidum, S. ulmifolium, S. juncea, S. canadensis, S. nemoralis, Euthamia nuttallii, S. flexicaulis, Oligoneuron riddelli, S sempervirons (non native) 11x14. 1B

Various native species: Smartweed, Straw-stemmed Tickseed, Short's Aster, Hairy Aster 11x14

Asters: New England, Drummond's, Smooth Blue, Side-flowering. 11x14. var.1

Asters: Calico, Big-Leaved, Heath, Willow, Hairy. Symphyotricum (S.) lateriflorum, Eurybia macrophylla, S. erecodes, S. praealtum, S. pilosum. 11x14. Var.2A. 1 of 2

Asters: Smooth Blue, Short's, New England, Drummond's, Do not remember Symphyotrichum (S.) laeve, S.shortii, S. novae-angliae, S. drummondii, S. ? 11x14. Var 2B. 2 of 2

Milkweeds: Whorled, Common, Butterfly weed, swamp, whorled. Asclepias (A) verticilatta, A.syriaca, A.tuberosa, A. incarnata, A. verticilatta. 20x24

The Silphiums : L toR : Compass plant, Rosinweed, cup plant, prairie dock S. laciniatum, S.integrifolium, S. perfoliatum, S. terebinthinaceum. 11x14. 1A

The Silphiums : L toR : Compass plant, Rosinweed, Cup plant, Prairie dock S.laciniatum, S. integrifolium, S, perfoliatum, S. Terebinthinaceum. 11x14. 1B

Rudbeckias: Wild Golden Glow, Sweet Black-Eyed Susan, Brown-Eyed Susan, Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia (R) laciniata, R. subtomentosa, R. triloba, R. hirta 11x14. 1A

Rudbeckias: Wild Golden Glow, Sweet Scented Black-Eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia (R) laciniata, R.subtementosa, R. triloba, R. hirta. 11x14. 1B