My wacky 100 Species attempt

My youngest is ill today and taking a long nap. So Holden and I went on a long walk with the dog. I took the camera and had a blast just relaxing with Holden and the dog. We went to a nearby park. Camden is still asleep so here we go:

I have been getting a kick out of other bloggers attempts to list 100 species. Anyone who wants to make a real attempt should see these other blogs: this one or that one. "That one" blog person made a separate blog just to try to name 100 Species. She is on #24. Quite impressive. My list will not be anything detailed or fancy, as I have young ones. (And one of them wants this computer to play Age of Empires.)

I think because I love to photograph everything alive and dead that I have named at least 100 species over the past few years. My problem with the "100 Species Challenge" is that I have a terrible time remembering everything I try to remember. For instance, Cliff and I went to the local plant/tree nursery in May or June, and the owner kindly named and described each of his trees for us. We want to plant another tree in our yard and wanted to get an idea of what type of tree we want for the space we have (or yard is not huge). Now every time I see a certain tree (or trees) that plant nursery owner explained to us, I can't remember the tree name. And it bugs me! So I have been meaning to buy an Arbor Day tree guide I saw advertised last month.

Here's my wacky spin on this post: I will show a few photos of a few "species" in this post that I have no idea what they are. And dear friend, I hope you can tell me what the species is. LOL. And I will do my best to remember what the species is! I promise.

And just for fun I will list some species I do know at the bottom of this post. As an "unidentified" species is "identified" I will list its name above the photo in this post. I hope you like my wacky attempt at some Iowa species. I think I am better at naming southern U.S. plant species than Iowa ones, because that is where I grew up (S.E. Texas). I may add some species from the south if I get time over the months ahead. Sorry for my lack of following rules for the challenge. Well, I am not too sorry really. It was fun for me anyway. Little one is still asleep. I better get off this computer.

~Heather


Species #1 unidentified
























Species #2 unidentified

























Species #3 Milkweed (thanks friend!)


























Species #4: Queen Anne's Lace
























Species #5 unidentified



















Species #6 Purple Coneflower A.K.A. Echinacea Purpurea


















These coneflowers are showing summer's wilt. We actually have tried Echinacea tea before. It is not bad. We bought the prepackaged tea bags. Anyone ever harvest their own tea from this?

Species #7 Cypress tree. See the whole tree below. Our baby stroller is next to it on the right.











































Species #8 apple tree--no idea what kind of apple tree (photo taken today! Some apples were on the ground already)


















Species #9 Sunflower


















Species #10 Sycamore Tree (thanks friend)