Gales Pond, Genevieve Casey Nature Sanctuary, Park Road End

2013 08 19  Late August, Marie and I visited Oceana County, Michigan, stopping at Gale's Pond and Genevieve Casey Nature Sanctuary (53-acre sanctuary with a large marsh in the north; groves of pine and cedar in the south; and a low-shrub and lichen barren area that lies in the center).  The day started  very foggy.

Gale's Pond

 Wintergreen with pod

 Cardinal Flower

 Downy Rattlesnake Plantain with Marie holding a quarter to show the size of the plant.

  Turtlehead

 Great Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Bellflower Family

We saw two kinds of Skullcap, Mad Dog and Marsh, both of the Mint Family.

Skullcap

 Pelecinid Wasp (Pelecinus polyturator)

 

Genevieve Casey Nature Sanctuary

Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflate) Bellflower family

Steeplebush or Hardhack (Spiraea tomentosa) Rose Family

Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) Orchid Family

 

 Marie spied something in all this lush vegetation, do you see it?

She found one Smaller Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera psychodes)

Smaller Purple Fringed Orchid

We also made a stop at Park Road end in Oceana County along the shore of Lake Michigan.

That was it for this day in August.