wake up, sleepy bee!

Plants first seen blooming during the month of September:

• aster, bushy
• aster, calico
• aster, Lowrie’s
• aster, Schreber’s (maybe)
• aster, Short’s
• aster, small white
• aster, smooth
• beech drops
• bur-marigold, nodding
• goldenrod, bluestem
• goldenrod, racemose
• silver-rod
• several other yet-to-be id’d goldenrods
• goldenrod, zigzag
• lobelia, great blue
• one-seeded bur cucumber
• lesser snakeroot
• tickseed-sunflower

and the aliens:

• perilla

bringing the yearly totals to

• 271 native species in 77 families
• 74 alien species in 30 families

For a grand total of

• 345 species in 81 families