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Winter Prairie Pods
at
River Bend
Nature Center
Many people are familiar with and enjoy prairie flowers when they are at their most brilliant in spring, summer, and early autumn. When late autumn and winter arrive the flowers go to seed and leave behind beautiful and unique pods. However, most people do not give these pods a second look.
Take some time between late fall and spring to enjoy the prairie in a different light.
Aster pods can be fluffy and white |
Wild Bergamot |
Black-eyed susan pods are conical |
Bottle Gentian |
Round-headed Bush Clover |
Compass Plant |
Goldenrod can have a flat top... |
...or a triangular one. |
Goldenrod can also have galls, like this... |
...or like this. |
Grey-headed Coneflower |
Spotted knapweed is an invasive weed. |
Common Milkweed |
Mountain mint |
Wild Parsnip |
Purple Coneflower has purple petals and a purple pod. |
Rattlesnake Master has a unique name and pod. |
White Sage |
Sunflowers |
Thimbleweed |
Western Yarrow looks much like its garden relative. |
Prairie Clover can be white or purple. |
Common Cattail is the larger cattail. |
Narrow-leafed Cattail is smaller. |
Swamp Milkweed is smaller than common milkweed. |
For further reference, please refer to these books:
Brown, Laura. Weeds in Winter. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 1986.
Emberton, Jane. Pods: Wildflowers and Weeds in Their Final Beauty.
New York: Charles Sribner's Sons, 1979.
Page created and photos taken by
AmberBeth VanNingen
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