Can
you identify what's in this photo?
Each Wednesday morning
on Camp Lutherlyn's Facebook page
the Lutherlyn Environmental
Education Program posts a photo.
Readers
have all morning and afternoon
to
make their best guess about what the photo is.
Around
6 pm LEEP provides the answer and a brief explanation.
Each
week's What is it Wednesday post
will
also be posted on the Nature of Lutherlyn blog,
after it is posted on Facebook,
sometimes
with additional bonus information.
In
addition to bringing you current editions of What is it Wednesday
on the
Nature of Lutherlyn blog,
we
will be reposting old editions,
creating
a What is it Wednesday archive.
This photo was posted as a What is it Wednesday on
August 19, 2020.
And
the answer is....
This pretty pink plant growing at Miller Lake at Lutherlyn
(formerly
known as Upper Lake)
is called steeplebush.
It often grows in wetlands and along the edges of ponds throughout eastern North America. It is actually a small shrub, but the stems often die back after the growing season each year. We see its pretty pink blossoms towards the end of summer.
What other wildflowers do you look for at the end of the summer?
Like and follow Camp Lutherlyn on
Facebook, to see What is it Wednesday posts when
they come out and have the opportunity to share your guesses in the comments!
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