Most areas around lake's west side are pretty much left to nature. This is the area we visit/explore. Members of this expedition were myself, Captain Jack, my wife, her brother (visiting from Texas), and our trusty and extra energetic Scout Dog and explorer in his own right, Plato.
Goldenrods were most plentiful, sometimes large expanses, often sharing habitat with other wilds...
w/ Bidens >
Intermixed w/ grasss -
New England Asters
> w/ Sulphur BF
White aster, about the last wild aster to bloom around here. Maybe called the White Heath Aster
< w/ a green bee and a black one
Boneset
Jewelweed aka Touch me Not -
Redbeckia-
Wood Sorrel-
Rosehips -
Milkweed Seed-
Swamp Milkweed seed pods-
Thistle seed-
Flower for an Hour-