Pictures from Dave
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) blossom 42105.JPG
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) blossom 42105.JPG 2005-04-20
Blackberry (Rubus argutus) bush 50506.JPG
Blackberry (Rubus argutus) bush 50506.JPG 2006-05-05
Bushy Aster (Aster dumosus) in meadow and picnic area.jpg
Bushy Aster (Aster dumosus) in meadow and picnic area.jpg 0002-11-30
Black eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) dense center new flower 72805.JPG
Black eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) dense center new flower 72805.JPG 2005-07-28
Blackberry (Rubus argutus) fruit 63005.JPG
Blackberry (Rubus argutus) fruit 63005.JPG 2005-06-30
Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)50605.JPG
Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)50605.JPG 2005-05-06
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis close up 71705.JPG
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis close up 71705.JPG 2005-07-17
Black eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) in no mow area 80905.JPG
Black eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) in no mow area 80905.JPG 2005-08-09
Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) close up 50206.JPG
Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) close up 50206.JPG 2006-05-02
Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) with fertile frond 50206.JPG
Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) with fertile frond 50206.JPG 2006-05-02
cardinal flwr (Lobelia cardinalis) 72505.JPG
cardinal flwr (Lobelia cardinalis) 72505.JPG 2005-07-25
Gerardia (Agalinis purpurea) 83105.JPG
Gerardia (Agalinis purpurea) 83105.JPG 2005-08-31
Golden Ragwort (Senecio aureus) w fern 53105.JPG
Golden Ragwort (Senecio aureus) w fern 53105.JPG 2005-05-31
Mistflower or Blue boneset (Eupatorium coelestinum) at pond flower 81105.JPG
Mistflower or Blue boneset (Eupatorium coelestinum) at pond flower 81105.JPG 2005-08-11
Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea) 72806.JPG
Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea) 72806.JPG 2006-07-28
orange butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) flw 62704.JPG
orange butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) flw 62704.JPG 0002-11-30
Garden phlox in no mow area 80905.JPG
Garden phlox in no mow area 80905.JPG 2005-08-09
New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis) 51006.JPG
New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis) 51006.JPG 2006-05-10
Pink Milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis) stalkless leaves blooms 70104.JPG
Pink Milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis) stalkless leaves blooms 70104.JPG 0002-11-30
Pink turtlehead Chelone cuthbertii) and bee head 91204.JPG
Pink turtlehead Chelone cuthbertii) and bee head 91204.JPG 0002-11-30
Ox-eye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) 51705.JPG
Ox-eye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) 51705.JPG 2005-05-18
Mistflower or Blue boneset (Eupatorium coelestinum) from side 82306.JPG
Mistflower or Blue boneset (Eupatorium coelestinum) from side 82306.JPG 2006-08-23
Pinxter-Flower (Rhododendron nudiflorum) close 42806.JPG
Pinxter-Flower (Rhododendron nudiflorum) close 42806.JPG 2006-04-28
Pinxter-Flower (Rhododendron nudiflorum) pre-bloom 42605.JPG
Pinxter-Flower (Rhododendron nudiflorum) pre-bloom 42605.JPG 2005-04-26
Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) flower 61806.JPG
Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) flower 61806.JPG 2006-06-18
Purple New England Astor(Aster novae). wet ditches north end of park 101204.JPG
Purple New England Astor(Aster novae). wet ditches north end of park 101204.JPG 0002-11-30
Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) in meadow by trail on east 82705.JPG
Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) in meadow by trail on east 82705.JPG 2005-08-27
Scarlet Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) flower also called Oswego Tea. Blooms June-Sept. in moist areas62704.JPG
Scarlet Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) flower also called Oswego Tea. Blooms June-Sept. in moist areas62704.JPG 0002-11-30
Scarlet Bew Balm or Oswego Tea (Monarda didyma) 603.jpg
Scarlet Bew Balm or Oswego Tea (Monarda didyma) 603.jpg 0002-11-30
Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis) 60206.JPG
Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis) 60206.JPG 2006-06-02
Red eyed tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) flower 72806.JPG
Red eyed tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) flower 72806.JPG 2006-07-28
Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis) patch in field by pond path 52705.JPG
Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis) patch in field by pond path 52705.JPG 2005-05-27
Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis) 80305.JPG
Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis) 80305.JPG 2005-08-03
Spiderwort (Tradescantia viginiana) flower heads 62005.JPG
Spiderwort (Tradescantia viginiana) flower heads 62005.JPG 2005-06-20
Shrubby St John's Wort (Hypericum prolificum) flowers 62906.JPG
Shrubby St John's Wort (Hypericum prolificum) flowers 62906.JPG 2006-06-29
Shrubby St. Johns Wort (Hypericum prolificum) 70805.JPG
Shrubby St. Johns Wort (Hypericum prolificum) 70805.JPG 2005-07-08
Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa ssp glauca) 62107.JPG
Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa ssp glauca) 62107.JPG 2007-06-21
Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) 53105.JPG
Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) 53105.JPG 2005-05-31
Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa ssp glauca) vert 61306.JPG
Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa ssp glauca) vert 61306.JPG 2006-06-13
Tall Coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris) 9205.JPG
Tall Coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris) 9205.JPG 2005-09-02
Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) w moth 61605.JPG
Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) w moth 61605.JPG 2005-06-16
Southern Lady Fern (Athyrium asplenoides) 91905.JPG
Southern Lady Fern (Athyrium asplenoides) 91905.JPG 2005-09-16
Tall Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. scabra) flowers 82605.JPG
Tall Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. scabra) flowers 82605.JPG 2005-08-26
White turtlehead (Chelone glabra) bloom 9904. blooms in Sept. in wet woods..JPG
White turtlehead (Chelone glabra) bloom 9904. blooms in Sept. in wet woods..JPG 0002-11-30
Tick-Seed (Coreopsis verticllata) flower 91006.JPG
Tick-Seed (Coreopsis verticllata) flower 91006.JPG 2006-09-10
Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) 50206.JPG
Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) 50206.JPG 2006-05-02
Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) in woods 50805.JPG
Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) in woods 50805.JPG 2005-05-08
White turtlehead (Chelone glabra) flowers 91706.JPG
White turtlehead (Chelone glabra) flowers 91706.JPG 2006-09-17
Tickseed among tickseed 91006.JPG
Tickseed among tickseed 91006.JPG 2006-09-10
Arrow-wood (Viburnum recognitum) speckled red and green leaves.jpg
Arrow-wood (Viburnum recognitum) speckled red and green leaves.jpg 0002-11-30
Arrowwood (viburnum dentatum) flowers 60506.JPG
Arrowwood (viburnum dentatum) flowers 60506.JPG 2006-06-05
Black Locust (Robinia pseudo-acacia)51605.JPG
Black Locust (Robinia pseudo-acacia)51605.JPG 2005-05-16
Black Locust (Robinia pseudo-acacia)flowers 51605.JPG
Black Locust (Robinia pseudo-acacia)flowers 51605.JPG 2005-05-16
American Holly (Ilex opaca) close up berries 102705.JPG
American Holly (Ilex opaca) close up berries 102705.JPG 2005-10-27
Catalpa or Cigar Tree (Catalpa speciosa) bloom 60605.JPG
Catalpa or Cigar Tree (Catalpa speciosa) bloom 60605.JPG 2005-06-06
Button Bush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) flower 70605.JPG
Button Bush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) flower 70605.JPG 2005-07-06
Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) 51506.JPG
Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) 51506.JPG 2006-05-15
Catalpa or Cigar Tree by creek (Catalpa speciosa) 60605.JPG
Catalpa or Cigar Tree by creek (Catalpa speciosa) 60605.JPG 2005-06-06
Fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus) flowers and stream 51705.JPG
Fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus) flowers and stream 51705.JPG 2005-05-18
Fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus) flowers close up 51206.JPG
Fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus) flowers close up 51206.JPG 2006-05-12
Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) flowers 52207.JPG
Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) flowers 52207.JPG 2007-05-22
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) ripe berries 91405.JPG
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) ripe berries 91405.JPG 2005-09-14
Hobblebush (Viburnum lantanoides) branch on pond trail 51105.JPG
Hobblebush (Viburnum lantanoides) branch on pond trail 51105.JPG 2005-05-11
Redbud (Cblercis canadensis) flowers close 41406.JPG
Redbud (Cblercis canadensis) flowers close 41406.JPG 2006-04-14
Hobblebush (Viburnum lantanoides) berries on pond trail close 72605.JPG
Hobblebush (Viburnum lantanoides) berries on pond trail close 72605.JPG 2005-07-26
Persimmon Tree (Diospyros virginiana) flower 31306.JPG
Persimmon Tree (Diospyros virginiana) flower 31306.JPG 2006-03-13
Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea) 40906.JPG
Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea) 40906.JPG 2006-04-09
Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) with fruit 101005.JPG
Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) with fruit 101005.JPG 2005-10-10
Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea) blooms w berry 42105.JPG
Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea) blooms w berry 42105.JPG 2005-04-20
Redbud tree (Cblercis canadensis) at Herndon Parkway 41404.JPG
Redbud tree (Cblercis canadensis) at Herndon Parkway 41404.JPG 2006-04-14
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) new blossoms 40906.JPG
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) new blossoms 40906.JPG 2006-04-09
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) flowers 32006.JPG
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) flowers 32006.JPG 2006-03-20
Winterberry holly (Ilex verticillata) bush 82705.JPG
Winterberry holly (Ilex verticillata) bush 82705.JPG 2005-08-27
Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) fruit and leaves 100505.JPG
Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) fruit and leaves 100505.JPG 2005-10-05
Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) flower close up 102305.JPG
Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) flower close up 102305.JPG 2005-10-23
Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) near Hunters Creek tennis 10906.JPG
Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) near Hunters Creek tennis 10906.JPG 2006-01-09
August 2007 E-News
Highbush blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis) ripe center 70507.JPG
Highbush blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis) ripe center 70507.JPG 2007-07-05
Flax (Linum medium) 70507.JPG
Flax (Linum medium) 70507.JPG 2007-07-05
Jewel Weed (Impatiens capensis) flower 70507.JPG
Jewel Weed (Impatiens capensis) flower 70507.JPG 2007-07-05
Scarlet Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) flower also called Oswego Tea. Blooms June-Sept. in moist areas 70507.JPG
Scarlet Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) flower also called Oswego Tea. Blooms June-Sept. in moist areas 70507.JPG 2007-07-05
Shrubby St John's Wort (Hypericum prolificum) flower 70507 (2).JPG
Shrubby St John's Wort (Hypericum prolificum) flower 70507 (2).JPG 2007-07-05
Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans) 70507.JPG
Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans) 70507.JPG 2007-07-05
RP Garden 71707 002.JPG
RP Garden 71707 002.JPG 2007-07-17
Cicada killer wasp 72307
Cicada killer wasp about 2 inches on tree prey on cicadas as they shed their shells 72307
Clymene Moth (Haploa clymene) 72307.JPG
Clymene Moth (Haploa clymene) 72307.JPG 2007-07-23
Mistflower or Blue boneset (Eupatorium coelestinum) by stream 72307.JPG
Mistflower or Blue boneset (Eupatorium coelestinum) by stream 72307.JPG 2007-07-23
Bumblebee grabbing onto queen annes lace 80407.JPG
Bumblebee grabbing onto queen annes lace 80407.JPG 2007-08-04
Oldfield Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) or gray goldenrod with beetle 80407.JPG
Oldfield Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) or gray goldenrod with beetle 80407.JPG 2007-08-04
Man of the Earth (Ipomoea pandurata) AKA Man root 80407.JPG
Man of the Earth (Ipomoea pandurata) AKA Man root or potato vine - have huge edible roots used by Native Americans 8040
Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata) 80407.JPG
Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata) 80407.JPG 2007-08-04
Rose Pink (Sabatia angularis) close 80407.JPG
Rose Pink (Sabatia angularis) close 80407.JPG 2007-08-04
rough blazing star (Liatrus aspera) close 80407.JPG
rough blazing star (Liatrus aspera) close 80407.JPG 2007-08-04
Rough blazing star (Liatrus aspera) 80407.JPG
Rough blazing star (Liatrus aspera) 80407.JPG 2007-08-04
Duskywinglike butterfly 80607
Dusky wing like butterfly on thistle flower 80607
Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensi
Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) 80607
Bunch of ripening grape fruit
Runnymede grape bunch 80607
Pipevine swallowtail butterfly caterpillar 80607.JPG
Pipevine swallowtail butterfly caterpillar 80607.JPG 2007-08-06
Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) butterfly.jpg
Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) butterfly.jpg 0002-11-30
Joe-pye Weed (Eupatorium fistulosum) blooms July-Sept.tall in moist woods & marshes plant 72905.JPG
Joe-pye Weed (Eupatorium fistulosum) blooms July-Sept.tall in moist woods & marshes plant 72905.JPG 2005-07-29
Joe-Pye_Weed (Eupatorium fistulosum) close 72905.JPG
Joe-Pye_Weed (Eupatorium fistulosum) close 72905.JPG 2005-07-29
Wild Lettuce (Lactuca canadensis) 80607.JPG
Wild Lettuce (Lactuca canadensis) 80607.JPG 2007-08-06
Naturefest 2006
Stream Sampling viewers 91706
The first red fox meeting a happy one 91706
1 Native Plant station display 91706
1 Native plant tank and girl 91706
1 Native Plants 91706
2 Bee Hives with Renee Garcia 91706
2 Bee Station 91706
2 Chris Griffin and kids at bees 91706
3 Bat Station 91706
3 bat station and bat cave 91706
3 Bats bat in hand 91706
4 Forest Habitat firefighting kids in gear 91706
4 Forest Habitat mounts 91706
4 Forest Habitat Station 91706
5 Rain Gardens and Rain Barrel station presentation 91706
5 Rain Gardens and Rain Barrel station with Gary Gepford 91706
6 Water Quality and Stream Life Station 91706
6 Water Quality boy with sunfish 91706
6 Water Quality using the microscopes 91706
6 Water Quality young scientists 91706
7 Herndon Farm Life goat 91706
7 Herndon Farm Life station with Frying Pan Park volunteers 91706
8 Virginia Archaeology dig activity 91706
8 Virginia Archaeology station 91706
9 Animal presenter with python 91706
9 Animals of the Park Alonzo from Long Branch Nature Center presenting 91706
9 Animals of the Park presentation 91706
9 Animals snakehead alien fish in aquarium 91706
10 Raptor dad helping with owl pellet 91706
10 Raptor Owl Pellet study 91706
10 Raptor Station 91706
10 Raptors barred owl waking up 91706
11 Meadow Adventure Station 91706
11 Meadow Adventure walk with Carole Capsalis 91706
12 Buterfly Monarch tag and release program 91706
12 Butterfly station with Sheila Olem 91706
12 Butterlfies in the Butterfly tent 91706
Bug Box and family 91706
Decoy deer looks real 91706
Earning his gourmet cookie 91706
Flint Hollow fans 91706
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Monarch on purple cone flower 91706
Lois Martin Napier and red shouldered hawk 91706
Nature Center station visitors with Les 91706
Raptor red shouldered hawk considering the question 91706
Stream sampling close study 91706
Stream Sampling crowd 91706
Stream sampling John Odenkirk downstream 91706
Stream Sampling kids and sunfish 91706
September 2006 E-News
Summer Meadow 82306
Eastern Tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) female black form butterfly on joe pye weed 80906
Man-of-the-earth (Ipomoea pandurata) AKA Man-root
Wild blue Lettuce (Lactuca floridana) flower 80906
rough blazing star (Liatrus aspera) close 80906
Red shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) 81506
Virginia Snakeroot (Aristolochia serpentaria) blooms early spring below leaf litter 80906
Wild Mint (Mentha arvensis) 82306
Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) close 82306
New York Ironweed and Indian grass in summer meadow 82306
Beaver path from pond to creek 80906
Beaver pond north end of park 80906
Original entrance to beaver den on side of bank abandoned after flood destroyed dam 82306
Joe-pye Weed (Eupatorium fistulosum) flower head 82306
Mistflower or Blue boneset (Eupatorium coelestinum) 82306
Mistflower or Blue boneset (Eupatorium coelestinum) from side 82306
Green Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) 82306
Monkey Flower (Mimulus ringens) 82306
White Monkey flower (Mimulus albiflorus) 82306
Primrose Willow (Ludwigia decurrens) 81506
Oldfield Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) or gray goldenrod looking out at meadow 82306
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) on tickseed 82306
Showy Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) 82306
Wasp on goldenrod 82306
Whitemouth dayflower (Commelina erecta) exotic plant 82306
Black eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) 82306
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis close up 80906
Partridge Pea (Cassia fasciculata) 81506
Green and gold bee on woodland sunflower 80906
June 2007 E-News
New Park Entrance Sign location 51307
Newly repositioned kiosk 60107
Narrow-leaved skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) 61905
Dragonfly - Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina) 62406
Catalpa or Cigar Tree flowers (Catalpa speciosa) 60605
Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) 60805
Eastern Tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) male on Joe-Pye-Weed 80105
Whorled Milkwort (Polygala verticillata) flower 71506
groundnut (Apios americana) flwr clster 81504
damselfly emerald green body black wings 71905
Galingale sedge (Cyperus houghtonii) 72805
Meadow Parsnip (Thaspium trifoliatum) unlobed smaller toothed leaves than (T. barbinode) 52705
Box turtle (Terrapena carolina) and bluets 51705
Pink wild bean flowers 63005
Shrubby St. Johns Wort (Hypericum prolificum) 70805
Spotted St. John's Wort (Hypericum punctatum) 72905
Pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 60107
Pokeberry (Phytolacca americana) flowers 61306
Beaver in his pond area 60107
Moonseed vine (Menispermum canadense) flowers on leaf 60107
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) flower head with beetles 62107
Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) flowers 52207
Fox Grape (Vitis labrusca) flash 80105
Mating beetles on ox eyed daisy flower head 62107
Jimson Weed (Datura stramonium) poisonous member of nightshade family close 62607
Jewel Weed (Impatiens capensis) flower 71305
New read oak leaves 62607
Pasture rose (Rosa carolina) 62107
Scarlet Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) n leaves 62704
Eight spotted yellow and brown beetle on pasture rose 62607
Slender Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) buds ready to open 62607
Spotted Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata) flowering 62107
Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa ssp glauca) 62107
Wild onion bloom (Allium vineale) close 62607
Deer heading to the woods from the meadow 62607
Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea luteana) 62607
Deer running through the meadow 62607
Horse nettle (Solanum carolinense) 62607
Pink Milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis) stalkless leaves blooms 70104
Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) flower close 62607
Red bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) male 62607
Ruellia (Ruellia caroliniensis) 62607
Tan and black spotted long leg and antennae beetle on Slender Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) 62607
cardinal flwr (Lobelia cardinalis) close 72705
Remade beaver dam at point of Mrs. Ratcliffes original 1821 stone dam 62607
May 2007 E-News
Pinxter-Flower (Rhododendron nudiflorum) blooms March-May along streams. cls up 404
Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) bloom 42005
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) part of poppy family 40306
Toothwort cluster 50207
Toothwort (Dentaria laciniata) 40406
Buttercup (Ranunculus sardous) flower with small beetle 42406
Carrol Cabin in buttercup field 50207
Bluets (Houstonia caerulea) 51606
Trout Lily front focus (Erythronium americanum) or Dogtooth violet 41805
Cat's-ear (Hypochoeris radicata) 51805
Common Blue Violets (Viola sororia) near Atkins fence 40406
Marsh Blue Violet (Viola cucullata) close 42506
Confederate violet 41006
Dwarf or Goat Dandelion (Krigia montana) 50906
False Solomon's Seal (Smilacina racemosa) 52506
Solomons seal (Polygonatum biflorum) 51606
Jack in pulpit ( Arisaema triphyllum) 42506
Ox-eye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) 50906
Liverwort (Hepatica americana) pair 40306
Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacca) 52506
May-apple (Podophyllum peltatum) 42606
Wood Geranium (Geranium maculatum) 60105
High bush Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensus) plant 51805
Blackberry (Rubus argutus) bush 50506
Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora) highly invasive flower vert 60105
Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) vine highly invasive 53105
Mile a minute (Polygonum perfoliatum) highly invasive vine 60805
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria officinalis) European introduction invasive before 42406
Beaver (Castor Canadensis) adult coming back from foraging 42906
frogs egg cluster close 31006
Green frog about one half inch long at pond 52606
pickerel frog (Rana palustris) in water from side 101805
Spring peeper frog (Pseudacris crucifer crucifer) on swamp potato close 91605
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) in bloom 40805
Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) near wetlands meadow 61306
Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) flower cluster 60105
Black Locust (Robinia pseudo-acacia)flowers 51605
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) 3 blooms 42505
Fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus) flowers close up 51206
Redbud (Cercis canadensis)blossoms 42105
Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea) blooms 42105
Stream bank restoration 9 months later by CH2MHill 50207
New Park Entrance 51307
Parking lot circle with beginnings of picnic shelter frame 50207
Picnic Shelter frame by Carrol Cabin 50207
Parking lot circle looking toward new entrance 50207
Large Bioretention field near Carrol Cabin 51307
April 2007 E-News
Kyle Alger Presidents Award Winner 31807.jpg
Lynn Schumaker Vol of Year 31807.jpg
Runnymede Manor
Runnymede Manor dry pond tree tossed into natural area by contractors 70306
Runnymede Manor Debris stakes burlap tossed into natural area by contractors 70306
Runnymede site work issues
Dirt on tree zone fence moved back 30807.jpg
Dirt piled on previously planted water main area 30807.jpg
Dirt piled on tree root zone 30807.jpg
Heavy equipment parked on tree zone with protective fencing moved out of the way 30807.jpg
Parking cut to within 3 feet of sycamore tree 30807.jpg
Road roller on tree zone 30807.jpg
Tree fencing pushed out of the way at island 30809.jpg
Tree protection fencing moved to allow dirt to be piled on root zone 30807.jpg
Tree protective fencing pushed back to allow millings to be piled on root zone at island 30807.jpg
Work begun on parking area not to be worked on 30907.jpg
Supervisor standing by hole of tree that had been saved 30907.jpg
Heavy equipment still on tree root zone with fence pushed back 30907.jpg
DPW vehicle drove through meadow 11107.jpg
Herndon Free Clinic
Bill and boy on scale 11206.jpg
Bill measure small girl 11206.jpg
Bill measure small boy 11206.jpg
Bill with boy 11206.jpg
family at peggy desk 11206.jpg
Check in desk 11206.jpg
Jean smiling with boy 11206.jpg
Jean with kids mom no sign 11206.jpg
Mary Jane Job's going away party from Clinic smile 042306.jpg
Mary Jane Job's going away party from Clinic with throw 042306.jpg
Volunteer coordinator talking 11206.jpg
Volunteer coordinating 11206.jpg
Volunteers listening 11206.jpg
Jeanie and Senator Janet Howell.jpg
Jeanie and Aaron Sawyer 102005.jpg
Harlon Reece master of ceremonies 102005.jpg
Susie Swan being congratulated by Ivonne Radovich for Founder's Award 102005.jpg
Harlon Midge Susie and Mary Jane 102005.jpg
October 2006 E-News
Spring peeper frog on swamp potato 91605.jpg
Box Tutle (Terrapena carolina) head 91605.jpg
Turkey vulture.jpg
Green striped brown body dragonfly with clear wings 100505.jpg
Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) in fall 100305.jpg
Wetlands meadow in bloom 90605.jpg
Yellow tan brown butterfly in goldenrod meadow 92005.jpg
Fall grass against blue sky 100305.jpg
Tunnel spider in web 91605.jpg
Wasp buried in tickseed sunflower pollen 90605.jpg
Common Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) annual invasive orig. from Europe eight feet tall 91405.jpg
Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) flower spike 90305.jpg
Gaura (Gaura biennis) pink flwr day after frost 11904.jpg
Giant Ragweed (Ambrosia trifida) plant 90205.jpg
Grass-leaved Goldenrod (Solidago graminifolia) 90205.jpg
Ground Cherry (Physalis subglabrata) fruit by creek near pond 90205.jpg
Hairy Agrimony (Agrimonia pubescens) with leaf north end of park near creek 90205.jpg
Halberd-leaf Tearthumb (Polygonum Arifolium) flower 90405.jpg
Horseweed (Conyza canadensis) annual 90205.jpg
Hyssop-leaved Thoroughwort (Eupatorium hyssopifolium) plant 90205.jpg
Late-flowering Thoroughwort (Eupatorium serotinum) flowers by Hunters Creek bridge 92805.jpg
Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) with fruit 101005.jpg
Black Haw (Viburnumm prunifolium) berries 101005.jpg
Black Walnut(Juglans nigra) fruit 91405.jpg
Shingle Oak (Quercus imbricaria) in Fall 100305.jpg
Silky or Bush Dogwood (Cornus amomum) berries 90605.jpg
Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) vert fruit and leaves 100505.jpg
Sandstone encased in diabase at contact zone of diabase basin 101305.jpg
2005 August 4
Mile a minute (Polygonum perfoliatum) highly invasive BEFORE removal 62005.jpg
Mile a minute (Polygonum perfoliatum) highly invasive vine AFTER removal 62005.jpg
Mile a minute (Polygonum perfoliatum) highly invasive single 18 foot vine 8weeks old max 73005.jpg
Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) 61405.jpg
Evening Lychnis or White Campion (Lychnis alba) flower by path to pond 72905.jpg
American Pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides) meadow plant with btrfly 71205.jpg
Pencil flower (Stylosanthes biflora) 61905
Monkey Flower (Mimulus ringens) 80305.jpg
White Monkeyflower (Mimulus albiflorus) rare at base of woodland trail near pawpaw patch 72205.jpg
Black eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) dense center new flower 72805.jpg
Rose Pink (Sabatia angularis) a biennial native close up 80205.jpg
Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea) 80105.jpg
Yellow swallowtail pair on Joe-Pye-Weed 80105.jpg
Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) flower also called Oswego Tea. Blooms June-Sept. in moist areas62704.jpg
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) 72205.jpg
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis close up 71705.jpg
Dusty blue and brown sm butterflies on leaf 72005.jpg
Dusty grey small butterfly with red & white stripes 80205.jpg
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) in iron weed.jpg
Blue black swallowtail 72805.jpg
Yellow crowned night heron on beaver dam 72705.jpg
Beaver (Castor Canadensis) adult under catalpa tree 71305.jpg
Box turtle (Terrapena caarolina) munching on old leaf 80205.jpg
Toad with pencil flower (Stylosanthes biflora) 72005.jpg
Trout in stream above beaver dam 80305.jpg
Deer alert 71505.jpg
Duckweed (Lemna perpusilla) with painted turtles 72605.jpg
light brown mushroom Fairy Circle 71805.jpg
Red umbrella mushroom with button mush underneath 72205.jpg
Yellow bulbous like mushroom 71705.jpg
Blusher mushroom.jpg
Dragonfly - clear wings tubular blue tail blue green eyes and chest close 80305.jpg
Dragonfly - clear wings w black dots on ends,black body two rows of yellow dashes on top 71805.jpg
Dragonfly - Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) female tail way up 71905.jpg
Dragonfly - Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) male close 72505.jpg
Dragonfly Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta) male on stick 80305.jpg
Dragonfly - red eyes, clear wings with saddlebag base of second wings amber body in trees by pool belly 72005.jpg
Dragonfly - Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans) 71805.jpg
Dragonfly - Widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) 71505.jpg
Crane flies mating 72705.jpg
Dog-day cicada shell in web 72705.jpg
Grass hopper yellow green 72205.jpg
Ichneumon fly a harmless wasp like insect with lonf ovipositor to bury eggs in wood 73105.jpg
Large black and yellow striped flies with big eyes mating 80305.jpg
Sphinx moth 72205.jpg
Yellow jacket nest 71805.jpg
Wasplike fly eating bug on White Vervain (Verbena urticifolia) spike 80305.jpg
Shingle Oak twilight 73005.jpg
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) fruit 72805.jpg
American Water Plantain (Alisma triviale) flower close up 72505.jpg
Becoming purple Joe-Pye-weed (Eupatorium purpureum) stems green flowers white becoming lt purple w age pre-bloom 72705.j
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) 80205.jpg
Common Plantain (Plantago major) flower stalk 72705.jpg
Dogbane or Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) close 80305.jpg
Fox Grape (Vitis labrusca) cluster 80105.jpg
Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata) 80305.jpg
Indian Mint (Agastache rugosa) in native garden 71705.jpg
Indian Plantain (Cacalia atriplicifolia) flower 71905.jpg
Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflata) 73005.jpg
Lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) stalk close up 70805.jpg
Man-of-the-earth (Ipomoea pandurata) 72005.jpg
Nakedflower Tick-Trefoil (Desmodium nudiflorum) 71905.jpg
Partridge Pea (Cassia fasciculata) 80205.jpg
rough blazing star (Liatrus aspera) close 72805.jpg
Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis) 80305.jpg
Showy Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) 73005.jpg
Woodland Agrimony (Agrimonia rostellata) 73005.jpg
White Avens (Geum canadense) flower and fruit 72705.jpg
White Fringed Orchid (Habenaria blephariglottis) cls 62604. blooms June - Aug..jpg
Unknown sedge (Carex sp.) 80105.jpg
Unknown white clustered flower with three part leaf deeply toothed ridged stem swamp area 72905.jpg
Whitemouth dayflower (Commelina erecta) 72705.jpg
Wild Onion through leaf 71205.jpg
Yellow Meadow-beauty (Rhexia lutea) 72205.jpg
Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) in no mow area 72505.jpg
St. Andrews Cross (Ascyrum hypericoides) flower in no mow area 72205.jpg
Dwarf St. John's Wort (Hypericum mutilum) in meadow 72905.jpg