When John Clare, a nineteenth century farm worker and poet, wrote of the fields that brought him such enjoyment, he described the weeds in flower as "troubling the cornfields with destroying beauty."
Bull Thistle
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
Brittlestem Hemp-nettle
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
Golden Northern Bumble Bee
on Common Hemp-nettle
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
Great Black Wasp
on Rattlesnake Master
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
Virginia Mountain Mint
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
Big Bluestem
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
Great Golden Digger Wasp
on White Prairie Clover
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
Plumeless Thistle
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
Common Ragweed
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
Common Aerial Yellowjacket
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
Stiff Goldenrod
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
Spotted Knapweed
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
White-faced Meadowhawk
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
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