June 8, 2005

• In the interest of being a reliable source of information here, I’d
  like to take this opportunity to correct the identification of two
  flowers posted here earlier.

  This flower is a phlox:

  

  This flower is dame’s rocket, formerly identified as phlox. This was a
  terrible, tragic error on my part since dame’s rocket is actualy an
  invasive weed in Wisconsin. Unfortunately, it’s a beautiful flower so
  people are less inclined to pull it. Sort of like a beauty queen
  invading your life and draining your money….. Whoops, tangent! At any
  rate, it was a fun shot to take. That is, the picture, not the shot at
  beauty queens…ack…

  

  This tree is the subject of some lengthy debate. In the Wisconsin
  Department of Natural Resources Big Tree List, it’s identified as a
  sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus), but most I’ve asked disagree and seem to loosely agree that it’s more like a cultivar of the silver maple (Acer saccharinum ‘Acerifolia’).
  I’m a tree nut. And I like the picture – I’ve used it in company
  publications before. Take a look yourself – it’s at 76th Street and
  Brown Deer Road.

  

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