Back from visiting by father and sister in Ohio. While there, my sister and I went to the Lynx Prairie ... a prairie remnant left over from before the last ice age. Lots of prairie plants were in bloom (some pictures below). My Thomas Barnes Wildflower book in hand, we identified: pale-spiked lobelia, rattlesnake master, gray-headed coneflower, prairie dock, rose pink, meadow phlox, purple coneflower, blazing star, green milkweed, crested coral root, crane-fly orchid and several I am still looking up. (also, hoary mountain mint and slender mountain mint which we have on our farm). It was still cool enough to take our time in the morning and it was a lot of fun. The flowers were beautiful!
Link to maps and description of Lynx Prairie in Adams County, Ohio
http://www.cincymuseum.org/sites/default/files/guidebooktrailmapsfinal.pdf
Lynx Prairie honors University of Cincinnati professor E. Lucy
Braun (1889-1971). Prominent ecologist of the mid 1900’s, Dr.
Braun was the earliest advocate for the formation of the Edge of
Appalachia Preserve (EOA). The U.S. Department of the Interior
plaque just beyond the entrance recognizes the exceptional natural
significance of Lynx Prairie and Buzzardroost Rock Preserves.
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