Yellow field: This is quite a sight, an entire field (165 acres) of Ox Eye Daisys. It was planted as a polinator project. Walt...

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Aug 6, 2018 11:57:58 #

Whuff Loc: Marshalltown, Iowa

This is quite a sight, an entire field (165 acres) of Ox Eye Daisys. It was planted as a polinator project.

Walt

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Aug 6, 2018 11:59:13 #

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Whuff wrote:

This is quite a sight, an entire field (165 acres) of Ox Eye Daisys.

Walt

Walt, Breath taking image.

Aug 6, 2018 12:17:33 #

danniepolley

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Aug 6, 2018 15:37:18 #

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

Whuff wrote:

This is quite a sight, an entire field (165 acres) of Ox Eye Daisys. It was planted as a polinator project.

Walt

Beautiful, Walt! We have a lot of those blooming here right now. Can I ask where that project is?

Those are called "False sunflower," also called "Oxeye sunflower" or Smooth oxeye" - Heliopsis helianthoides. It is a perennial species native to most of North America. "Oxeye daisy" - Leucanthemum vulgarehas - has white petals and is from the Old World. It has escaped from gardens and is naturalized all over North America.

False sunflower, or Oxeye:
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HEHE5

Oxeye daisy:
http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/oxeye_daisy.htm

Mike

Aug 6, 2018 16:18:42 #

Whuff Loc: Marshalltown, Iowa

It’s right here in my hometown at a nature center called Grimes Farm. They were planted about 3 years ago and were just blooming in June when I took this photo. I visit there several times each year and this was the first time I had seen this hillside covered in yellow blooms. Thanks for stopping by, looking and commenting.

Walt

Aug 6, 2018 16:19:14 #