northeast-flora-and-fauna

Here's a meadow that, as best as I can determine, was dominated in June by wildflowers called fleabanes . In the first picture you can see the wildflowers fairly well; in the second picture you can see just how much of it was growing out there. (It's difficult to be certain that all that white was the same type of wildflower, though based on what I could see I'm pretty sure the vast majority of it was the same plant.) There are a few different fleabanes kicking around central NJ. I'm suspicious these are Prairie Fleabanes (aka Lesser Daisy Fleabanes) since this species is known to live on the property. My picture doesn't give a great view of the leaves, but individual leaves would clasp (have a connection all around) to the stem in a Philadelphia Fleabane  (aka Common Fleabane). The Eastern Daisy Fleabane is a more subtle species to differentiate from the Prairie Fleabane; the Eastern Daisy Fleabane is more likely to have toothed leaves, generally looks leafier, h...