Rosebay Rhododendron

From Blue Ridge Parkway:

The brilliant blossoms of the pinkish-white rosebay rhododendron are beautiful near Price Park (MP 296) this week. Go on a hike soon to check them out! #getoutside

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Monarch Caterpillars

From U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Region:

We found not one, not two, but three monarch caterpillars on a single common milkweed plant! Milkweed in northern Minnesota is looking great and getting ready to bloom.

Photo: Monarch caterpillars by Courtney Celley/USFWS. 


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Purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea)

From Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge:

Purple prairie clover

Jessica Bolser/USFWS 


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