A detailed macro photograph of a single Starflower bloom, with its green leaves in the background.
Starflower (Lysimachia borealis), one of Massachusetts' native wildflowers, growing trailside at Dartmouth Natural Resource Trust's Destruction Brook Woods.
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A detailed macro photograph of a Cinnamon fern frond just beginning to unfurl.
Another macro of a Cinnamon fern frond just beginning to unfurl.
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A detailed macro photograph of the fertile frond of a Cinnamon Fern, showing the burst spore pods that have become a cinnamon color.
Detail of a Cinnamon Fern's fertile frond, showing the distinctive color that earns the plant its name. The burst pods have already released their spores.
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A detailed macro photograph of the flower of a Starflower plant, white with 8 petals and yellow-tipped stamen.
Starflower (Lysimachia borealis), one of Massachusetts' native wildflowers, growing trailside at DNRT's Destruction Brook Woods. Don't let the macro scale fool you; the bloom is only about a half inch in diameter.
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A detailed macro photograph of the flower of a Pink Lady's Slipper.
A Pink Lady's Slipper, an orchid native in New England, at DNRT's Destruction Brook Woods. There are a lot of these out right now; I counted well over 60 of them in about 3 miles of hiking over a few days this weekend.
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A detailed macro photograph of the coiled head of a young fern.
Cinnamon fern, furled.
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A detailed macro photograph of a young fern, just past the "Fiddlehead" stage, leaves still curled up and about to unfurl.
I have been meaning to take the macro lens out while ferns were still unfurling. Almost missed my window.
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