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July 24 – 30, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on July 23, 2017, in July, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged beebalm, beetle, cicada, cicada killer, compass plant, cricket, daisy fleabane, dragonflies, fawn, fox, gayfeather, goldenrods, gray headed coneflower, ironweed, katydid, lacewings, oxeye daisy, perennial sunflowers, prairie grasses, slender mountain mint, snake, sweet coneflower, total solar eclipse, tree frog, whole leafed rosinweed, whorled milkweed, yarrow. Leave a comment

July 17 – 23, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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July 17, 2017

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July 10 – 16, 2017 Kaaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on July 9, 2017, in July, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged aphid, ashy sunflower, beebalm, big bluestem, black-eyed susan, blackeyed susan, butterfly milkweed, compass plant, daisy fleabane, eastern gamagrass, echinacea, elderberry, gayfeather, gooseberry, gray coneflower, lead plant, prairie clover, rattlesnake master, sideoats grama, slender mountain mint, switchgrass, yarrow. Leave a comment

July 3 – 9, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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June 26 – July 2, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on June 25, 2017, in July, June, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged beebalm, blackeyed susan, chickory, coreopsis, corn, crown vetch, culver's root, daisy fleabane, dogbane, echinacea, elderberry, elm leaf aphid, gray coneflower, hedge parsley, honeydew, lead plant, mullein, oxeye daisy, prairie clover, Queen Ann's lace, soybeans, spittle bug, sticktite, wheat, white sweet clover, yarrow. Leave a comment

July 25 – 31, 2016 Kaw Valley Almanac

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Ken Lassman has been keeping this almanac for over a decade, He invites you to share your observations and photos in the comments section. You can find his book Wild Douglas County at The Raven Bookstore and The Community Mercantile in Lawrence.

Yellow Flower Moon – August

Thoreau noticed how many of the flowers of August and September resemble the beaming sun. So did the Osage Indians of this area, who named the moon for this observation.

“Yellow is very definitely the color of August; even the bluestem seems gold-washed at a distance, especially when blooming. Thought thistles and other flowers are the pastel blue and lavender, the sunflowers and the prairie goldenrods are glowing yellow. Yellow butterflies predominate, and the brilliant yellow goldfinch comes to the ridges to tear at the thistle and to find something in the hear of the sunflower.” -The Osages, p. 109, by John Joseph Mathews

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