A Walk Through a Michigan Meadow

BySue Libertiny

We are fortunate to live within a 5-minute drive of Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve. It’s a 42-acre area of woodlands, wetlands and native meadows. The native meadow has become an Autumn favorite. It’s rare to find a nature area that looks better in Autumn and Winter than Summer, but a native meadow is one such place.

I had the day off work today and decided to spend as much time as possible outside enjoying my favorite native meadow. Here are a few photos from today’s walk. I hope you enjoy the view as much as I did.

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Michigan native meadow plants including wild sunflowers, milkweed, and rudbeckia

 

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Rudbeckia seed heads

 

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Michigan native plants at Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve

 

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Rudbeckia seed heads and native Michigan grasses

 

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Milkweed seed heads in a native Michigan meadow

 

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Black-Eyed Susan with a single gold petal

 

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Amazing texture seen in meadow grasses

 

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View across the native meadow at Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve

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