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.

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

 

Rudbeckia seed heads

 

Michigan native plants at Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve

 

Rudbeckia seed heads and native Michigan grasses

 

Milkweed seed heads in a native Michigan meadow

 

Black-Eyed Susan with a single gold petal

 

Amazing texture seen in meadow grasses

 

View across the native meadow at Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve

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