May 24, 2013

This week's headlines

Roadside wonder

c01 flowerPhoto by Hank Lohmeyer Roadside wonder Adorning numerous roadsides in Surface Creek Valley during recent past weeks is this “pretty yellow flower called sunspot or goldeneye. The botanical label is Heliomeris multiflora, with Helio meaning sun and meris meaning part,” explains Eckert naturalist Evelyn Horn. Details of this roadside wonder were the topic for her column in the DCI on Sept. 18. This week she writes about scrub jays.

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