Comments on: I love the Midwest! http://marklindner.info/blog/2006/03/30/i-love-the-midwest/ Palmer, CL. “Structures and strategies of interdisciplinary science.” JASIS 50(3): 242-253, 1999 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:15:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mark http://marklindner.info/blog/2006/03/30/i-love-the-midwest/comment-page-1/#comment-625 Mark Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:51:03 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/?p=460#comment-625 It is cute, but maybe I misnamed it. Invasive species are rarely 'delicate.' Thanks for the ID. I know a few flowers, have heard of many, and love most. But I can't ID most.... Thanks again Joy! It is cute, but maybe I misnamed it. Invasive species are rarely ‘delicate.’

Thanks for the ID. I know a few flowers, have heard of many, and love most. But I can’t ID most….

Thanks again Joy!

]]> By: Joy Weese Moll http://marklindner.info/blog/2006/03/30/i-love-the-midwest/comment-page-1/#comment-624 Joy Weese Moll Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:04:49 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/?p=460#comment-624 Star of Bethlehem. Cute, isn't? Unfortunately, it's an invasive species in Missouri and, presumably, Illinois. It takes over whole hillsides in our woods not giving space for our native species. Here's a page on it, click on alternate pictures and scroll down to see the flower: <a href="http://www.weedalert.com/weed_pages/wa_star_of_bethlehem.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.weedalert.com/weed_pages/wa_star_of_bethlehem.htm</a> Star of Bethlehem.

Cute, isn’t? Unfortunately, it’s an invasive species in Missouri and, presumably, Illinois. It takes over whole hillsides in our woods not giving space for our native species.

Here’s a page on it, click on alternate pictures and scroll down to see the flower:
http://www.weedalert.com/weed_pages/wa_star_of_bethlehem.htm

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