Wild onion
Wild garlic Allium canadenses var. canadenses
The flowers are in the ditch next to my driveway, along Rt 82 east of El Dorado. May. The non-flowering pictures were taken in El Dorado along 19th St. by the Fairgrounds. April
This patch of onions came up in my yard in early May. I don't know if these are a variation on the above wild onions - they have dark reddish bulblets - or if they are some other type of onion.
Fringe tree
Old man's beard Chionanthus virginicus
At the spot where the Highway Patrol stops trucks along US 82 east of Hibanks Road. East of El Dorado. April
Dodder Cuscata sp.
Dodder is most noticeable as a yellowish (because it lacks chlorophyll) mass of parasitic threads growing over its host plants. These were seen along US 82 just west of Urbana Road.
May