October 6, 2009
Lusitania Field Wetland
The early morning sun backlights these wetland plants, including clusters of Common Cattails,Typha latifolia. The meadow has been the focus of many hours of labor this summer by volunteers and paid landscape workers, who removed truckloads of the invasive weed called Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris, that towered over all of the native species. The newly uncovered plants include many pink, purple, and white asters.