SWAMP MILKWEED FLOWER Size:16x24 GALLERY WRAP The sun was just breaking

The sun was just breaking the horizon and with the forest behind

With the abundance of wildflowers that include common milkweed and swamp milkweed that are host plants to the monarch caterpillars

which makes for some good photography

I didn't have far to hike to reach the west end of the park where there was an abundance of wildflowers along with a mist in front of the box elder trees that line the banks of Eakin Creek West

SWAMP MILKWEED FLOWER Size:16x24 GALLERY WRAP The sun was just breakingA beautiful umbel from the swamp milkweed is made up of many tiny florets and if you zoom in on them, you might just notice the monkey heads, Wildflower Park. (460 43)