#fleabane — Public Fediverse posts

#Fleabane #Erigeron #annuus is an #invasive #neophyte in #Europe, originally mative from Canada to Florida (USA). It arrived in Europe and #Asia as an ornamental plant in the 18th century and became naturalized.
C. Wang et al. (2020) studied it in China finding one #alienspecies be able to "generate a #favorable" #speciescommunity #habitat that is beneficial for following ones, using #Solidago #canadensis as 2nd alien.

©#StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

Ref
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137128

#Photos
©S F.Wirth

Fleabane flowers I also saw out in Shindagin Hollow State Forest

#photo #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #forests #nature #fleabane #shingdaginholllow #stateforest #upstateny #flower

Two types of bees (I forget which), painted crawling on fleabane and on paintbrush. All inside tiny oyster shells, of course.

My shells are sold in the shop at the Seattle Art Museum. (Although I think these have been sold already.)

#bee #bees #fleabane #oyster #oysters #wildflower #wildflowers #NativeFlowers #PNW #ActuallyAutistic #SeattleArtist #illustration #PorcelainPainting #painting #TraditionalArt #handmade #insect #insects #apoidea