#watershield

From top: The view east from the Allegheny Front along the South Prong Trail (Roaring Plains); one of the many sphagnum bogs on the plateau, home to tawny cottongrass (Eriophorum virginicum) and large cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon); minniebush (Menziesia pilosa), bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum), and American beech (Fagus grandifoli) in their gorgeous fall colors; running clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum) with strobili containing spores; common blue wood aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium); Applachian ladies' tresses (Spiranthes arcisepala), a member of S. cernua complex with a distinctly bell-shaped flower and rounded labellum; stiff gentian (Gentianella quinquefolia), also known as agueweed, which along with Spiranthes is one of the last wildflowers to bloom during the Applachian autumn; a beaver pond complex in Canaan Valley, adorned with colorful watershield (Brasenia schreberi); milkweed seedpods bursting and offering up a new generation to the wind; and a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), newly emerged from its chrysalis, takes a sip of nectar from a wrinkleleaf goldenrod (Solidago rugosa), also known as rough-stemmed goldenrod.

Rick is not a good fighter but he learned to master his water shield pretty quickly.

Watershield, Brasenia schreberi.

Nike ACG Watershield

Watershield (Brasenia schreberi) is a common, native aquatic plant that grows in the slow-moving waters of Central Appalachia’s ponds and lakes. As the summer pushes into fall, the plant’s leaves turn brilliant shades of orange and red. They also start to exhibit bizarre patterns of insect damage, which have a certain morbid beauty to them.

Watershield

I brought watershields to my friend’s izakaya👍

I’ve got more than 2kg!