These plants were located on college and university campuses or in a metropark in the greater Cleveland,Ohio area. In some cases the pictures were retouched using software provided with the camera. All were trimmed to varying extents. In several cases duplicates are present which were taken at different times or at a different location.
Nature presents a wide variety of forms.
One could probably take a multitude of pictures of just one plant and not capture all its beauty of color and form. Here are an infinitesimally small number of such photos. David Emmitt, program manager of the horticulture program at Tri-C, a local community college, has graciously provided the comments and names of the plants. These identifications are based on the often limited amount of information provided in the pictures. This limited information sometimes made absolute identification impossible.