Fringed Polygala, Wells National Estuarine Research Center at Laudholm Farm, Wells ME

We are having a very odd spring. There were no Angle Wings (Fringed Polygala) along the trail at Rachel Carson NWR Headquarters, where they are generally common…and yet, the very next day, the woods at Laudholm Farm were full of them. The two spots are separated by less than a mile as the crow flies. I can think of no good reason to explain why they would be in bloom one place and not the other…but that is nature…ever mysterious 🙂

Nikon P900 in Close Up Mode at 95mm equivalent field of view. 1/400th @ f4 @ ISO 100. Processed in Lightroom. Cropped for scale.