Field Guide

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Bottomland forest
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FIELD GUIDE A-Z
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Learn about the habitat, diet, and life cycle of Missouri's animals, plants, and mushrooms.
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What to look for this month
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Flowering dogwood branches with many white flowers, viewed from below against a blue sky
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Missouri's official state tree produces lovely, cloudlike boughs of white flowers in woodlands.

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Migrating north in spring, ruby-throats arrive just as eastern red columbine opens its blossoms.

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Juvenal's duskywing forewing upperside closeup
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This skipper flies only in spring. Males visit puddles and perch on twigs to intercept passing females.

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Hoary puccoon blooming at Friendly Prairie, side view of flower cluster
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As early as March, hoary puccoon begins flowering very low to the ground. By June, it can be a foot high.

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