07-14-12 Frederick County
Summer daytrip to cooler, higher ground. From a meadow right off the interstate to the lovely Catoctin Mountain Nat'l Park.
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Chicken-of-the-woods mushrooms (Laetiporus sp.) on decaying log along Hog Rock trail Catoctin Mountain Nat'l Park, Frederick County, MD
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![Chicory on the hilltop <span class="nonNative">[non-native]</span>
Southern Frederick County, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/SourceGalleries/2012/07-14-12/i-TvzqDJK/0/c546a0d6/Ti/2012_P1020382-Ti.jpg)
![Butter-and-eggs (<i>Linaria vulgaris</i>) <span class="nonNative">[non-native]</span>
Near Catoctin Mountain Nat'l Park, Frederick County, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/SourceGalleries/2012/07-14-12/i-NBRMnrd/0/93ba7ca2/Ti/2012_P1020449-Ti.jpg)
![Asiatic tiger lily (<i>Lilium lancifolium</i>) on rural roadside <span class="nonNative">[non-native]</span>
Near Catoctin Mountain Park, Frederick County, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/SourceGalleries/2012/07-14-12/i-XDLfTkT/0/d70138f2/Ti/2012_P1020456-Ti.jpg)
![Butter-and-eggs (<i>Linaria vulgaris</i>) along country road <span class="nonNative">[non-native]</span>
Catoctin Mountain Nat'l Park, Frederick County, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/SourceGalleries/2012/07-14-12/i-v2ZfqQJ/0/0b86d1ed/Ti/2012_P1020465-Ti.jpg)
![Bumble bee (<i>Bombus</i> sp.) on red clover <span class="nonNative">[non-native]</span>
Catoctin Mountain Nat'l Park, Frederick County, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/SourceGalleries/2012/07-14-12/i-c7pH7sM/0/53b6c7ab/Ti/2012_P1020475a-Ti.jpg)
![Bumble bee (<i>Bombus</i> sp.) on red clover <span class="nonNative">[non-native]</span>
Catoctin Mountain Nat'l Park, Frederick County, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/SourceGalleries/2012/07-14-12/i-FBpjP9X/0/76e0bdff/Ti/2012_P1020475b-Ti.jpg)
![Moth mullein (<I>Verbascum blattaria</I>) in wildflower meadow <span class="nonNative" >[Non-native invasive]</span>
Catoctin Mountain Nat'l Park, Frederick County, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/SourceGalleries/2012/07-14-12/i-MCmXvWn/0/92f9ad1f/Ti/2012_P1020484-Ti.jpg)
![Moth mullein (<I>Verbascum blattaria</I>) by Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church cemetery <span class="nonNative">[Non-native invasive]</span>
Catoctin Mountain Nat'l Park, Frederick County, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/SourceGalleries/2012/07-14-12/i-sjTxghB/0/0f6a9153/Ti/2012_P1020488-Ti.jpg)