RHH's photos with the keyword: nature sanctuary

Dowagiac Woods Nature Sanctuary is in southeastern Michigan and is supposed to be one of the few places left that preserve an area which shows what Michigan was like when still untouched by settlers. We were there with our oldest daughter who lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and whom we later dropped off at O'Hare Airport. We were all on our different ways home when we visited there for a few hours.

I am not sure what tree this new growth belong to but thought it very beautiful with its silky hairs and graceful curve. It was photographed in Dowagiac Woods in southeastern Michigan, a nature sanctuary we visited at the beginning of our trip home from Michigan.

Jack-in-the-Pulpit was one of the botanical treasures we found at Dowagiac Woods Nature Sanctuary in southeastern Michigan. We had found it in another park further north but were delighted to find it again. We were at Dowagiac Woods with our oldest daughter at the beginning of our long trip home to Washington.

We found this small unidentified sedge at Dowagiac Woods Nature Sanctuary in southeastern Michigan while hiking there with our oldest daughter.

Not sure what fern this is, possibly the Christmas Fern, Polystichum acrostichoides. It was photographed in Dowagiac Woods Nature Sanctuary in southeastern Michigan, where we hiked at the beginning of our long trip home to Washington.