The health of our waters is the principal measure of how we live on the land — Luna Leopold
Joni Mitchell in 1970: “I really don’t know life at all”
Mrs. Gulch’s Maximilian sunflowers September 24, 2023. Helianthus maximiliani is a North American species of sunflower known by the common name Maximilian sunflower. Helianthus maximiliani is native to the Great Plains in central North America, and naturalized in the eastern and western parts of the continent. It is now found from British Columbia to Maine, south to the Carolinas, Chihuahua, and California. The plant thrives in a number of ecosystems, particularly across the plains in central Canada and the United States. It is also cultivated as an ornamental
