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  • Beautiful musk (and the furious farmer)

    Sep 12, 2017 9:00 am by Michael Jeffords, Illinois Natural History Survey wildlife educator, researcherOutreach
    Lone musk thistle among wheat, and a field full of thistle. Photo by Michael Jeffords

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    • Lone musk thistle among wheat, and a field full of thistle. Photo by Michael Jeffords

    The low afternoon light cast a beautiful glow, and I was struck by a lone thistle growing amidst the wheat.