Rensselaer Adventures: Cardinal flower

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Cardinal flower

I was surprised the other day to stumble on a lone cardinal flower west if town. Its last buds were blooming, so it will be be unnoticeable in a week or so.

This plant is a close relative of Great Lobelia, and can hybridize with it. The notes on the Illinois wildflower page says that these hybrids are sometimes sold in garden shops.

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Bulletin Board

Yodel-Jasper County pages

Nov 3 Daylight Savings Time ends

Nov 3 Alpen horn concert, Rensselaer Library, 2:00

Nov 4 Commissioners meeting, 8:30 Sparling Annex

Nov 4 Rensselaer Park Board meeting, 6:00 City Hall

Nov 11 Veterans' Day

Nov 12 Rensselaer Board of Public Works meeting 5:30, City Council meeting 6:00 City Hall

Nov 12 Jasper County Airport Authority meeting, 6:00 Airport

Nov 14 Saint Augustine Turkey Dinner and Bazaar

Nov 14 Rensselaer Redevelopment Commission meeting 5:00 City Hall

Nov 19 Joint Commissioner/Council meeting 5:00; County Council meeting 6:00 Sparling annex

Nov 25 City Council meeting, 6:00 City Hall

Dec 7 Christmas Parade

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Rensselaer Links

Unofficial website of Memories Alive at Weston Cemetery (Weston Cemetery Walk)

Unofficial Art Tour of Rensselaer

The official website of the City of Rensselaer: http://www.cityofrensselaerin.com/

The Rensselaer branch of the the Jasper County Library offers many programs. Their calendar is at: http://engagedpatrons.org/EventsCalendar.cfm?SiteID=8102

The water flow in the Iroquois River is measured east of Rensselaer by the USGS at: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/in/nwis/uv?sit

https://beacon.schneidercorp.com/Application.aspx?AppID=509&LayerID=7887&PageTypeID=2&PageID=3844 Who owns what and where in Jasper County.

Weather, Rensselaer and area.

City of Rensselaer; Minutes of City Council, Park Board, Board of Public Works and Safety

Jasper County Government Document Center

Rensselaer Central Sports headlines

Saint Joseph's College, located just south of Rensselaer, http://www.saintjoe.edu/

Rensselaer Central School Board Minutes (called Board Bits)

Jasper County Airport