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Sunlight highlights bee balm flower blooms.
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Sunlight and shadow highlight a clover bloom.
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A winter rose bush leaf is highlighted by the maroon siding of a nearby building in Ankeny, Iowa.
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Green tomatoes show signs of catfacing as they grow in Ankeny, Iowa.
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An open milkweed seed pod, Ankeny, Iowa.
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Weathered botanical, probably a milkweed, in Southwoods Park, West Des Moines, Iowa.
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A green acorn grows in an oak tree, Sothwoods Park, West Des Moines, Iowa
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Walnut husks, believed to be black walnut, grow in a tree in Southwoods Park, West Des Moines, Iowa
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a fallen autumn leaf and a broken bit of nut shell lie on a stone near the Rothchild Nature Trail in Southwoods Park, West Des Moines, Iowa
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ripe ears of corn await harvesting in a field near Huxley, Iowa
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a plant bud or sepal, Ankeny, Iowa
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blackberries growing along the bike path in Southwoods Park, West Des Moines, Iowa
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grass stalk, Southwoods Park, West Des Moines, Iowa
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green tomatoes grow on a vine, Ankeny, Iowa
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thistle-like plant, Quail Cove Park, West Des Moines, Iowa
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plant leaves backlit by a setting sun, Ankeny, Iowa
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sunlight highlights the tips of a grass stalk in Heritage Park, Ankeny, Iowa
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botanical, Southwoods Park, West Des Moines, Iowa
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a thorny plant weaves through a strand of barbed wire fence at Heritage Park, Ankeny, Iowa
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backlit botanical near the Rothchild Nature Trail, West Des Moines, Iowa
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