When I in Awesome Wonder…Michigan’s Golden Coast: Hairy Puccoon

Hairy what? Does it crawl or bite? Jump or squeak? I just love this name! Would you believe that, with its brother, the hoary puccoon, we have a pair of the most strikingly beautiful dune flowers to surprise you when you are on a dune hike? They have a bright yellow flower cluster on top of 18 to 24 inch stems. They surprise you because they grow in the scorched, elevated, and dry area immediately behind the flat beach. They are perennial flowers, which means that they come back year after year...