Identificaciones de scottward

Came out to add some iNaturalist observations in an area that looked pretty empty on the map.

All my observations from today: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.789661533726804&nelng=-80.19731970361754&on=2022-07-11&place_id=any&subview=map&swlat=25.768407156753753&swlng=-80.29941530756041&user_id=joemdo

Roadside ditch. New species for me! Thank you @howardhorne for your excellent observation from last year. I drove an hour to this site and found the plants in 15 seconds. Leaf >1cm wide. About 20 spikelets per cluster. Achene 5mm x 3mm +15mm tubercle. Bristles extend past achene body.

Ilex glabra in the wild is not all that common on MV, and when seen it is usually in wet locations. This is high and dry on moraine, so I’m speculating that the soil in this spot has some clay. Found an interesting aberrant leaf (last two photos).

This observation is for the plant, not the bee or crab spider!
Bee observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28838188
Another bee observation on the same plant:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28838187
I am on a quest to add "Nectar plant" observation fields to all pollinator observations I come across!

Came out to see if there were any interesting plant species near the airport train tracks. Some native pineland grasses and sedges were the main highlights, although there wasn't really anything unexpected. I will try to come back to this area again to spend a little more time surveying.