Thanks to Pepco

	PEPCO Meadow First Anniversary
The Friends of Sligo Creek thanks Pepco for establishing a new meadow habitat, starting in 2008, through a low-mow shedule in the powerline corridor on either side of Sligo Creek. In our first summer without mowing, we saw thirteen native wildflowers, ten species of native grasses, and a dozen different butterflies. The beauty of the meadow solicited emails of gratitude from local residents and provided hours of pleasure for hikers, bikers, dog owners, and nature-lovers. See the list of plants and butterflies seen. Enjoy the photos of the flora and fauna in our new Right-of-Way meadow in its first full year! FLOWERS Hyssop-leaved boneset, butterfly weed, New York ironweed, yarrow, Joe-Pye weed, goldenrods, Maryland golden-aster, dogbane, early goldenrod, wild potato vine, horse-nettle, fire-weed, and hedge bindweed. NATIVE GRASSES Indian grass, purple top, poverty grass, deer tongue, broom sedge, little bluestem, flat-stemmed panic grass, nimblewill, autumn bentgrass, and purple lovegrass. BUTTERFLIES clouded sulpher, orange sulphur, common buckeye, cabbage white, pearl crescent, variegated fritillary, meadow fritillary, painted lady, coral hairstreak, and grass skippers.
Butterfly weed in late June	Pearl Crescent Butterfly on Boneset
Variegated fritillary and Maryland golden-aster on September 1	Goldenrod high on the western bank
Clouded sulphur on butterfly weed	Indian Grass
Sea of broom-sedge, little bluestem, & other grasses in February	Moonrise over Indian grass February
Sunset behind purple top and broom-sedge	Dried aster in winter