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ophis: west end, July 27
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ophis: here's how it looked in June, seven wks earlier
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ophis: view from west end
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ophis: these two plants comprise nearly all the new growth
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ophis: here's the smartweed only, growing on the north side
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ophis: here they both are again
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ophis: nodding smartweed on foreground knoll, both species dividing shoreline at rear
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ophis: here they both are again
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ophis: western ledge
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ophis: here's a clue
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ophis: geese breakfasting on spike rush
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ophis: waterfowl like smartweeds too
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ophis: maturing smartweed seeds, some with flowers removed
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ophis: you are what you eat
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ophis: loser
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ophis: former shoreline flora
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ophis: parasite
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ophis: the new order
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ophis: refuge
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ophis: stewardship