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Nesting aggregation of A. erigeniae on and adjacent to a brief spur path to a stream (and likely hiker water source). Nest site was situated in a rare sunny dry location on the otherwise mostly shaded and exceedingly wet trail. Counted at least 11 distinct individuals, either foraging or moving about on the ground (including one exiting a nest hole; see Photo 4).

Amethyst aster (Symphyotrichum x amethystinum), the hybrid between heath aster (S. ericoides) and New England aster (S. novae-angliae), growing on an old railway embankment.

This is another species that I suspect has been misidentified as willowleaf aster (S. praealtum). Note the dense stem pubescence and broad, spinule-tipped phyllaries. Those features, in addition to the dark green abaxial leaf surfaces, differentiate this hybrid.

Kent County, Ontario, Canada.

One of the last days of the 'iNat-athon' in Southeast Arizona, and we went to explore Mount Lemmon and surrounding areas.

Still working on the ID's for these...

Check out the journal entry for lots of better photos of many of these same species:
http://www.inaturalist.org/journal/sambiology/11501-southeast-arizona-inaturalist-is-a-community