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St. John's wort plant (Hypericum perforatum) on Merry Christmas Mine Hill in Mineral Point, Wisconsin.
Photographed early July 2022. Original keys: IMG_9457 and IMG_9458

Merry Christmas Mine Hill is part of the Pendarvis State Historic Site in Mineral Point. Pendarvis contains historical structures, artifacts and educational features that focus on the lead and zinc mining history of the area.

Hypericum perforatum is in the Hypericaceae family (also known as the St. John's wort family) and the Malpighiales order. Originally native to Eurasia and North Africa, it has spread worldwide. Considered a weed or invasive in some areas.

St. John's wort plant (Hypericum perforatum) on Merry Christmas Mine Hill in Mineral Point, Wisconsin.
Photographed early July 2022. Original keys: IMG_9457 and IMG_9458

Merry Christmas Mine Hill is part of the Pendarvis State Historic Site in Mineral Point. Pendarvis contains historical structures, artifacts and educational features that focus on the lead and zinc mining history of the area.

Hypericum perforatum is in the Hypericaceae family (also known as the St. John's wort family) and the Malpighiales order. Originally native to Eurasia and North Africa, it has spread worldwide. Considered a weed or invasive in some areas.

On the 4th of July weekend in 2022, wild black raspberries are ripening in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area. These berries were some of thousands found along the Merry Christmas Mine interpretive hiking trail at the Pendarvis historical site in Mineral Point, Wisconsin.

On the 4th of July weekend in 2022, wild black raspberries are ripening in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area. These berries were some of thousands found along the Merry Christmas Mine interpretive hiking trail at the Pendarvis historical site in Mineral Point, Wisconsin.

At first I thought these were wild blackberries, another Rubus species. However, the whitish filmy stem, seen on one of the larger stems in the lower half of this picture, helps identify them as Rubus occidentalis, wild black raspberry.

Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota) plant, with its distinctive pointy bracts around the emerging flower. You can also see the hairy stem that helps distinguish Queen Anne’s Lace from lookalikes. Set against a backdrop of wild raspberries and Virginia creeper.

Photo taken early July 2022 at Merry Christmas Mine Hill, part of the Pendarvis historic site in Mineral Point, Wisconsin.

Daucus carota is not native to the United States, and sometimes considered a weed or invasive.
The domestic carrot vegetable is a cultivar of a subspecies of Daucus carota.

A massive cottonwood tree overhangs a trail on Merry Christmas Mine Hill in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. A guided trail, part of the Pendarvis state historical site, explains the zinc mining heritage of this part of southwestern Wisconsin’s rugged Driftless Area. Photo taken July 2, 2022.

A massive cottonwood tree overhangs a trail on Merry Christmas Mine Hill in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. A guided trail, part of the Pendarvis state historical site, explains the zinc mining heritage of this part of southwestern Wisconsin’s rugged Driftless Area. Photo taken July 2, 2022.

A massive cottonwood tree overhangs a trail on Merry Christmas Mine Hill in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. A guided trail, part of the Pendarvis state historical site, explains the zinc mining heritage of this part of southwestern Wisconsin’s rugged Driftless Area. Photo taken July 2, 2022.

A massive cottonwood tree overhangs a trail on Merry Christmas Mine Hill in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. A guided trail, part of the Pendarvis state historical site, explains the zinc mining heritage of this part of southwestern Wisconsin’s rugged Driftless Area. Photo taken July 2, 2022.

A mining ore can and cart at the Pendarvis historical site in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. This car was used on narrow-gauge railroad tracks for zinc mining operations at the Merry Christmas Mine. It is preserved and on display as part of an interpretive hike in Mineral Point, in southwestern Wisconsin’s Driftless Region. Photo taken July 2, 2022.

A mining ore can and cart at the Pendarvis historical site in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. This car was used on narrow-gauge railroad tracks for zinc mining operations at the Merry Christmas Mine. It is preserved and on display as part of an interpretive hike in Mineral Point, in southwestern Wisconsin’s Driftless Region. Photo taken July 2, 2022.

A mining ore can and cart at the Pendarvis historical site in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. This car was used on narrow-gauge railroad tracks for zinc mining operations at the Merry Christmas Mine. It is preserved and on display as part of an interpretive hike in Mineral Point, in southwestern Wisconsin’s Driftless Region. Photo taken July 2, 2022.

A mining ore can and cart at the Pendarvis historical site in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. This car was used on narrow-gauge railroad tracks for zinc mining operations at the Merry Christmas Mine. It is preserved and on display as part of an interpretive hike in Mineral Point, in southwestern Wisconsin’s Driftless Region. Photo taken July 2, 2022.