May 16, 2025 — Ashland County
Site is north of Takesson Trail. Follow the trail east from the main (north-south) road, to where the river bends to the north (looking upriver). Carefully proceed down the steep slope to the floodplain and head north roughly 0.1 mile to the site.
American Emerald (
Cordulia shurtleffii)
Photographed
This immature American emerald was observed in semi-open woods, on the floodplain of the Bad river.