Fragile prickly pear and frog orchid (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Fragile prickly pear and frog orchid

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Two state-listed plants found in northwest Illinois, from left: the dwarf, or fragile, prickly pear, Opuntia fragilis and the long-bract frog orchid, Dactylorhiza viridis. 

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Photos by Brian Charles

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