Tall Meadow Flowers

Amongst the Wild Carrot and Sweet White Clover
(some folks are sensitive to Wild Carrot)

Flowers within your child's arm’s reach can be fun to touch. Many of them are in bloom in the late summer; they are also very attractive to even young eyes. Because they within your child’s reach, it is makes for good texture and tactile learning experiences as they sit in their carrier.

Joe-Pye Weed, Goldenrod, and Spotted Touch-Me-Not

Burdock's prickly burrs are soft to the touch when they are just beginning to bloom. 
Once the blooms are fully formed, the burrs can be painful to the touch.

Detail of Elecampane

Elecampane standing tall in the Background with Wild Carrot in the Foreground
(some folks are sensitive to Wild Carrot)

Joe-Pye Weed's fuzzy tops are soft to the touch

Tall Joe-Pye Weed in the Background

The above plants are generally safe to touch.  But, many others are not , especially mega-tall ones like Giant-Hogweed and the taller plants of the parsnip family.  For more on that, check out www.invadingspecies.com

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