Cleveland Botany On The Little Rocky River Natalie Decker [rDATa44mbvc]

The Rocky River just West of Cleveland Ohio afgords us a look at the 320 million year old sediments that format he bedrock beneath the soil, while a am oxbow lake gives us a glimpse of some giant Hibiscus and some other cool native plants growing in the area, like the native St. John's Wort (Hypericum punctatum) in the area.

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