November cup plant

        The weather had not changed yet. It was warm and I was trying to get some walking in this day. This is the "trail" on the south of Baker Wetlands that borders the Wakarusa River woods. Even before the earlly freezes, these guys were looking a bit haggard; now their leathery leaves dry and beaten by the wind provide a light gray contrast to the darker brown of the stems. The stems are sometimes an inch across and they are perfectly square. The remainder of the dry leaves here still wrap completely around all 4 corners of the stems.
        You can see what this plant looked like in the late summer from my post of 11/15/16.  As well as earlier ones of the leaves themselves.