In case you haven’t gotten the picture… there’s a LOT of goldeneye out. Vastly more goldeneye than any other flowers right now, and it’s nearly waist-high too. This stuff is hugely important in keeping migrating butterflies going as they pass through this region; as much as we focus on milkweeds, it’s important to remember that no monarch would ever get to Mexico without a diverse variety of fall-blooming wildflowers on the way.