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Wildflowers June 27, 2001

Found blooming in Cook County by Lorraine Anderson - lorraine@bwca.cc (Be sure to check out the past reports linked at the right as well!)

 

I finally got my wish and went to Alfred's Pond on the Superior Hiking Trail between the Sugar Loaf Road and Cook County #1.  It was 5.4 miles and took us 5 hours and at our age we felt very good about that.  In Alfred's Pond there is a floating boardwalk over a bog with many special bog plants.  We also saw hundreds of Blue Flag Iris on the "Iris Road" (The Grade) and at Pit Lake.  What wonderful days!

 

Blue-eyed Grass - Sisyrinchium ssp.

Bunchberry - Cornus canadensis

Buttercup, Swamp - Ranunculus septintrionalis

Buttercup - Ranunculus acris

Caraway - Carum carvi

Chickweed , Field - cerastium arvense

Clintonia - Clintonia borealis

Clover, Red & White ssp.

Columbine - Aquilegia canadensis

Cow-Parsnip - Heracleum maximum

Cress , Winter - Barbera vulgaris

Daisy , Ox-eye- Chrysanthemum leucanthemum

Dandelion - Taraxacum officinale

Dogbane, Spreading - Apocynum androsaemifolium*

Forget-me-not - True - Myosotis scorpioides

Forget-me-not, Smaller - Myosotis laxa

Goatsbeard , Yellow - Tragopogon pratensis *

Hawkweed , Yellow- Hieracium scabrum

Hawkweed , Orange- Hieracium aurantiacum

Jack-in-the-Pulpit - Arisaema atrorubens

Lady’s Slipper, Smaller Yellow - Cypripedium calceolus

Lupine - Lupinus polyphylus

Meadow Rue - Thalictrum ssp.

Mertensia - Mertensia virginica

Penstemon - Beardtongues - Penstemon digitalis

Pitcher-plant - Sarracenia purpurea

Rose, Wild spp.

Silverweed - Potentilla anserina

Solomon's Seal, False - Smilacina racemosa

Solomon's Seal ,Three-leaved - Smilacina trifolia

Sorrel, Wood - Oxalis montana

Spurrey, Sand - Spergularia rubra

Twinflower - Linnaea borealis *

Vetch , Purple- Vicia americana

Vetchling , Pale - Lathyrus orchroleucus

Wintergreen , One-flowered - Moneses uniflora

Calla, Wild - Calla palustris*

Iris, Blue Flag - Iris prismatica*

Butter-and-eggs - Linaria vulgaris *

Cranberry, Small - Vaccinium oxycoccos*

Pyrola, Pink - Pyrola asarifolia*

Dock, Indian Tobacco - Rumex*

 

Trees and Shrubs we saw blooming:

Chokecherry - Prunus virginiana

Thimbleberry - Rubus parviflorus

Mountain Ash - Sorbus americana

Moos or Mountain Maple - Acer spicatum

Raspberry - Rubus idaeus

Highbush Cranberry - Viburnum trilobum

Bush Honeysuckle -  Diervilla lonicera *

 

* new this week

Because the leaves are coming out in the forests there are not as many flowers there - but there is an increase in flowers along side the highways and roadways where there is more sunlight.

Wildflower Links
Celebrating Wildflowers
Minnesota Native Plant Society


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