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Ox-eye Daisy by Lorraine Anderson
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Wildflowers
July 25, 2001
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Highway #61 is so beautiful with the Fireweed, Bird's-foot Trefoil and Daisies. It is truly Nature's Garden. On Wednesday we went to Sugar Loaf Landing which is between mile marker #73 & #74. This is an area where historical they used to ship logs from. They are trying to restore it to what it was like then. They do not have a sign on the highway yet so it is a bit tricky to find - but if you get to the Satellite Cafe you have passed it. We went on a nice walking path that brought us through the woods, down to the shore, through a low area, and through a pine forest. It was a pleasant day and we had fun identifying new plants and seeing some of our old favorites. After that we went up the Snowmobile Parking area that is marked on the highway that is between Cascade Park and Grand Marais.
What we saw: Buttercup - Ranunculus acris Chickweed , Field - cerastium arvense Clover, Red & White ssp. Clover, Sweet - Yellow & White ssp. Cow-Parsnip - Heracleum maximum Daisy , Ox-eye- Chrysanthemum leucanthemum Dogbane, Spreading - Apocynum androsaemifolium Hawkweed , Orange- Hieracium aurantiacum Meadow Rue - Thalictrum ssp. Rose, Wild spp. Spurrey, Sand - Spergularia rubra Vetch , Purple- Vicia americana Iris, Blue Flag - Iris prismatica Butter-and-eggs - Linaria vulgaris Dock, Indian Tobacco - Rumex Bugloss, Vipers - Echium vulgare Yarrow - Achillea lanulosa Heal-all - Prunella vulgaris Fireweed - Epilobium angustifolium Clover, Rabbitsfoot - Trifolium arvense Clover, Hop - Trifolium agratium Avens, Yellow - Geum aleppicum Stitchwort, Lesser - Stellar graminea Yarrow, Pink ssp Black-eyed Susan - Rudbeckia serotina Joe Pye Weed ssp Primrose, Common Evening - Oenothera biennis Bedstraw, Northern - Galium boreale Trefoil, Birdfoot - Lotus corniculatus - this was new last week but forgotten Orchid, Ragged Fringed - Platanthera (Habenaria) lacera Bellflower, Creeping - Campanula rapunculoides Jewelweed or Spotted Touch-me-not - Impatiens capensis* Bulb-bearing Water-hemlock - Cicuta bulbifera* Common Agrimony - Agrimonia gryposepala* Pearly Everlasting - Anaphalis margaritacea* Common Sow Thistle - Sonchus oleraceus* Pineapple Weed - Matricaria matricaarioides* Mayweed - Anthemis cotula* Chicory - Cichorium intybus* In many parts of the country this is common. Here it is rare. Common Mullein - Verbascum thapsus* Wormseed Mustard - Erysimum cheiranthoides* Thistle, Canada - Cirsium arvense* St. John's Wort - Hypericum perforatum* Meadowsweet - Spirea alba* Aster - white and purple* Shinleaf - Pyrola elliptica Blue-eyed Grass - Sisyrinchium montanum Beach Pea - Lathyrus japonicus Buttercup Hispid - Ranunculus hispidus* Sundrops, Small - Oenothera perennis Gentian, Spurred - Halenia deflexa* Harebell - Campanula rotundifolia* Ragwort, Round leaf - Senecio obovatus Cinquefoil, Three-toothed - Potentilla tridentata Mallow, Musk - Malva moschata* Lily, Day - Hemerocallis fulva* Knapweed, Spotted - Centaurea maculosa* Thimbleweed - Anemone virginiana* Tansy, Common - Lilium tigrinum*
Trees and Shrubs we saw blooming: Bush Honeysuckle - Diervilla lonicera Cinquefoil, Rough - Potentilla norvegica Ninebark - Physocarpus opulifolius* this was also blooming last week * new this week |
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