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Today was a wet, rainy day and many people say we cannot
have a good day when the weather doesn't cooperate. Wednesdays are
Special and whatever the weather we make it a Great Day!! Today we did
not go into the woods because it was too wet. That didn't keep us from
seeing things from the car and walking along the roadside.
The most beautiful, prolific flower was Bunchberries.
The most exciting was the Fringed Polygala.
The most unusual was a blooming apple tree in the middle of nowhere.
Roads traveled
Devil Track rd. to Ball Club, to Trestle Pine, back to Ball Club, then
to The Grade, to Bally Creek, to #7
What we saw this week:
Baneberry,
Red - Actaea rubra
Bellwort, Large-flowered - Uvularia grandiflora
Bluebell, (Tall
Lungwort) - Mertensia paniculata
Buckbean,
Bog - Minyanthes trifoliata
Bunchberry - Cornus
canadensis
Buttercup, Tall
or Common - Ranunculus acris
Calla, Wild or Water Arum - Calla palustris
Caraway - Carum carvi
Clematis, Purple
(Rock) - Clematis verticillari
Clintonia
(Blue-bead Lily) - Clintonia borealis
Clover, Alsike - Trifolium hybridum
Columbine
(Honeysuckle - Aquilegia canadensis
Corydalis,
Pale or Pink - Corydalis sempervirens
Cress, Comon Winter - Barbarea vulgaris
Dandelion,
Common - Taraxacum officinale
Daisy,
Ox-eye - Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Gaywings
(Fringed Polygala) - Polygala paucifolia
Geranium, Wild
- Geranium maculatum
Goats-beard, Yellow - Tragopogon pratensis
Goldthread
- Coptis groenlandica
Hawkweed,
Orange - Hieracium aurantiacum
Hawkweed,
Yellow - Hieracium scabrum
Laurel,
Pale (Bog) - Kalmia polifolia
Lily-of-the
Valley. Wild - Maianthemum canadense
Lily, Small Yellow Pond - Nuphar microphyllum
Lupine, Garden - Lupinus
polyphyllus
Marsh-marigold
- Caltha palustris
Mertensia,
(Bluebells) - Mertinsia paniculata
Miterwort, Naked - Mitella nuda
Polygala,
Fringed - Polygala paucifolia
Pussytoes, Field - Antennaria neglecta
Rose, Wild - Rosa
Sarsaparilla,
Wild or Smooth - Aralia nudicaulis
Silverweed
- Potentilla anserina
Solomon's-Seal, False - Smilacina racemosa
Solomon's-Seal, Three-leaved - Smilacina trifolia
Sorrel, Sheep or Common - Rumex acetosella
Starflower - Trientalis
borealis
Strawberry, Barren - Waldsteinia fragaarioides
Strawberry,
Common - Fragaria virginiana
Sweet
Cicely - Osmorhiza claytoni
Trefoil, Birdsfoot
- Lotus corniculatus
Trillium,
Nodding - Trillium cernuum
Twisted-stalk or White mandarin - Streptopus amplexifolius
Twisted-Stalk, Rose - Streptopus roseus
Vetchling, Pale - Lathyrus ochroleucus
Vetch, Purple - Vica americana
Violets
- purple, yellow & white
Blooming Trees and Shrubs:
Ash,
Mountain, American
Blueberry
- Vaccinium angustifolium
Cherry, Pin - Prunus pennsylvanica
Chokecherry - Prunus virginiana
Dogwood, Red-osier - Cornus stolonifera
Honeysuckle, Tartarian - Lonicera tatarica
Juneberry - Amelanchier
Labrador
Tea - Ledum groenlandicum
Leatherleaf
- Chamaedaphne calyculata
Thimbleberry -
Rubus parviflorus
You
can view an entire list from last year by clicking
here.
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