This
report is written by Lorraine
Anderson (lorraine@bwca.cc).
She is part of a group of three
seniors that have been looking
at wildflowers in Cook County,
Minnesota. They have gone out
almost every Wednesday for over
20 years and love it, even in
the winter. But of course there
aren't any flowers in the
winter!!
Wednesday
Wildflower Report: June
25, 2003
We
took Devil Track road to Ball
Club. There were so many
lovely flowers on the roadside
- Yellow Hawkweed, Ox-eye
Daisys & Bird's-foot
Trefoil. We walked
down to Junco River at the
Canoe Access - many different
flowers. At the Trestle
Pine snowmobile parking area -
just before Trestle Pine Road,
we found an area with many One-flowered
Wintergreen. Then up
Trestle Pine Road to Pit Lake
to see the Pitcher Plants,
Blue Flag Iris & Upright
Bindweed. Then to
The Grade to the Iris
spot just before the Caribou
Trail. On the upper side
of 
the
road were many Linnea
in the bright sun - go figure.
Then back to Bally Creek Road
to the spot we see many
Pipsissewa. They were in
bud but oh so many Gay
Wings. We always
enjoy the Bally Creek Road -
so much diversity. Then
to B's house for lunch at
4:30. The woods were hot
(74 degrees) and muggy and
buggy so we appreciated the
air conditioned car in between
stops. Not mentioned
previously were the beautiful Wild
Roses, there were so many.
Flowers
we found Blooming:
Anemone,
Canada - Anemone
canadensis *
Arrowhead,
Engelmann's - Sagittaria
engelmanniana *
Baneberry,
Red - Actaea rubra
Baneberry,
White - Actaea pachypoda *
Bindweed,
Upright - Convolvulus
spithamaeus *
Blue-eyed
Grass - Sisyrinchium ssp.
Buckwheat,
Climbing False - Polygonum
scanclens
Bunchberry
- Cornus canadensis Somehow
this got missed last week and
maybe the week before.
They are beautiful**
Buttercup,
Tall or Common - Ranunculus
acris
Caraway
- Carum carvi
Chickweed,
Common - Stellaria media
Clintonia,
Blue-bead Lily - Clintonia
borealis
Clover,
Sweet, Yellow - Melilotus
officinalis *
Clover,
Purple, Pink - Trifolium
ssp.*
Columbine,
(Honeysuckle) - Aquilegiaa
canadensis
Cress,
Common Winter (mustard) - Barbarea
vulgaris
Daisy,
Ox-eye - Chrysanthemum
leucanthemum
Dogbane,
Spreading - Apocynum
androsaemifolium
Gay
Wings or Fringed Polygala - Polygala
paucifolia
Hawkweed,
Orange - Hieracium
aurantiacum
Hawkweed,
Yellow - Hieracium scabrum
Iris,
Blue Flag - Iris
versicolor *
Lily-of-the-Valley,
Wild - Maianthemum
canadense
Lily,
Small Yellow Pond - Nuphar
microphyllum *
Linnea,
Twinflower - Linnea
borealis
Loosestrife,
Tufted - Lysimachia
thrysiflora *
Lupine
- Lupinus polyphyllus
Mertensia (
Bluebells ) - Mertensia
paniculata
Moccasin-flower,
Pink - Cypripedium acaule
Pitcher-plant
- Sarracenia purpurea*
Pussytoes,
Field - Antennaria
neglecta
Pyrola,
Greenish-flowered - Pyrola
virens *
Rose
- Rosa ssp.
Sarsaparilla,
Wild (Smooth) - Aralia
nudicaulis
Silverweed
- Potentilla anserina
Sorrel,
Sheep or Common - Rumex
acetosella
Starflower
- Trientalis borealis
Strawberry,
Common - Fragaria
virginiana they are
still blooming and we found a
few berries
Trefoil,
Bird's-foot - Lotus
corniculatus *
Vetchling,
Pale - Lathyrus
ochroleucus
Wintergreen,
One-flowered - Moneses
uniflora
Yarrow
- Achillea millefolium *
Trees
& Shrubs we found
Blooming:
Ash,
Mountain, American - Sorbus
americana
Cherry,Pin
- Prunus pennsylbanica
Chokecherry
- Prunus virginiana
Cranberry,
Highbush - Viburnum
trilobum *
Dogwood,
Red-osier - Cornus
stolonifera
Elder,
Red-berried - Sambucus
pubens
Juneberry
- Amelanchier
Labrador
Tea - Ledum groenlandicum
Lilac,
Common (Old fashioned) - Syringa
vulgaris
Maple,
Moose or Mountain - Acer
spicatum
*
- new
this week
