T
his
is the beginning of our 24th
year of looking at wildflowers
in Cook County, MN. We are three
senior women who just love to
get out and explore and learn
new things. We are even getting
together all winter but don't
find too many flowers at that
time, but no matter.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2005
Our
goal for the day was to find the
disputed
Tillbury Trail. We went up
the Arrowhead Trail to the South
Fowl Road, which we turned on.
The road was in very good
shape. B was interested in
acquiring rocks for her garden
& we stopped every so often
to find the perfect ones. We
found a good place to park where
there were signs for many
cabins. We decided that must be
the Trail and walked for a ways
but not far enough to see any
cabins. Later we stopped at the
Overlook, My What a View!! We
even
saw flower buds from the Red-Berried
Elder.
Next to the Irish Creek
Road. We parked at a red
pine forest. B said
"This looks like some Pipsissewa
should grow here." Moments
later we found a rather large
clump of the evergreen leaves.
We also found Pyrola,
probably Shinleaf & what we
think is Gill-over-the-Ground.
Lunch
at 3:30 in Judge Magney State
Park. The Brule
River was roaring.
By the way, that was not where
the Tillbury Trail was - maybe
another time, with better
directions we will find it.
Spring Crocus and Daffodils are
blooming.
April 23rd, 2005
Hooray, I saw my first Spring
flower!
We were going West on the Superior
Hiking Trail from Camp 20
Road and at the beginning, after
the steps there were about 40 Spring
Beauties! Such excitement!!!
Click
here for the most recent report!
Here
are some early bloomers to look
for in the
area:
Anemone,
Wood - Anemone
quinquefolia
Arbutus,
Trailing - Epigaea repens
Bloodroot
- Sanguinaria canadensis
Dandelion,
Common - Taraxicum
officinale
Dutchman's
Breeches - Dicentra
cucullaria
Early
Sweet Coltsfoot - Petasites
palmatus
Hazelnut,
Corylus
Marsh-marigold
- Caltha palustris
Pussytoes, Field - Antennaria
neglecta
Red
Maple
- Acer rubrum
Spring
Beauty - Claytonia
verginica
Strawberry,
Common - Fragaria
virginiana
Violets
Be sure to stop back
throughout the Spring and
Summer to see our weekly
wildflower reports from
Lorraine Anderson of Grand
Marais, Minnesota.
