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This
is the beginning of our 25th
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, May 31st, 2006 -
Report
by
After coffee and seeing the
beautiful
Wild
Purple Clematis in L's woods
we drove up the closest #14 and
over on #60. The new light green
leaves against the backdrop
of
the evergreens are still lovely
and this week we have added to
the picture the many lush ferns:
Ostrich, Sensitive, Lady,
Bracken, Interrupted and Beach
ferns. The Black Flies are out
in droves so more time was spent
in the car than usual. Along
that route we saw, from the car:
Mertensia,
Bunchberry,
Buttercup,
Yarrow,
Wild
Lily-of-the-Valley,
Dewberry, Pussy-toes, Winter
Cress and the most blooming
Clintonia
(Bluebead Lily) we have ever
seen. We also saw many
Strawberries,
Baneberry,
Marsh
Marigolds, Blue & Yellow
Violets,
Nodding
Trillium and the beginning
of
Lupine.
The blooming trees & shrubs
we saw were: Pin Cherry,
Red-Osier Dogwood, Chokecherry,
Mountain
Ash and Lilacs at their
best.
Since we were near Hedstrom's
Mill & Devil Track river we
decided to look at the
Wildflower Sanctuary. It was sad
- it hasn't been taken care of
and many trees were in the
paths. The river sounded so good
as we got out of the car. We did
see some things blooming that we
hadn't seen on our driving trip:
Starflower,
Wood
Anemone, Wild
Sarsaparilla
(the leaves are reddish when
they are new), six showy
Trillium, Nodding Trillium and
Red Trillium.
After lunch we went down on
the shore out towards the
Lighthouse. The
Bird's-eye
Primrose were mostly through
blooming but there were quite a
few
Butterworts.
If anyone has time the
Laurel
should be blooming on the Lima
Grade. Our Wednesdays are just
too short!!
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Be sure to stop back
throughout the Spring and
Summer to see our weekly
wildflower reports from
Lorraine Anderson of Grand
Marais, Minnesota.
