Weekly Wildflowers – Molly Stark Trail, VT

/ Disturbed Habitat, Riparian, Wayside Flowers, Woodland / By
Common Eyebright, Euphrasia nemorosa, Orobanchaceae
Branching Centaury, Centaurium pulchellum, Gentianaceae
Black Mustard, Brassica nigra, Brassicaceae
White Clover, Trifolium repens, Fabaceae
Lesser Stitchwort, Stellaria graminea, Caryophyllaceae
Hoary Alyssum, Berteroa incana, Brassicaceae
Hop Clover, Trifolium campestre, Fabaceae
Red Clover, Trifolium pratense, Fabaceae
Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, Lythraceae
Rabbit-Foot Clover, Trifolium arvense, Fabaceae
Rough Fleabane, Erigeron strigosus, Asteraceae
Common Soapwort, Saponaria officinalis, Caryophyllaceae
Bladder Campion, Silene vulgaris, Caryophyllaceae
Purple-flowering Raspberry, Rubus odoratus, Rosaceae
Bittersweet Nightshade, Solanum dulcamara, Solanaceae
Enchanter’s Nightshade, Circaea canadensis, Onagraceae
Chicory, Cichorium intybus, Asteraceae
Wild Parsnip, Pastinaca sativa, Apiceae
Common Agrimony, Agrimonia gryposepala, Rosaceae
Fringed Loosestrife, Lysimachia ciliata, Myrsinaceae
Red Baneberry, Actaea rubra, Ranunculaceae
Crown Vetch, Securigera varia, Fabaceae
Black Medick, Medicago lupulina, Fabaceae
Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta, Asteraceae
Common Self-Heal, Prunella vulgaris, Lamiaceae
Wild Basil, Clinopodium vulgare, Lamiaceae
Evening Primrose, Oenothera sp., Onagraceae
Yellow Avens, Geum aleppicum, Rosaceae
Common St John’s Wort, Hypericum perforatum, Hypericaceae
American Bugleweed, Lycopus americanus, Lamiaceae

The Molly Stark Trail is the much more poetic name for Route 9 over the mountains in Vermont. These pictures were from a number of stops on our way from Bennington to Wilmington. Locations included:

Truck Chain Stop, Bennington
Several Green Mountain National Forest pull outs, Woodford
Prospect Mountain Ski Area, Woodford

Bonus stop in Milford, NH, on Route 101, further along on the drive:

Brown Knapweed, Centaurea jacea, Asteraceae
Sulphur Cinquefoil, Potentilla recta, Rosaceae