Weekly Wildflower- Molly Stark Trail, VT

/ Disturbed Habitat, Riparian, Woodland / By Megan

hIMG_4040a — Common Eyebright, Euphrasia nemorosa, Orobanchaceae

IMG_3702a — Branching Centaury, Centaurium pulchellum, Gentianaceae

IMG_3705a — Black Mustard, Brassica nigra, Brassicaceae

IMG_3732a — White Clover, Trifolium repens, Fabaceae

IMG_3745a — Lesser Stitchwort, Stellaria graminea, Caryophyllaceae

IMG_3750a — Hoary Alyssum, Berteroa incana, Brassicaceae

IMG_3753a — Hop Clover, Trifolium campestre, Fabaceae

IMG_3755a — Red Clover, Trifolium pratense, Fabaceae

IMG_3760a — Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, Lythraceae

IMG_3769a — Rabbit-Foot Clover, Trifolium arvense, Fabaceae

IMG_3771a — Rough Fleabane, Erigeron strigosus, Asteraceae

IMG_3774a — Bouncing Bet, Saponaria officinalis, Caryophyllaceae

IMG_3792a — Bladder Campion, Silene vulgaris, Caryophyllaceae

IMG_3799a — Purple-flowering Raspberry, Rubus odoratus, Rosaceae

IMG_3821a — Bittersweet Nightshade, Solanum dulcamara, Solanaceae

IMG_3832a — Enchanter’s Nightshade, Circaea canadensis, Onagraceae

IMG_3835a — Chicory, Cichorium intybus, Asteraceae

IMG_3840a — Wild Parsnip, Pastinaca sativa, Apiaceae

IMG_3844a — Common Agrimony, Agrimonia gryposepala, Rosaceae

IMG_3858a — Fringed Loosestrife, Lysimachia ciliata, Myrsinaceae

IMG_3866a — Red Baneberry fruit, Actaea rubra, Ranunculaceae

IMG_3921a — Crown Vetch, Coronilla varia, Fabaceae

IMG_3934a — Black Medick, Medicago lupulina, Fabaceae

IMG_3962a — Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta, Asteraceae

IMG_3967a — Common Self-Heal, Prunella vulgaris, Lamiaceae

IMG_3973a — Wild Basil, Clinopodium vulgare, Lamiaceae

IMG_3977a — Evening Primrose, Oenothera sp., Onagraceae

IMG_3978a — Yellow Avens, Geum aleppicum, Rosaceae

IMG_4005a — St John’s Wort, Hypericum perforatum, Hypericaceae

IMG_4058a — 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:

IMG_4064a 101 — Brown Knapweed, Centaurea jacea, Asteraceae

IMG_4078a 101 — Sulphur Cinquefoil, Potentilla recta, Rosaceae