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Staghorn Sumac, Rhus hirta

Weekly Wildflowers – Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME

Bog, Disturbed Habitat, Wayside Flowers, Woodland / Megan

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Partridge Berry, Mitchella repens

Weekly Wildflowers – Long Reach Preserve, Harpswell, ME

Bog, Wayside Flowers, Woodland / Megan

I chose this site today because it features a bog, and had an orchid in the land trust’s website pictures. And since my regular local bog (Saco Heath) is closed for the foreseeable (Covid-based) future, I was hopeful I’d see some cool orchids. And I did. Where there was no way I could get close

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Dragon's Mouth, Arethusa bulbosa

Weekly Wildflowers – Corea Heath South, Corea, ME

Bog, Disturbed Habitat, Wayside Flowers / Megan

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Cottonsedge, Eriophorum sp.

Weekly Wildflowers – Saco Heath Preserve, Saco, ME

Bog, Wayside Flowers, Woodland / Megan

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Rose Pogonia, Pogonia ophioglossoides

Weekly Wildflowers – Saco Heath Preserve, Saco ME

Bog, Wayside Flowers, Woodland / Megan

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Painted Trillium, Trillium undulatum

Weekly Wildflowers – Saco Heath Preserve, Saco, ME

Bog, Wayside Flowers, Woodland / Megan

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Wild Oats, Uvularia sessilifolia

Weekly Wildflowers – Wild Gardens of Acadia, Bar Harbor, ME

Bog, Wayside Flowers, Wetland, Woodland / Megan

This garden is a planned garden within the grounds of the national park, and is meant to capture examples of the different plant communities you’d see if you could get to every single part of the park. It’s nice and compact – perfect for anyone with a short attention span.

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Cottonsedge, Eriophorum sp.

Weekly Wildflowers – Corea Heath South, Corea, ME

Bog, Disturbed Habitat, Wayside Flowers / Megan

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Bog Labrador Tea, Rhododendron groenlandicum

Weekly Wildflowers – Saco Heath Preserve, Saco, ME

Bog, Wayside Flowers, Woodland / Megan

Today’s walk was brought to us by my FIL’s Downeast Magazine collection, which I was paging through last weekend.   I had seen something about Saco Heath before (I am a Nature Conservancy member), but had forgotten.    Sadly, we missed what appears to be a rather spectacular Rhodura bloom, but there was plenty of sheep

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