Weekly Wildflowers – Fels Grove Farm Preserve, Yarmouth, ME
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Weekly Wildflowers – Bay Bridge Landing Park, Brunswick, ME
Highest tide I’ve ever seen at this park. Naturally, this was the time I forgot to bring my water shoes.
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Weekly Wildflowers – The Back Lot at the Kittery Outlets, Kittery, ME
My favorite random back parking lot came through in spades today. I sometimes feel weird that I’m a repeat visitor to a particular parking lot, but it has a surprising diversity of plant life. (And we usually run into at least one car load of people checking out the nearby osprey nest that you can
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White Meadowsweet
White Meadowsweet Spiraea alba Family: Rosaceae Range: In the eastern US from Georgia up and out to the Dakotas, and in southern Canada from the eastern provinces out to Alberta. Native: Native Native Habitat: Marshes and other wetland edges, meadow and disturbed habitats. Will range into sub alpine and alpine zones. Bloom Time: June-September Notes:
Common Milkweed
Common MilkweedAsclepias syriacaOther names: Butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallowwort, Virginia silkweedFamily: Apocynaceae (Dogbane Family)Range: Southern Canada and the US east of the RockiesNative: NativeNative Habitat: Fields, open areas, waste areasBloom Time: June to August Notes:The plant will form large, clonal colonies when it finds a habitat it likes. It’s the best of all the milkweeds
Weekly Wildflowers – Popham Beach State Park, Phippsburg, ME
Not going to lie, this visit was a little disappointing. Since the last time we visited Popham Beach, the area has come out the worse for the wear from a number of coastal storms. The current in the area has altered, which actually caused a quick sand incident last year. (To the great bemusement of
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