Weekly Wildflowers – Cherry Hill Farm, Gorham, ME
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Weekly Wildflowers – Ferry Beach State Park, Saco, ME
This is the first time we’ve ever looked for spring flowers at Ferry Beach, and I was very impressed how far the starflower and Canada mayflower got into the sand dunes. The two pictures of those flowers with the pine needle flower are in the pitch pine back section of the dunes, along with the
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Weekly Wildflowers – Highland Farm Preserve, York, ME
An hour south of me, in the land where they have had a couple of shots of normal May weather before this weekend, I found plenty of columbine! The trout lilies went by before I could see them, but I got regular Solomon’s seal and false Solomon’s seal, more violets, my favorite maple, and a
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Weekly Wildflowers – Hamilton Audubon Sanctuary, West Bath, ME
It’s definitely been slow this year. This is the weekend I usually take an extra day off for to make sure I can visit as many woodland wildflower sites as possible, and today’s choices closer to home were not as far along as they could have been. This sanctuary is on the ocean in the
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Early Whitlow Grass
Early Whitlow Grass Draba verna Other names: Spring draba, Spring Whitlow Grass, Spring Whitlow Mustard, Common Whitlow Grass Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard Family) Range: Widely dispersed around the world Native: Introduced Native Habitat: Meadows and disturbed habitats Bloom Time: Early Spring Notes: This tiny flower is one of the first flowers to bloom in my local
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Weekly Wildflowers – Acton Arboretum, Acton, MA
This is a bit of a cheat entry – there’s a carefully tended section of the woods that has wild flowers. Some are natives, some are natives of the area but were added here, and some are natives of neighboring regions, but are not native here. I actually came here because I knew they had
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