Weekly Wildflowers – Fels Grove Farm Preserve, Yarmouth, ME
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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 – Bijhouwer Forest Preserve, Phippsburg, ME
This preserve was an interesting find. It’s got one of the northernmost stands of mountain laurel in New England, which was the main reason we decided to stop by. But the geological features are just as interesting. There are a fair number of glacial erratics, but the coolest feature is the Hundred Foot Rock, which
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Orange King Devil
Orange King Devil Pilosella aurantiaca Other names: orange hawkweed, fox-and-cubs, tawny hawkweed, devil’s paintbrush, grim-the-collier Family: Asteraceae Further Classification (Asteraceae only) Range: Southern Canada and New England south to the mid-Atlantic states and west through the Great Lakes region to the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Native: Introduced (Invasive) Native Habitat: Native to alpine regions of
