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, BenningtonSeveral Green Mountain National Forest pull outs, WoodfordProspect Mountain Ski Area, Woodford Bonus stop in Milford, NH, […]
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Purple Flower Raspberry Rubus odoratus Other names: Thimbleberry, Flowering Raspberry, Virginia Raspberry Family: Rosaceae (Rose Family) Range: Eastern US and Canada Native: Native Native Habitat: Wooded areas Bloom Time: June through August Notes: The fruit is edible, but is drier and more crumbly than other raspberries and blackberries, so this plant is generally grown in
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Beach Rose Rosa rugosa Other names: rugosa rose, Japanese rose, Ramanas rose, beach tomato or sea tomato; saltspray rose, potato rose, Turkestan rose Family: Rosaceae Range: Native to northeastern China, Japan, Korea and southeastern Siberia. Native: Introduced Native Habitat: The coast, especially sand dunes. Bloom Time: May to July Notes: ‘Rugosa’ means wrinkled. The plant
This entry is more properly titled “The Road into the Great Bay NWR”, since while we were probably on refuge grounds, these flowers were all found along the roadside, aka the classic example of “Disturbed Habitat” that most of these plants adore.
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