queen anne's lace with monarch butterfly

Queen Anne’s Lace

Queen Anne’s Lace Daucus carotaOther names: wild carrot, bird’s nest, bishop’s lace Family: Apiaceae (Carrot Family) Range: Native to temperate regions of Europe and southwest Asia.    Introduced to North America and Australia.   It is considered invasive in some states. Native: Introduced Native Habitat: Thickets, grassland, and waste areas. Bloom Time: Summer Notes: This […]

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dame's rocket

Dame’s Rocket

Dame’s Rocket Hesperis matronalis Other names: dame’s rocket, damask violet, dame’s-violet, dames-wort, dame’s gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen’s gilliflower, rogue’s gilliflower, summer lilac, sweet rocket, mother-of-the-evening and winter gilliflower. Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard Family) Range: Found through much of the US and Canada. (It was brought to North America in the 17th century.) Four states (Colorado, Connecticut,

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large leaf lupine

Large-Leaf Lupine

Large Leaf LupineLupinus polyphyllusOther names: Known as garden lupine in cultivation. Big-leaf or large-leaf lupine, Blue-pod lupine, Meadow lupine, Bog lupineFamily: Fabaceae (Legume Family)Range: Large-leaf lupine is native to western North America from southern Alaska and British Columbia east to Quebec, and western Wyoming, and south to Utah and California.Native: IntroducedNative Habitat: Stream banks, meadows

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bunchberry

Bunchberry

Bunchberry Chamaepericlymenum canadense Other Names: Canadian dwarf cornel, Canadian bunchberry, quatre-temps, crackerberry, creeping dogwood Family: Cornaceae (Dogwood family) Range: Native to eastern Asia (Japan, Korea, northeastern China and the Russian Far East, northern USA, Colorado, New Mexico, Canada and Greenland Native: Native Native Habitat: Forests, generally mountain forests in the continental US. Bloom Time: May

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Pink Lady Slipper, Cypripedium acaule

Pink Lady Slipper

Pink Lady’s Slipper Cypripedium acaule Other names: moccasin flower Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Range: Eastern third of the US from the Great Lakes to the Northeast, and down the Appalachians to Alabama. It’s in every Canadian province except British Columbia. In Georgia, New York, Illinois and Tennessee, it’s in some sort of watched or endangered

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