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 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:
I had to check the dates from my visit last year – it was just about exactly a year ago, but our late spring strikes again. I usually get the wintergreen in full bloom, and the marsh St. John’s wort was barely out at all, and should have also been in bloom as well.
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What a lovely walk! We came for the troll, but did the entire pond loop, and found so many cool wildflowers. Definitely worth the drive.
Weekly Wildflowers – Browning Mill Pond, Arcadia Management Area, Exeter, RI Read More »
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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