Mountain Laurel, Kalmia latifolia

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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Black Chokeberry, Aronia melanocarpa

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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