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Pickerelweed, Pontederia cordata

Weekly Wildflowers – Donnell Pond, Franklin, ME

Leave a Comment / Aquatic, Ledges, Wayside Flowers, Wetland, Woodland / Megan

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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Grass Pink, Calopogon tuberosus

Weekly Wildflowers – Warren Woods Preserve, Scarborough, ME

Leave a Comment / Bog, Wayside Flowers, Woodland / Megan

I’m happy to report that it’s still fairly muddy at Warren Woods, so drought conditions remain low this year. I was a bit later than I usually am, so I missed the rose pogonais, but that was more than made up for by the lesser St. John’s wort and the sundews. Those were the best

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Large Hop Clover, Trifolium aureum

Weekly Wildflowers – Kettle Point, East Providence, RI

Leave a Comment / Disturbed Habitat, Seashore, Wayside Flowers / Megan

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Narrow Leaved Gentian, Gentiana linearis

Weekly Wildflowers – Warren Woods, Scarborough, ME

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This is one of my favorite local boggy walks. I plan my footwear for this place. It’s bone dry right now – very strange.

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Beach Pea, Lathyrus japonicus

Weekly Wildflowers – Crescent Beach State Park, Cape Elizabeth, ME

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Seaside Goldenrod, Solidago sempervirens

Weekly Wildflowers – Two Lights State Park, Cape Elizabeth, ME

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Northern Blazing Star, Liatris novae-angliae

Weekly Wildflowers – Kennebunk Plains Preserve, Kennebunk, ME

Leave a Comment / Disturbed Habitat, Meadow, Wayside Flowers / Megan

Very droughty conditions here in Southern Maine. Really showing it here on the plains, since they’re on the drier side normally anyway. There were a lot of stressed plants on our walk.

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Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed, Eutrochium dubium

Weekly Wildflowers – Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Topsfield, MA

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Virginia Meadow Beauty, Rhexia virginica

Weekly Wildflowers – Ashumet Holly Sanctuary, East Falmouth, MA

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Actual picture date 8/2/25.

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Virginia Rose, Rosa virginiana

Weekly Wildflowers – Corea Heath, Corea, ME

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