Indian Cucumber Root Medeola virginiana Other names: Indian Cucumber, Cucumber Root Family: Liliaceae (Lily Family) Range: Eastern North America Native: Native Native Habitat: Woodland understories Bloom Time: May to June Notes: The common name for this plant comes from the cucumber flavored root, which was foraged by Native Americans. (It’s no longer recommended for foraging […]
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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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This is apparently the year of the Goldthread – it was all over both sites I visited this weekend, as well as my local walk last weekend. It does like it a little damp, and we’ve definitely been providing those conditions this week. As you can see, things are quite behind. We’re having our first
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This is a bit of a cheat entry – there’s a carefully tended section of the woods that has wild flowers. Some are natives, some are natives of the area but were added here, and some are natives of neighboring regions, but are not native here. I actually came here because I knew they had
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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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Friday started out as a very foggy day along the coast.
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Bonus flowers from the I95/Route 1 Rest Stop in Kittery, ME
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