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Pink Lady's Slipper, Cypripedium acuale

Weekly Wildflowers – Donnell Pond, Franklin, ME

Wayside Flowers, Woodland / Megan

It’s been a great year for lady’s slippers – there were more of them where I usually find them, and I found some at Mackworth Island, where I’ve never found them before.   But this was by far the best patch I’ve seen this year.   Conveniently located just past the kayaks at my dads’ camp.

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Lance Leaved Violet, Viola lanceolata

Weekly Wildflowers – Jordan Pond, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME

Disturbed Habitat, Wayside Flowers, Woodland / Megan

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Highbush Cranberry, Viburnum opulus

Weekly Wildflowers – Gilsland Farm, Falmouth, ME

Disturbed Habitat, Meadow, Wayside Flowers, Woodland / Megan

Two days at Gilsland – dusk on Thursday and morning on Saturday.

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Weekly Wildflowers – Mackworth Island State Park, Falmouth, ME

Disturbed Habitat, Seashore, Wayside Flowers, Woodland / Megan

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One-Flowered Broomrape, Orobanche uniflora

Weekly Wildflower – Gilsland Farm, Falmouth, ME

Disturbed Habitat, Meadow, Wayside Flowers, Woodland / Megan

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Gaywings, Polygala paucifolia

Weekly Wildflowers – Wolfes Neck State Park, Freeport, ME

Disturbed Habitat, Wayside Flowers, Woodland / Megan

One of the real bummers about this Spring is that the state parks closest to me are closed, and have been since we started having to social distance.     They’re some of my favorite places to go find the Spring forest ephemerals.   I’ve really missed being able to go to my regular places.   I feel

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Red Trillium, Trillium erectum

Weekly Wildflowers – Mast Landing Audubon Sanctuary, Freeport, ME

Wayside Flowers, Woodland / Megan

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Paradise Plant, Daphne mezereum

Weekly Wildflowers – Yarmouth, ME

Wayside Flowers, Woodland / Megan

Locations – Littlejohn Island and Fels Grove Farm Preserve

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American Witch Hazel, Hamamelis virginiana

Weekly Wildflowers – Gilsland Farm, Falmouth, ME

Meadow, Wayside Flowers, Wetland, Woodland / Megan

This feels like a PS post to the year. Wasn’t planning on more flower pictures, but the Audubon happened to post on Instagram they had blooming witch hazel, and since we’re about to get the first real snow storm of the season, I really wanted to get out one more time while things were still

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Goldenrod, Solidago sp.

Weekly Wildflowers – Gilsland Farm, Falmouth, ME

Disturbed Habitat, Meadow, Wayside Flowers, Wetland, Woodland / Megan

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