2012 Spring Wildflower Thread

A couple more.

Fringed Polygala.


Starflower.

In Dorchester, NH:


Frog prints by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr


Wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia) by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr


Dwarf ginseng (Panax trifolius) by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr


Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr

Please let me know if you think I've IDed something incorrectly.

Forest Fairy with a Red Trillium

Saw my first blooming lady's slipper of the season yesterday (May 23) in Dorchester, N.H. No photo, though.

The "big three" in the wind blasted parts of the northern prezzies were just starting to bloom on Saturday, May 19th, as we hiked along the Gulfside Trail between Jefferson and Clay. Here and there were a few individuals of flowering Diapensia and Alpine Azalea, but the most frequent was Lapland Rosebay, in great clumps. I've never seen all three out this early.

Also, the Moat Mountain trail over South and Middle last Monday was a showboat for Rhodora, often at trailside brushing our lower legs!

Elizabeth said:

Saw my first blooming lady's slipper of the season yesterday (May 23) in Dorchester, N.H. No photo, though.

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Saw several at Walden Pond (Concord, MA) on Monday (May 21).

Doug

Here’s a white lady slipper I photographed in Stow on Sunday:



And pink:

Some from mid-May, Southeastern NH


Wild Calla Lily Calla palustris (Those are blueberry blossoms that fell from above)


Pink Lady's Slipper Cypripedium acaule


Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium montanum

Alright, couldn't help myself with the next few:


Luna Moth Actias luna


Luna Moth Actias luna


Luna Moth Actias luna


Pink Lady's Slipper Cypripedium acaule


Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris

And the next few I shot at Sugarloaf Campground off Zealand Rd.


Rhodora Rhododendron canadensis


Painted Trillium Trillium undulatum

KDT

Mountain laurel on the Sleeping Giant, Hamden CT


mt_laurel_1 by cubist11, on Flickr

Found in Lyme, NH. This is the first yellow lady slipper I've found in N.H.!

Some alpine plants...

Dwarf Cinquefoil.


Lapland Rosebay.


Diapensia.


Dwarf Birch with catkin.


Alpine Azalea.

Canadian Mayflower


violets?


Rhodora



Pink lady slipper

Jason Berard said:

Found in Lyme, NH. This is the first yellow lady slipper I've found in N.H.!

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Well done, Jason!

Found High up on Jeffersons Knee (Six Husbands Trail) on 5/28



I was treated to this unexpected display after topping out on the steep sections of Six Husbands Trail Monday.

Diapensia


Lapland Rosebay


Lilac (not sure of the species) with an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail I believe

From a Canaan, N.H. wetland, May 31


Blue Iris by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr


Cinnamon Fern by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr

These were on Mt Wachusett in Princeton MA, Thursday, 05/31
Wild geranium?


Insect pollinating a buttercup


We also saw this guy enjoying lunch

Some more from Southeastern NH...

Great stuff being posted this year!


Herb Robert Geranium robertianum


Round-leaved Ragwort Packera obovata


Dame's Rocket Hesperis matronalis


Dame's Rocket Hesperis matronalis


Bog Laurel Kalmia polifolia


American Bumblebee Bombus pennsylvanicus on Red Clover Trifolium pratense


Maiden Pink Dianthus deltoides


Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus


Maiden Pink Dianthus deltoides with Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus


Blue Flag Iris Iris versicolor


American Bumblebee Bombus pennsylvanicus on Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale


Ragged Robin Lychnis flos-cuculi

KDT

beautiful images, people! really nice

I just learned that this is mountain fly honeysuckle...from last weekend in the Alpine Garden...




and mountain heath along the Gulfside Tr on Mt. Jefferson...these were the first blooms to open there...



happy trails

Some more...

Orange Hawkweed.


Buttercup.


Not flowers but still beautiful: Cedar Waxwings.


Daisy.


Labrador Tea.


Our first Wood Sorel of the year.


Our first Twinflower of the year.


Another Calla Lily.


Blue Damselfly.


Rhodora.


Fertile frond of a Cinnamon Fern.