tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78488054390466901762024-02-18T20:51:32.845-08:00Now Showing Near You: WildflowersEach blog entry is a virtual wildflower hike within 50 miles of Goshen, IN in the 2011 wildflower season.John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-54023833935537829672011-10-04T21:33:00.000-07:002011-10-05T07:45:25.938-07:00Fringed Gentian, A Late Bloomer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fringed Gentian at Pokagon State Park, September 28, 2008</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The Fringed Gentian is among the last wildflowers to bloom in the fall. After looking for it in vain for several years Joann and I finally saw it for the first time on September 28, 2008 at <a href="http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/2973.htm">Pokagon State Park</a>. In 2009 we found it in the <a href="http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/3086.htm">Pigeon River Fish and Wildlife Area</a> near <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Mongo&state=IN">Mongo</a>. To date we haven't found it anywhere closer to Goshen.<br />
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On October 3 a friend and I went back to the Pigeon River Fish and Wildlife Area to look for the gentian. We searched first at the Mongoquinong Fen that borders the Pigeon River on the west side of CR 600E, 1 1/2 miles west of Mongo.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of Mongoquinong Fen on north shore of Pigeon River</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the fen</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Water flows into the fen from springs in the bluff (at back of above photo) and into the river. After searching among tufts of sedge, we finally found two Fringed Gentian plants, but the flowers hadn't fully opened (photo below). Also in bloom were Shrubby Cinquefoil, New England Aster, Fen Thistle, and Black-Eyed Susan.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fringed Gentian, <i>Gentianopsis crinita</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>We then found several Fringed Gentian flowers fully open (photo below) a few miles away in a wet ditch along CR 150N. [Click on the photos to enlarge.]<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A white butterfly on Fringed Gentian, <i>Gentianopsis crinita</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fringed Gentian up close</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Fringed Gentian are few and far between; nonetheless, I enjoy the search.<br />
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<b>[Please note: This is the last blog post for the 2011 wildflower season.] </b>John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-59395962996266882892011-10-04T18:06:00.000-07:002011-10-05T10:05:23.251-07:00Oct. 3, 2011 - Fall Woodland Wildflowers at Olin Lake Nature PreserveIn April and May local woodlands burst with wildflowers, but as new leaves set on throughout May, the display diminishes. A different set of woodland wildflowers appears in the fall, not as showy as in the spring, but interesting and beautiful in its own way. <a href="http://www.oliverlake.org/naturepreserve.html">Olin Lake Nature Preserve</a> <a href="http://dcwi.com/%7Eeric/goot/olinlake.htm">located</a> about 4 miles northwest of Wolcottville IN [or 7-8 miles south of LaGrange] is a fine place for a fall woodland flower walk.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the corner of LaGrange County Roads 550S & 125E</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Olin Lake is the largest lake in Indiana to have no development on its shores. The Lake connects on the north to the larger Oliver Lake with many homes. A trail leads from the parking lot to the south shore of the lake.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The woodland trail ends at the south shore of Olin Lake</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Two woodland goldenrods grow near the beginning of Olin Lake trail, the Wreath or Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod and the Zigzag Golden. [Please click on photos to see the plants in greater detail.]<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wreath or Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod, <i>Solidago caesia</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close-up of <i>S. caesia</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Flowers of most goldenrod species are at the end of the stem, but flowers of Wreath Goldenrod, <i>S. caesia,</i> are along the stem, between the leaves. The long, narrow leaves of the Wreath Goldenrod are typical of most goldenrod species' leaves, but the leaves of the Zigzag Goldenrod, <i>Solidago flexicaulis, </i>are nearly as broad as long. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zigzag Goldenrod, <i>Solidago flexicaulis</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The inflorescence and broad leaves of Zigzag Goldenrod</td></tr>
</tbody></table>At least four species of asters are flowering along the trail, but because I have trouble identifying species with subtle structural differences, I'm including the photo of only one, the Big-Leaved Aster.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big-Leaved Aster, <i>Aster macrophyllus</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Tall Rattlesnakeroot is also in bloom, but its small, greenish-white flowers are easy to miss.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tall Rattlesnakeroot, <i>Prenanthes altissima</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lower leaf of Tall Rattlesnakeroot</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Lower leaves of Tall Rattlesnakeroot tend to be three-lobed, but higher up on the stem they are most often unlobed.<br />
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By fall fruits are set on many of the plants that flower in spring. Below are the fall fruit and spring flower of Blue Cohosh. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Berries of Blue Cohosh, <i>Caulophyllum thalictroides</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Cohosh green flowers, May 3, 2011</td></tr>
</tbody></table>[As always, I will appreciate comments on the accuracy/inaccuracy of any of the plant identifications.]<br />
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</tbody></table>John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-29209212079055797712011-09-29T18:20:00.000-07:002011-10-02T14:49:55.614-07:00Sept. 28, 2011 Uncommon Plants in a Wet Prairie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1YXS5TfUJUWkokmIMlaTEmyhaQQYiV4wXa-fqaB_GL2Yiqnta0gnk7Frrs6sPZqnPTqqzndl7l-IJajthv7aIOQekMsUsg9G6O6SBIWpqfVn4DCw7dEwpgkVrxA2tQwk5Gh5HeFB7Rs/s1600/Yellow+Cress.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bear Lake Prairie</td></tr>
</tbody></table> On the south shore of Bear Lake at the <a href="http://www.goshen.edu/merrylea/">Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College</a> is a wet prairie with a distinct set of plants now in bloom. [Click for <a href="http://www.goshen.edu/merrylea/about/directions.php">directions</a> to the Learning Center south of Wolf Lake, IN; park in the learning center lot and follow the <a href="http://www.goshen.edu/merrylea/about/trailmap.php">trail map</a> to Bear Lake Prairie.]<br />
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The wet prairie soil is a marl, i.e., a gray mixture of sand, clay and calcareous sediment. Some of the plants in the wet prairie only grow in wet, alkaline soils; others grow in a variety of habitats.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trail through Little Blue Stem Grass and many other plants</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Little Blue Stem grass is reddish this time of year. It dominates this wet prairie, but it also thrives in drier habitats.. Between the tufts of Little Blue Stem many other plants, including several uncommon ones, are now in bloom.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nodding Ladies' Tresses, <i>Spiranthes cernua</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Nodding Ladies' Tresses are 12-15 inch spikes 15-40 white flowers stick up in the grass; their long, thin, basal leaves are camouflaged by the grass leaves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nodding Ladies' Tresses</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Bear Lake Prairie is one of only three places within 50 miles of Goshen where I find Nodding Ladies Tresses, <i>Spiranthes cernua</i>, although the <a href="http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SPCE">USDA Plants Data Base</a> lists it as occurring in most Michiana counties and in all but a few states east of the Mississippi. Although <i>S. cernua</i> is widespread, it is nonetheless an uncommon wildflower - most people have neither heard of nor seen it.<br />
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Pictured below are other plants that grow in this prairie but which I find in few other places.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple Rattlesnakeroot, <i>Prenanthes racemosa</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closed Bottle Gentian, <i>Gentiana andrewsii</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marsh Yellow Cress, <i>Rorippa palustris</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>The Marsh Yellow Cress has a tiny, yellow, four-petaled flower that is easy to miss; I saw just two individuals. This is the first time I have ever seen or heard of this plant; I used two wildflower guides to key it out. [Post script: Please see comments at the bottom of this entry; this identification may not be accurate.]<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shrubby Cinquefoil surrounded by Little Blue Stem</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Many Shrubby Cinquefoil, <i>Potentilla fruticosa, </i>plants populate this wet prairie, but they are overshadowed by the Little Blue Stem. Shrubby Cinquefoil also grows in drier habitats. Most of the following plants also grow in a variety of habitats. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blazing Star species, <i>Liatris </i>species</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blazing Star flowers up close</td></tr>
</tbody></table>This Blazing Star may be Northern Blazing Star, <i>Liatris scariosa, </i>but after consulting several guides I am still not sure.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flat-Topped White Aster, <i>Aster umbellatus</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>There are at least three species of goldenrod growing in the prairie. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goldenrod species, perhaps Slender-Leaved Goldenrod</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I'm uncertain about the goldenrod above, which for now I'm calling it Slender-Leaved Goldenrod, <i>Solidago tenuifolia (</i>or <i>Euthamia remota </i>in some guides) because of the flat inflorescence and very narrow leaves. There were few plants of this species in the prairie.<br />
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The most common goldenrod in the Bear Lake Prairie is Ohio Goldenrod, <i>Solidago ohioensis</i>. Ohio Goldenrod is primarily a wetland plant. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ohio Goldenrod, <i>Solidago ohioensis</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ohio Goldenrod inflorescence</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Showy Goldenrod, below, grows in a variety of habitats, not only in wetlands. They were much less numerous than the Ohio Goldenrod in this prairie. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Showy Goldenrod, <i>Solidago speciosa</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of Showy Goldenrod flower heads</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Goldenrod pollen does not contribute significantly to allergies. Ragweed pollen is the culprit, but because goldenrod and ragweed flower at about the same time, goldenrod often gets the blame. Ragweed is one of the many native plants growing in Bear Lake Prairie, but goldenrods are far more numerous.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Ragweed, <i>Ambrosia artemisifolia</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>[As I noted at several places above, I had some problems identifying some of the plants. Please feel free to comment if you can help improve any of the above identifications.] <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-80605350464817384522011-09-21T21:18:00.000-07:002011-09-25T11:48:59.236-07:00Sept. 21, 2011 A New Prairie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSSZjp6tkzbNUr0gd6E37gzfutmKoNNRIeBsyVVct5nizeikqDYV1BZkwXCBlXaeMt1qrKf0S8jY55Y9NEyWkQGWV8In1PEZIxhErLoWNBgyMyVuliR5Xlqz7kW6AC-S_usycCIkbexE/s1600/sign.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSSZjp6tkzbNUr0gd6E37gzfutmKoNNRIeBsyVVct5nizeikqDYV1BZkwXCBlXaeMt1qrKf0S8jY55Y9NEyWkQGWV8In1PEZIxhErLoWNBgyMyVuliR5Xlqz7kW6AC-S_usycCIkbexE/s320/sign.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Two years ago <a href="http://www.goshen.edu/">Goshen College</a> students and faculty seeded a prairie along Indiana SR 15 on the south end of the Goshen College campus. (See <a href="http://www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/07-08-10-prairie-grasses480.html">Trading turf for prairie</a> and <a href="http://blog.goshen.edu/gogreen/2011/06/09/native-landscaping-project-update/">Native Landscaping Project</a> . ) <br />
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It will take several years of careful maintenance to establish the prairie, but it is off to a solid start. Below are pictures of plants now in bloom.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tall Ironweed, <i>Veronia gigantea</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cardinal Flower, <i>Lobelia cardinalis</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Ironweed and Cardinal Flower are just beginning to establish in the lowest and wettest part of the prairie. The majority of the plants flowering now are in the higher and drier places.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lance-Leaved Coreopsis, <i>Coreopsis lanceolata</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosinweed, <i>Silphium integrifolium</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple Coneflower, <i>Echinacea purpurea</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black-Eyed Susan, <i>Rudbeckia hirta</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Black-eyed Susan has hairs all over the stem and simple leaves. If you click on the photo to enlarge it you will see the hairs.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three-Lobed Coneflower, <i>Rudbeckia subtomentosa</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table> Sweet Coneflower, <i>Rudbeckia subtomentosa,</i> is easy to confuse with Black-Eyed Susan unless you find the three-lobed leaves at the base of the plant. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three-lobed lower leaves of Three-Lobed Coneflower</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Four species of Goldenrod are blooming. Leaf shape and size and arrangement of the small flower heads vary from species to species, but sometimes the differences are subtle enough that I overlook or misinterpret them. Therefore, my identifications below may not be accurate. Please comment if you question my identification.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canada Goldenrod, <i>Solidago canadensis</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Very often this is the species you see along roadsides. It likely was not seeded in this reconstructed prairie, but is a "volunteer'.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old-Field Goldenrod, <i>Solidago nemoralis</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Note the large leaves at the base of the Old-Field Goldenrod.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monarch Butterfly on Stiff Goldenrod, <i>Solidago rigida</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>This individual is leaning way over, but note the rigid stem and rounded leaves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buckeye Butterflies on Stiff Goldenrod, <i>Solidago rigida</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grass-Leaved Goldenrod, <i>Solidago graminifolia</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Note the flat-topped arrangement of the the flower heads on <i>S. graminifolia</i>. Botanist K. Yatshievych in <a href="http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/2297683/used/Field%20Guide%20to%20Indiana%20Wildflowers">Field Guide to Indiana Wildflowers</a> calls this species "Common Flat-Topped Goldenrod" and uses the scientific name <i>Euthania graminifolia.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monarch on Smooth Blue Aster, <i>Aster laevis</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><i> </i>Several species of Asters are now blooming in this prairie. Asters are as difficult for me to identify as Goldenrods are; again I welcome corrections to my identification.<i> </i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clasping leaves of Smooth Blue Aster, <i>A. laevis</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>One key characteristic of Smooth Blue Aster is the way the stiff, smooth leaves clasp the smooth stem and have little "ears" that extend beyond the stem. Some species of Aster have hairy stems and/or leaves. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buckeye butterfly on New England Aster, <i>A. novae-angliae</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>The bright reddish-purple New England Asters are the most showy in this prairie. There are several species of less showy, white asters that I have problems distinguishing. The white aster in the photos below could be either "Many-Flowered" Aster, <i>Aster ericoides </i>or Heath Aster, <i>Aster pilosus</i>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> A white aster, perhaps <i>Aster ericoides or A. pilosus </i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A. ericoides</i> or <i>A. pilosus</i><br />
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</tbody></table>John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-66357208033525955472011-09-18T19:47:00.000-07:002011-09-19T06:45:53.790-07:00September 18, 2011, 4G = Great Goldenrod Guessing Game<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tower at Bonneyville County Park</td></tr>
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From 5-6 p.m. this evening I was near the lookout tower at <a href="http://www.elkhartcountyparks.org/properties_locations/bonneyville_mill.htm">Bonneyville Mill County Park</a> trying to figure out the Goldenrods in the vicinity of the parking lot. Not all Goldenrods are the same! <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Indiana-Wildflowers-Yatskievych/dp/0253214203">Yatskievych's Field Guide to Indiana Wildflowers</a> describes 15 Goldenrod species in our area. It is a challenge for me, amateur that I am, to figure them out. I depend primarily on <a href="http://www.eco-usa.net/other/reviews/newcomb.shtml">Newcomb's Wildflower Guide</a> for identification. Some of the species have unique characteristics that make them relatively easy to figure out, but others differ only in small details. I will appreciate comments on the following identifications. [You may click on the photos to enlarge them.]<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canada Goldenrod, <i>Solidago canadensis</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>The most common species, Canada Goldenrod<i>, </i>is on all sides of the lot. The numerous small flower-heads are "in curved, one-side clusters, together forming a large terminal cluster" (quoting Newcomb's Guide). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grass-leaved Goldenrod, <i>Solidago graminifolia</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>The stem of Grass-leaved<i> </i>Goldenrod is branched at the top, forming a flat inflorescence. Both Canada Goldenrod and Grass-leaved Goldenrod grow in a wide variety of habitats.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rough-Leaved Goldenrod, <i>Solidago patula</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Rough-Leaved Goldenrod grows primarily in wet habitats; it grows in the wet ditch just across CR 108 from the parking lot entrance. (See what was blooming in this same spot in the <a href="http://wildflowersnearyou.blogspot.com/2011/05/may-16-2011-wee-wetland-at-bonnieville.html">May 16 blog entry</a>.) The large, sandpaper-rough lower leaves of Rough-Leaved Goldenrod make it easier to identify than most other Goldenrods.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Large lower leaves of <i>S. patula</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>S. patula </i>flower clusters</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Also growing in the same wet ditch is what I identified as Late Goldenrod, <i>Solidago gigantea. </i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Late Goldenrod, <i>Solidago gigantea</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Late Goldenrod is so similar to Canada Goldenrod. I identified it as Late Goldenrod primarily because it grows in a wet area and its flower heads appeared a tad bigger than those of <i>S. canadensis</i>. But I may be wrong.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flower heads of <i>Soldago gigantea, </i>clustered on one side of stem</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Just inside the woods to the west of the parking lot I spotted what I identify as Elm-Leaved Goldenrod, <i>Solidago ulmifolia. </i>The lower leaves are large and sharply toothed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elm-Leaved Goldenrod, <i>Solidago ulmifolia</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Terminal cluster <i>S. ulmifolia </i>flower heads</td></tr>
</tbody></table><i> </i>By now you may have more information on Goldenrods than you want or need - a good place to stop.John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-65209210745322020822011-09-17T20:11:00.000-07:002011-09-23T20:42:33.062-07:00September Church Flowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The wildflowers now in bloom at the <a href="http://waterford.in.us.mennonite.net/About_Us">Waterford Mennonite Church wetlands</a> are totally different from those featured in our <a href="http://wildflowersnearyou.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-26-2011-church-with-nature.html">April 26, 2011 post.</a> The most striking and unusual plant now in full bloom is the Closed Bottle Gentian. [You may click on the photos to enlarge them.]</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closed Bottle Gentian, <i>Gentiana andrewsii</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>If you start the loop trail at the east side of the pond and go around the pond counter-clockwise, you will see Closed Bottle Gentians on both sides of the trail. Although there are many Closed Bottle Gentians growing here, they are not common in our area. They are not listed as threatened in Indiana in the <a href="http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GEAN">USDA Plants Database</a>, as is true for several northeastern states.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closed Bottle Gentian</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Closed tight! Too tight for most insects to pollinate, except for bumble bees.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bumble bee opening a Closed Bottle Gentian</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Bumble bees are big enough to pry open the "bottles"; as they descend into the flower the rim closes again, then reopens as the bee pushes out. (I took this picture Sept. 17, 2008; the others I took 2 days ago.) Many other native flowers are also blooming around the pond and in the floodplain between the pond and the Elkhart River to the west.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A reminder, just in case the Waterford Church flowers tempt you!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Blue Lobelia, <i>Lobelia siphilitica</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Great Blue Lobelia is nearly the same bright blue and grows in some of the same places as the Gentian.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cardinal Flower, <i>Lobelia cardinalis</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Another <i>Lobelia, </i>Cardinal Flower, also grows around the pond, but the biggest populations are in the floodplain, off of the loop trail, especially at border of the Elkhart River, where these "Swamp People" (in photo below) found it blooming a few days ago. The floodplain forest here appears not to have been greatly disturbed over the years - very few invasive shrubs grow here. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Swamp People" in floodplain forest</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crayfish holes in the floodplain</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water Parsnip, <i>Sium suave</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Arrowhead grows in the muddiest part of the floodplain - I sank into the mud up to the rim of my knee-boots when I took this picture.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Arrowhead, <i>Sagittaria latifolia</i></td></tr>
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Back to the firm trail that loops the pond. Years ago the pond was dug out in the floodplain; nonetheless, many native plants have re-established along the pond border.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe-Pye Weed, <i>Eupatorium maculatum</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boneset, <i>Eupatorium perfoiatum</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Calico Aster, <i>Aster</i> <i>lateriflorus</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An aster, perhaps <i>Aster praealtus </i>or <i>A. puniceus</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swamp Thistle, <i>Cirsium muticum</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orange Jewelweed, <i>Impatiens capensis</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swamp Lousewort, <i>Pedicularis lanceolata</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table> The "Swamp People" who hiked the trail and floodplain with me found two three-legged frogs in the pond and spotted several painted turtles sunning on emerged logs<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A three-legged frog</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painted Turtle</td></tr>
</tbody></table>When we got back to the car we found hitch-hiking seeds on our clothes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seeds of Tickseed Trefoil on pant leg.</td></tr>
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<span id="goog_919953603"></span><span id="goog_919953604"></span>John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-68407639645080403432011-09-13T21:51:00.000-07:002011-09-14T13:39:55.119-07:00Sept. 13, 2011 Twenty Species Flowering Along Ox Bow Boardwalk<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wetland as seen from overlook near Cottonwood Shelter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boardwalk over the Ox Bow wetland</td></tr>
</tbody></table>At first glance the Oxbow wetland at <a href="http://www.elkhartcountyparks.org/properties_locations/ox_bow_park.htm">Ox Bow County Park</a> looks like a solid mass of cattails, but if you look carefully over the sides of the approximately 200 yard long boardwalk, you may see as many as twenty species of native flowers in bloom.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfKWu9qHCQpQBTnFhPdypcTKaKbKumVCvfhEbCBFDmbQp1Ci1nNHZAq4x0awNayaJHlfOat0u_oICus-bCxhQSE6T5hvoLvtwMJIv66_r32QIKG7cmmc8YhLZlVHFRkQz-kyrMK2BdFI/s1600/wingstem.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfKWu9qHCQpQBTnFhPdypcTKaKbKumVCvfhEbCBFDmbQp1Ci1nNHZAq4x0awNayaJHlfOat0u_oICus-bCxhQSE6T5hvoLvtwMJIv66_r32QIKG7cmmc8YhLZlVHFRkQz-kyrMK2BdFI/s320/wingstem.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wingstem, <i>Verbesina alternifolia</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>The "Wingstem" name is apt because the stem has papery wings running the length of both sides of the stems. Other common names of plants are less helpful, e.g., Swamp Lousewort, below.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swamp Lousewort, <i>Pedicularis laceolata</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Swamp Lousewort is a member of the same plant family as Snapdragons. It's two-lipped, white flowers are less than one inch long. Turtlehead (below), also is in the same family and has two-lipped flowers, but the flowers are showy and big --- nearly two inches long and an inch wide. They are the most eye-catching flower along the boardwalk now. They typically grow in marshes and wet borders, but we do not see them very often.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Turtlehead, <i>Chelone glabra</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Turtlehead</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Another showy flower is the Great Blue Lobelia. Many are blooming toward the north end of the boardwalk.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Blue Lobelia, <i>Lobelia siphilitica</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Three species of wetland sunflower relatives are flowering now - Beggar's Tick, <i>Bidens connata; </i>Nodding Bur Marigold, <i>Bidens cernua; </i>and Tickseed Sunflower, <i>Bidens</i> <i>coronata</i>. All three species have seeds with burs that disperse by sticking like ticks to the passersby.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beggar's Tick, Bidens <i>connata</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nodding Bur Marigold, <i>Bidens cernua</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tickseed Sunflower, <i>Bidens coronata</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>The<a href="http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=BICO"> USDA Plants Database</a> page for <i>Bidens coronata </i>includes photos and drawings that show details of the plant's structures, including the tickseeds. <br />
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</a></div>Two species of Asters are now in bloom in the wetland. Asters are not easy for me to identify. [Please comment if you question my identification of the two Asters below.]<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swamp Aster, <i>Aster puniceus</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Calico Aster, <i>Aster lateriflorus</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>The last two flowers pictured are members of the genus <i>Eupatorium. </i>When eaten by cattle, White Snakeroot, <i>Eupatorium rugosum, </i>can render the milk and meat poisonous; Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks, reportedly died of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_sickness">milk sickness</a> caused by a chemical in White Snakeroot. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Snakeroot, entwined with leaves of Hog Peanut</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe-Pye Weed, <i>Eupatorium maculatum</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Listed below are native flowers in bloom in the wetland today, but not pictured above.<br />
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Tall Ironweed, <i>Vernonia altissima</i><br />
Flat-topped Goldenrod<i>, Solidago graminifolia</i><br />
Late Goldenrod, Solidago<i> gigantea</i><br />
Woodland Knotweed, <i>Polygonum virginianum</i><br />
Water Smartweed, <i>Polygonum punctatum</i><br />
Orange Jewelweed, <i>Impatiens capensis</i><br />
Water Parsnip, <i>Sium suave</i><br />
Water Hemlock, <i>Cicuta maculata</i><br />
Narrow-leaved Mountain Mint<i>, Pycanthemum tenuifolium</i>John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-22482667388007440692011-09-12T20:49:00.000-07:002011-09-23T10:30:53.491-07:00September 12, 2011 A School Wetland<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bethany Christian Schools Wetland</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Several years ago <a href="http://www.bethanycs.net/">Bethany Christian Schools</a> biology teacher Amy Thut and students planted a wetland at the school on SR 15 south of Goshen. Since the original planting, other native and exotic plants have populated the site on their own. Today Ms. Thut was out educating her ninth grade environmental science students on the many species of plants growing there, faithfully doing what the sign above proclaims. Below are some of the plants they saw in flower. [Click on photos to enlarge.]<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sneezeweed, <i>Helenium autumnale</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cardninal Flower, <i>Lobelia cardinalis</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water Smartweed, <i>Polygonum punctatum</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New England Aster, <i>Aster novae-angliae</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tall Boneset, <i>Eupatorium altissimum</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Mistflower, <i>Eupatorium coelestinum</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buckeye Butterfly on Blue Mistflower</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The <a href="http://plants.usda.gov/java/county?state_name=Indiana&statefips=18&symbol=COCO13">USDA Plant Database distribution map</a> only lists Blue Mistflower for counties in Indiana's southern half; it has not been reported to the USDA for Elkhart County. This is the first time I have ever seen it. Ms. Thut said she did not plant it; the flower just showed up on its own in the last year or two --- the Mistflower is also a Mysteryflower!John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-64884471551999237582011-09-11T19:28:00.000-07:002011-09-23T19:57:40.295-07:00September 11, 2011 Scarlet Splendor in the Elkhart River Floodplain<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cardinal Flower along the Elkhart River</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>From the Rieth Interpretive Center at 410 W. Plymouth, Goshen, take the path close to the Elkhart River. Just as the path goes over the culvert for a ditch, walk off the trail, along the north side of the ditch, down toward the river. You are now in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floodplain">floodplain</a>. Near the river's edge you will see a great show of Cardinal Flower, <i>Lobelia cardinalis. </i>This is the most extensive show of Cardinal Flower I have ever seen.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view across the floodplain</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cardinal Flower, <i>Lobelia cardinalis</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Like other <i>Lobelia</i>, the flower has three petals pointing down and two pointing up; the petals join to form a <a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=LOCA2">long tube</a>. [This link contains this quote: "Since most insects find it difficult to navigate the long tubular flowers, Cardinal Flower depends on hummingbirds, which feed on the nectar, for pollination."]<br />
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Another showy flower of the floodplain is the Orange Jewelweed, or Spotted Touch-Me-Not, <i>Impatiens</i> <i>capensis</i>. If you click on the photo you can see the seed pods that will eject their seeds when touched.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orange Jewelweed, <i>Impatiens capensis</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Less showy section of flood plain</td></tr>
</tbody></table>There are other, less showy flowers now in bloom throughout this floodplain forest. Lizard's Tail, Clearweed, and False Nettle are the dominant flowering herbaceous plants in the above forest floor photo. The trees that make up this floodplain forest include Silver Maple, Sycamore, Cottonwood, Hackberry, Swamp White Oak, Pin Oak, Green Ash and others.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lizard's Tail, <i>Saururus cernuus</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clearweed, <i>Pileas pumila</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">False Nettle, <i>Boehmeria cylindrica</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Because both Clearweed and False Nettle have green flowers at the axils of the leaves, the flowers are not easy to see. [If you click on the photos the flowers will show up more.] Both are members of the Nettle Family.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spicebush berries, <i>Lindera benzoin</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Spicebush has yellow flowers in early spring. The red fall berries are very aromatic when crushed.<br />
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Two plants now in bloom that grow in flood plains, as well as other moist areas, are Creeping Smartweed, <i>Polygonum cespitosum, </i>and Pokeweed, <i>Phytolacca americana.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creeping Smartweed, <i>Polygonum cespitosum</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pokeweed flowers, <i>Phytolacca americana</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pokeweed fruit at varied stages of development</td></tr>
</tbody></table>John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-61799975887673379862011-08-30T15:46:00.000-07:002011-08-30T15:46:48.255-07:00August 29, 2011 Fen Flowers at Crooked Lake Nature PreserveYou are not alone if you don't anything about <a href="http://water.epa.gov/type/wetlands/fen.cfm">fens</a> --- there aren't many of them left within 60 miles of Goshen. Fens are mineral-rich wetlands, fed by calcareous groundwater seeps. Fens tend to be alkaline, in contrast to bogs, which tend to be acidic. Fens and bogs have some plants in common, but each of the two wetlands has unique flora too.<br />
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Below are photos of native fen wildflowers now blooming at <a href="http://www.in.gov/dnr/naturepreserve/files/np-Crooked_Lake.pdf">Crooked Lake Nature Preserve</a>, approximately five miles southeast of Wolf Lake IN. (From US 33 in Wolf Lake, take SR 109 south to CR 500 S, then east to 250W and south to 600S.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nature Preserve paring lot, corner of Noble CR 250W & 600S</td></tr>
</tbody></table>From the parking lot, take the trail south about 1/4 mile to Crooked Lake; then keep left (east) on the trail along the lake to a boardwalk that crosses the small fen, between a hill and the lake, pictured below.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fen Thistle and Preying Mantis</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The vegetation you see beyond the Fen Thistle, <i>Cirsium muticum</i><i> , </i>includes sedges and a variety of wildflowers. This thistle is a native species that grows in wetlands; it is a completely different species than the invasive thistles that are common in fields and along roadsides.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grass of Parnassus</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fen Grass of Parnassus; N. B. the basal leaves</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Fen Grass of Parnassus, <i>Parnassia glauca,</i> flowers are on leafless stalks that bolt from a whorl of basal leaves; it is nothing like a grass. The long, thin, grass-like leaves throughout the photo are sedges, not Grass-of-Parnassus. So far I have found <i>P. glauca </i>at only two places in Michiana; both are fens. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rough-leaved Goldenrod</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Ar first glance, the Rough-leaved Goldenrod may look like the any other goldenrod. But notice the big, broad leaves at the bottom; they feel like sandpaper. Rough-leaved Goldenrod grows in wetlands throughout Michiana.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple False-Foxglove and caterpillar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Purple False-Foxglove, <i>Agalinis</i> <i>pupurea</i>, grows in other wetlands too, not only in fens.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple Loosestrife, <i>Lythrum salicaria</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><a href="http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/loosestrife.shtml">Purple Loosestrife</a> is a noxious plant that has invaded many wetlands, including the Crooked Lake Fen. It was introduced to North America from Eurasia and now crowds out our native wetland plants. You are most welcome to pull up Purple Loosestrife whenever you see it; it is tenacious, so you will have to pull hard.John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-63287849811165610912011-08-29T19:10:00.000-07:002011-09-23T20:15:20.194-07:00August 28, 2011 A Ditch Full of Flowers Along the Pumpkinvine TrailBikers who ride <a href="http://www.pumpkinvine.org/">The Pumpkinvine Nature Trail</a> between Elkhart County Roads 28 and 33 may want to take time to "smell the flowers" where the trail goes from the fields into the wooded section, shown in the photo below.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orange Jewelweed and Great Blue Lobelia</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Within a few weeks Jewelweed, AKA Touch-Me-Not, <i>Impatiens</i> capensis, flowers will morph into seed-pods that split open and eject their seeds when you touch them. Great Blue Lobelia, <i>Lobelia siphilitica,</i> flowers are striking. Like other Lobelias, their flowers have 3 petals pointing down and 2 pointing up, which you will see better if you click on the photos to enlarge them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Blue Lobelia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cardinal Flower</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Cardinal Flower, <i>Lobelia cardinalis, </i>is even more showy than Great Blue Lobelia; they both have similar flower structures.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cardinal Flower and Orange Jewelweed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boneset and Orange Jewelweed</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Boneset,<i> Eupatorium perfoliatum, </i>has opposite leaves that join together, completely surrounding the stem - "perfoliate" is the botanical term for leaves that surround the stem. You may click on the photo to see the perfoliate leaves more clearly.<br />
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All of the native wildflowers pictured above are common throughout northern Indiana and southern Michigan, but because they grow in wetlands, which frequently are not easily accessible, you have to go out your way to see them. It is worth the effort.<br />
<span id="goog_177301409"></span><span id="goog_177301410"></span>John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-5038006647001752962011-08-17T18:39:00.000-07:002011-09-23T20:10:39.632-07:00Aug. 14, 2011, Nature Re-Etablished: From Field Back to Wet Prairie<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Blue Lobelia, <i>L</i>obelia <i>siphilitica</i> (Double-click on photo)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Driving along Kosciusko CR 600 N, west of Clunette, IN I saw one of my favorite wildflowers, Great Blue Lobelia, growing at the edge of an abandoned, wet field. I had to stop, don my knee boots, jump the ditch and walk in to see what all was blooming in the field.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swamp Milkweed (pink) <i>Âsclepias</i> incarnata & Boneset (white)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>After seeing Swamp Milkweed, Boneset, Monkeyflower, Blue Vervain, Smartweed, Flat-topped Goldenrod, sedges and rushes I realized I was in an old field that was succeeding back to a <a href="http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/components/3238a.html">wet prairie plant community</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swamp Milkweed and Monkeyflower</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monkeyflower, <i>Mimulus alatus</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Vervain, <i>Verbena hastata & </i>Bonset, <i>Eupatorium perfoliatum</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pennsylvania Smartweed, <i>Polygonum pensylvanicum</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flat-topped Goldenrod, <i>Euthania graminifolia & </i>Boneset</td></tr>
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</a></div> After I jumped back across the ditch and was taking off my boots, a good neighbor drove by in his pick-up and kindly asked if I needed help. I replied that I had been in the old field to admire all the native plants. He explained that the field hadn't been planted for the past three or four years and said that he hoped the owner would not try to farm the wet, peaty ground again. I agreed completely.<br />
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</a></div>John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-27556253156791773992011-08-17T17:00:00.000-07:002011-08-17T17:00:40.936-07:00August Roadside WildflowersThe roadside flora has changed completely since my <a href="http://wildflowersnearyou.blogspot.com/2011/05/late-may-roadside-flowers.html">Late May Roadside Flowers</a> post. Drive south from Goshen on Indiana SR 15 and continue about 1/2 mile south of the US 6 intersection. The wide strip of land to the east, between SR 5 and the railroad, supports a fine show of native wildflowers.<br />
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Three species of the Milkweed Family are in bloom. The suffix "weed" is unfortunate because they are all native grassland plants with beautiful flowers. I saw monarch butterflies visiting the flowers of all three species. The orange Butterfly weed will catch your eye first.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Butterflyweed, <i>Ascplepias tuberosa</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whorled Milkweed, <i>Ascplepias verticillata,</i> from the road</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Whorled Milkweed is also visible from the road, but you have to pull over and get out to see the small flowers and thin, whorled leaves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Milkweed, <i>Asclepia syriaca. </i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Double-clcik on the above photo to see theflower structure.<br />
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</tbody></table>Most of the Common milkweed are past flowering - pods have set on. Bugs are common on the pods and monarch eggs and caterpillars are on the undersides of some leaves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flowering Spurge, <i>Euphorbia corollata</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Flowering Spurge is another native plant growing near the milkweeds. A milky juice exudes from the stem when a leaf breaks off, as happens for milkweeds too, but Spurges belong to another plant family. Below are other native plants growing nearby<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flowering Spurge (white), Tall Ironweed (purple),<i>Veronia gigantea</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Ragweed (center), Horseweed (both sides)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Most people consider Great Ragweed, <i>Ambrosia trifida, </i>and Horseweed, <i>Conzya canadensis</i>, as noxious weeds, even though both are native species. Both are as tall as a horse and invade disrupted areas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Two introduced, i.e., not native, that are common along roadsides now are Bouncing Bet and Crown Vetch. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bouncing Bet, <i>Saponaria officinalis</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crown Vetch, <i>Coronilla vaira</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>The Indiana Department of Transportation plants Crown Vetch as a roadside ground cover, but it escapes to neighboring fields.John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-5161535794967037412011-08-14T19:54:00.000-07:002011-08-14T20:01:28.109-07:00Orchids Near YouIn my August 11 post, <a href="http://wildflowersnearyou.blogspot.com/2011/08/wildflowers-far-away-in-newfoundland.html">Wildflowers Far Away in Newfoundland</a>, I included pictures of three orchids and noted there are orchids in Indiana too. Michael Homoya describes over 40 species in his book <a href="http://www.indiana.edu/%7Epreserve/flora/rare/orchids.html">Orchids of Indiana</a>. But they are hard to find -- most are not showy and some are rare. Often they grow in remote or wet areas that are difficult to access. In ten years of looking for orchids within reasonable drive distance, I have only found eight species; I have taken photos of six species. Below are my photos of Indiana Orchids, in the sequence they bloom. (Please double click on the photos to enlarge them.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Showy Orchis, <i>Galearis spectabilis, </i>Orchid Family, early May</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twayblade, <i>Liparis lillifolia, </i>Orchid Family - late May</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puttyroot flowers, <i>Aplectrum hyemale, </i>Orchid Family<i>, </i>late May</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puttyroot leaves, September to May</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Puttyroot leaves begin emerging in September and stay green until May, when they die back. In late May the leafless flower stalk emerges. I have found Puttyroot in three woods in Elkhart and LaGrange Counties.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shining Ladies' Tresses, <i>Spiranthes lucida</i>, early June </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>A botanist first told me of a fen in Whitley County where this orchid grew. I went immediately and found it. A week later I was walking in a wetland in Elkhart County and happened upon it. Neither Homoya's <a href="http://www.indiana.edu/%7Epreserve/flora/rare/orchids.html">Orchids of Indiana,</a> nor the<a href="http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SPLU2"> USDA Plants Data Base</a> report Shining Ladies' Tresses in Elkhart County.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rattlesnake Orchid, <i>Goodyear pubescens, </i>July & August</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Rattlesnake orchid gets its common name from the prominent white leaf veins that make the leaves look a bit like rattlesnake skin. The attractive leaves last through the winter.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nodding Ladies' Tresses, <i>Spiranthes cernua, Sept.</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Nodding Ladies Tresses tend to grow in bogs and other wetlands. I have seen them in a flotting sphagnum bog in Elkhart, County and in a wet prairie in Noble County.<br />
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I have seen both Pink Lady's Slipper, <i>Cypripedium acaule</i> and yellow Lady's Slippers, <i>Cypripedium calceolus</i> in Michiana, but I haven't found them scince I started photographing wildflowers. I will keep on the lookout for them. <br />
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John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-88035005576534420512011-08-13T17:41:00.000-07:002011-08-13T18:43:13.013-07:00August 13, 2011 Wildflowers Around Baintertown Pond<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppO1MS2R8FuYELegtUALRZ12v1g5R2RKBNc9Ye-m1hHNU7Qy2OZhRo8sFpN6d2jpMc7by7zWiUZHNz9ZEBpiNAgOrVL1QpHUrXpe7vrjFTPiWvrRxbNelXE-nFthS4W3XWlI_9JGsQS4/s1600/Monkey+Flower.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Partridge Pea, <i>Chamaecrista fasciulata -</i> Pea Family</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Field Thistle, <i>Cirsium discolor - </i>Sunflower or Aster Family</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Field Thistle is one of several native thistles that grow around Goshen. There are also introduced thistles, such as Canada Thistle and Bull Thistle, that invade native plant communities.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tall Ironweed, <i>Veronia gigantea</i> - Sunflower or Aster Family</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swamp Milkweed, <i>Asclepias</i> incarnata - Milkweed Family</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swamp Loosestrife, <i>Decodon verticillatus</i> - Loosesrtife Family</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rose-Mallow, <i>Hibiscus moscheutos - </i>Hibiscus Family </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halberd-Leaved Rose-Mallow, <i>Hibiscus laevis</i> -<i>Hibiscus Family</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>The flowers of both species of Rose-Mallow may be pink or white. The easiest way to distinguish them is leaf shape. The Halberd-Leaved Rose-Mallow has leaves that are shaped like an ancient European weapon, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halberd">Halberd</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winged Monkeyflower, <i>Mimulus alatus</i> - Figwort Family</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The Figwort Family includes Snapdragons and many local, native plants with irregular flowers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Vervain, <i>Verbena hastata - </i>Vervain family</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obedient Plant, <i>Physostega virginiana - </i>Mint Family</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Below is a list of other native plants in bloom near the pond:<br />
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Prairie Rosinweed, <i>Silphium integrifolia</i>, Sunflower Family<br />
Gray-Headed Coneflower, <i>Ratibida pinnata</i>, Sunflower Family<br />
Common Fleabane, <i>Erigeon philadelphicus, </i>Sunflower Family <br />
American Indian Hemp, <i>Apocynum cannibinum - </i>Dogbane Family<br />
Common Evening Primrose, <i>Oneotera biennis</i>, Evening Primrose Family<br />
Horsemint, <i>Monarda punctata, </i>Mint Family<br />
Horse Nettle, <i>Solanum carolinense - </i>Nightshade Family <br />
Pale Indian Plantain, <i>Arnoglossum atriplicifolium - </i>Sunflower Family<br />
Pokeweed, <i>Phytolacca americana - </i>Pokeweed Family<br />
Jerusalem Artichoke, <i>Helianthus tuberosa -</i>Sunflower Family<br />
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The following introduced (i.e., not native) plants are in flower near the pond:<br />
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Queen Anne's Lace, <i>Daucus carota - </i>Carrot Family<br />
Bouncing Bet, <i>Saponaria officinalis - </i>Pink Family<br />
Common Mullein, <i>Verbascum thapsus - </i>Figwort Family <br />
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John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-76080131695297993932011-08-12T21:34:00.000-07:002011-08-13T13:00:32.864-07:00August 11, 2011 - Prairie Wildflowers at Boot Lake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vQLpPTqbXQvbCdclcR9eMOjvl4CsFZYoG6kz6hHaOJnNLi3gwMXwNmptLg555eYwhSF5ZoLC4c_iDOYBPWbMHqyMxBd3hPaigRwLc1Dht9AUVfFeJYXlSPKk8BmmkIFh6BewdGOaSFU/s1600/Purple+Coneflower.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.elkhartindiana.org/department/division.asp?fDD=39-160">Boot Lake Nature Preserve</a>, northwest of Elkhart, IN includes a reconstructed prairie. The web site documents this valuable reconstruction from a former sewage slag dump. Many native prairie plants are now in bloom.<br />
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From the parking lot I took the lane past the tree nursery to the prairie, continued on that wide mowed path through the prairie and looped right on "Prairie Pike", right again on "Purple Coneflower Pass" and right a third time to return again to the nursery lane, where I turned left to return to the parking lot.<br />
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In late summer there are so many species of wildflowers in the "Sunflower" or "Aster" Family. Even after studying <a href="http://www.eco-usa.net/other/reviews/newcomb.shtml">Newcomb's Wildflower Guide</a> (see book review), frequently I am uncertain of the species. <b>Please feel free to enter comments and questions regarding my identification.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flowers of Cup-Plant, <i>Silphium perfoliatum</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joined opposite leaves of Cup-Plant</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Four species of the<b> </b>genus <i>Silphium </i>are blooming. Species of this genus have similar flowers, but because each <i>Silphium </i>species has unique leaves, identification is easier than for many other plants in the Sunflower or Aster Family. Note how the opposite Cup-Plant, <i>Silphium perfoliatum,</i> leaves join together to form a cup; during rains, water collects in the "cups". Cup-Plants grow as high as 8-9 feet.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prairie Rosinweed, <i>Silphium integrifolium</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Prairie Rosinweed leaves are opposite like Cup-Plant, but they are smaller and do not join to form a cup. Rosinweeds are shorter than Cup-Plants.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prairie Dock, <i>Silphium terebinthinaceum</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Prairie Dock's huge leaves form a whorl at the base of the plant. A thin flower stalk bolts up to 10 feet.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Compass-Plant, <i>Silphium laciniatum</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Compass-Plant also has huge basal leaves, but each leaf is deeply cut. It too bolts a 10 foot flower stalk.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple Coneflower, <i>Echinacea purpurea</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Purple Coneflower is also a member of the Sunflower Family. Extracts of Echinacea roots are used in herbal medicine.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wild Quinine, <i>Parthenium integrifolium</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Wild Quinine is another member of the Sunflower Family that is used in herbal medicine. You will have to walk off the path to find this plant at Boot Lake; there aren't many plants. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flowering Spurge, <i>Euphorbia corollata</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Flowering Spurge is part of the Spurge Family, as is Poinsetta. A milky sap exudes when a leaf breaks off the stem.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whorled Milkweed, <i>Asclepias verticillata</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>"Milk" also flows from broken milkweed parts, but Milkweeds are a separate family from Spurges. Whorled Milkweed flowers, leaves and stems are all much smaller than the Common Milkweed, but the flower structures are the same, i.e., the five petals curled up and the five sepals curl down. Double click on the photo to see the flowers more closely.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wild Bergamot, <i>Monarda fistulosa</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Wild Bergamot has a square stem, in cross section - an indicator that it belongs in the Mint Family. It is a very common field and roadside plant. Bee-Balm is also in the <i>Monarda </i>genus.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canada Tick-Trefoil, <i>Desmodium canadense, </i>Pea Family</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Vervain, <i>Verbena hastata, </i>Verbena Family</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Other native plants now in flower at Boot Lake Prairie are -<br />
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Common Fleabane <i>Erigeron philadelphicus </i><br />
Gray-Headed Coneflower <i>Ratibida pinnata</i> <br />
Jerusalem Artichoke <i>Helianthus tuberosa</i> <br />
Field Thistle <i>Cirsium discolor </i><br />
Lance-Leaved Goldenrod <i>Solidago graminifolia</i> <br />
Common Evening Primrose <i>Oenothera biennis</i> <br />
Narrow-Leaved Mountain Mint <i>Pycnanthemum tenuifolium</i> <br />
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Introduced, i.e., not native, plants in flower are -<br />
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Spotted Knapweed <i>Centaurea maculosa </i><br />
Bouncing Bet <i>Saponaria officinalis </i><br />
Deptford Pink <i>Dianthus</i> <i>armeria</i> <br />
Common Mullein <i>Verbascum thapsus </i><br />
Queen Anne's Lace <i>Daucus carota</i> <br />
Yellow Sweet Clover <i>Melilotus officinalis </i><br />
White Sweet Clover <i>Meliotus alba </i><br />
Red Clover <i> Trifolium</i> <i>pratense</i> <br />
White Clover <i>Trifolium repens </i>John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-65730758337144840492011-08-12T17:53:00.000-07:002011-08-19T13:28:00.900-07:00Wildflowers Far Away in NewfoundlandTen weeks have passed since our last post. During that time we drove 7,250 miles in our Prius to and from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (You may want to check the <a href="http://Newfoundland%20and%20Labrador%20Tourism%20%3Cenews@newfoundlandlabrador.com%3e/">Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism</a> web site.) Although our blog focuses primarily on wildflowers within 50 miles of Goshen, Indiana, we will share some of the flowers we found in Newfoundland and Labrador. Early July is a prime flowering time there. <b> </b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pitcherplant</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The Northern Pitcherplant, <i>Sarracenia purpurea, </i>is the provincial flower of Newfoundland and Labrador. We saw it in many bogs and fens across the province. There are a few sphagnum bogs in Indiana where we have found it too, including <a href="http://dcwi.com/%7Eeric/goot/wllieber.htm">Lieber Nature Preserve</a> near Bristol, IN.<br />
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</tbody></table>Labrador Tea, <i>Ledum groenlandicum, </i>is also very common in Newfoundland, but does not occur in Michiana. It is a member of the Heath family, which includes blueberries, laurels, rhododendrons and azaleas.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sheep Laurel</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Sheep Laurel, <i>Kalmia angustifolia, </i>often grows in bogs with Labrador Tea and Pitcherplants.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Flag Iris at Gros Morne National Park</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Blue Flag, <i>Iris versicolor, </i>grows in wet areas throughout Newfoundland. We have another Blue Flag species, <i>I. virginica,</i> in Indiana. <a href="http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/index.aspx">Gros Morne National Park</a> is a wonderful place of landlocked fjords, ancient mountains, and picturesque harbor villages.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twinflower</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Twinflower, <i>Linnea borealis, </i>is a boreal [i.e., arctic] plant, as the name indicates. It is common in Newfoundland, but does not grow in Indiana.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cloudberry or "Bake-apple"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plumboy</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Cloudberry or "Bake-apple", <i>Rubus chamaemorus, </i>and Plumboy, <i>Rubus articus,</i> are two close relatives of raspberries and blackberries that grow in northern climes. At several of our "bed and breakfasts" and restaurants we enjoyed yellow bakeapple jam and pie. The red Plumboy berries are not plentiful enough to make jam. Neither grow in Indiana.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two tiny species of Dogwood</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Bunchberry, <i>Cornus canadensis, </i>on the right<i>, and </i>Sweedish Bunchberry, <i>C. suecica, </i>on the left,<i> </i>are dogwoods that grow only a few inches high. <i>C. canadensis</i> grows throughout northeastern U. S. and Canada [including Steuben, Lake & Porter Counties in Indiana]. <i>C. suecica, </i>the smaller of the two,<i> </i>is primarily an arctic plant. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roseroot Stonecrop along the Gulf of Saint Lawrence</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Roseroot Stonecrop, <i>Sedum rosea, </i>grows in dry rocky shores and cliffs. We saw it on the rocky cliffs of an island near Bonavista, Nfld where puffins were nesting. It does not grow in Indiana.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dragon's Mouth</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pink Lady's Slipper</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flat-petaled Yellow Lady's Slipper</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Orchids don't grow only in Hawaii and greenhouses. There are many native orchid species in Newfoundland and Indiana. Dragon's Mouth, <i>Arethusa bulbosa, </i>grows in wetlands in Newfoundland; there have been a few reports of Dragon's Mouth in Indiana, but there are no pictures to document them.<br />
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We saw Pink Lady Slippers at several places in Newfoundland. The only places we have seen it in Michiana are <a href="http://www.duneland.com/aer/indiana-dunes/pinhook-bog.html">Pinhook Bog, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore</a> and <a href="http://www.fernwoodbotanical.org/">Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve</a>.<br />
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We were pleased to find the rare "Flat-petaled Yellow Lady's Slipper",<i> Cypripedium parviflorum </i>var. <i>pubescens,</i> in bloom at <a href="http://www.env.gov.nl.ca/env/parks/wer/r_bce/">Burnt Cape Ecological Preserve</a> at the northern tip of Newfoundland. Burnt Cape is an appropriate name - the terrain is rocky, dry and windswept. Nonetheless, many rare plant species grow there.<br />
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John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-17220515229001130462011-06-01T19:41:00.000-07:002011-06-01T19:41:53.496-07:00Taking a BreakNow that the woodland flowers have nearly finished their show for the season, we are taking a break from posting on our wildflower blog. We plan to resume posting in late July, 2011. Our focus then will be wildflowers in wetlands, prairies, old fields and roadsides. <br />
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Below are parting shots of uncommon wildflowers we found in the past week within 50 miles of Goshen.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hoary Puccoon, <i>Lithospermum canescens</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puttyroot, <i>Aplectrum hyemale</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-23455823825502440422011-06-01T19:02:00.000-07:002011-06-01T19:49:50.961-07:00Late May Woodland Flowers: Spurgeon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4vQDHlDS8io8LN1anSfc_OSJ4h7d4xC8g2YD3ZJshmAzW_2R0uMSuBms5JR3JOY2ajDWqCLKiqAZmsbqxWgx5HVqLCS02NGHwAub5sH4hjhyOr_tNMTvSjipuqFPVJmDozkU1g_WJJ8/s1600/Sol+Seal.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div>As the tree canopy has become more dense, the number of wildflower species in bloom at <a href="http://www.acreslandtrust.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=44551&PID=635698">ACRES Spurgeon Woodland Preserve</a> has declined. Nonetheless, I enjoyed my quick walk there Saturday afternoon, May 28, in spite of the drizzle; unfortunately, the darkness triggered the flash mode. (You may click on the photos to enlarge them.) <br />
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False Solomon's Seal and Broad-Leaved Waterleaf were the dominant flowers in bloom.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">False Solomon's Seal, <i>Maianthemum racemosum</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">False Solomon's Seal, closer up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Broad-Leaved Waterleaf, <i>Hydrophyllum canadense</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
</tbody></table>For the first time this year, I found Wild Sarsaparilla blooming, near the vernal pond. The <a href="http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARNU2">USDA Plant Database</a> reports that it grows in most counties in the northern third of Indiana. The leaves and flowers grow on separate stalks that emerge from the underground stem.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wild Sarsamparilla, <i>Aralia nudicaulis</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three Wild Sarsaparilla inflorescences </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wild Sarsaparilla leaves</td></tr>
</tbody></table> In the 30 minute hike I saw the following native flowers, in addition to those pictured above:<br />
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Canada Violet, <i>Viola canadensis</i><br />
Cream Violet, <i>Viola striata</i><br />
Wild Geranium, <i>Geranium maculatum</i><br />
Blue Phlox, <i>Phlox</i> <i>maculatum</i><br />
Aniseroot<i>, Osmorhiza longistylis</i><br />
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I couldn't resist photographing the interesting mushrooms that have appeared with all the rain of the past weeks.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHux2Ug1uZPb1QJvmran8sa4tJF2REgssyXXqNoE_oU7HjjKOPgQPz06zKxFIaxLT28wsmfsq7v9uj1FEX9KVhwgPVa4D6axHpXU7-ZDS6SblNUcEdCDPTvnWhll0MuN9Imc7DlxUKblQ/s1600/white.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHux2Ug1uZPb1QJvmran8sa4tJF2REgssyXXqNoE_oU7HjjKOPgQPz06zKxFIaxLT28wsmfsq7v9uj1FEX9KVhwgPVa4D6axHpXU7-ZDS6SblNUcEdCDPTvnWhll0MuN9Imc7DlxUKblQ/s320/white.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-506763807192855602011-05-29T13:31:00.000-07:002011-05-29T14:19:46.471-07:00Late May Roadside Flowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>There are still over twenty species of wildflowers blooming in the woods, albeit most aren't showy. But because the woodland trails are muddy now and the mosquitoes are thick, you may prefer to stalk roadside flowers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dame's Rocket, <i>Hesperis matronales</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Various colors of Dame's Rocket</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dame's Rocket up close; note foour petals to each flower</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Dame's Rockets are attractive roadside wildflowers, but they the <a href="http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HEMA3">USDA Plant Database</a> lists as an invasive weed; some states prohibit gardeners from planting it. It has spread throughout the U.S.A., except a few southern states. Dame's Rocket are easy to confuse with Phlox because they tend to be the same size and color, but it has 4 petals and Phlox has five.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tansy Ragwort, <i>Senecio jacobea</i></td></tr>
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The <a href="http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SEJA"> USDA Plant Database</a> also lists Tansy Ragwort, or "Stinking Willie", as a prohibited, noxious weed in several states. It grows in wet ditches and fields.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Honeysuckle bush, <i>Lonicera </i>species</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Honeysuckle up close</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Several Honeysuckle species are invasive in woodlands and old fields.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow Goatsbeard, <i>Tragopogon pratensis</i></td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Yellow Goatsbeard is another introduced, i.e., non-native, plant, although it tends not to be invasive.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Campion, <i>Silene latifolia</i><br />
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</tbody></table>Campion (above) and Oxeye Daisy (below) are other introduced plants common to roadsides.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oxyeye Daisy, <i>Leucanthemum vulgare</i></td></tr>
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Not all roadside flowers are introduced or invasive. Common Fleabane is a native plant that frequently grows along roads.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Fleabane, <i>Erigeron phiadelphicus</i></td></tr>
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Wild Geranium, Virginia Waterleaf. False Solomon/s Seal and Fleabane are all native, woodland plants that sometimes grow along roadsides.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wild Geranium, <i>Geranium maculatum</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wild Geranium</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">False Solomon's Seal, <i>Maianthemum racemosum</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Virginia Waterleaf, I<i>Hydrophyllum virginianum</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-46451223797424456962011-05-27T21:52:00.000-07:002011-05-29T10:14:06.288-07:00May 27, 2011 Sopping Wet Woods: Bender Memorial Forest ACRES<a href="http://www.acreslandtrust.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=44551&PID=635679">ACRES Bender Memorial Forest</a>, on the Elkhart River in Noble County, has several sections that are permanently wet, but now the entire forest is wet. Some sections of the trail are under water --- knee boots are a necessity. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow Water Buttercup partially submerged</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow Water Buttercup, <i>Ranunculus flabellaris</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>A large spread of Yellow Water Buttercup is blooming in the lowest section of the forest, always wet; but the water is deeper than any other time I've tramped around in it and there are more Yellow Water Buttercup than I've ever seen. Most of the leaves are submerged; the flowers stick out of the water several inches.<br />
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Tufted Loosestrife is another yellow flower blooming in the same wet environment as the Yellow Water Butercup. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tufted Loosestrife, <i>Lysimachia thrysiflora</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Flag, <i>Iris virginica</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Blue Flag, also growing in standing water, is just beginning to bloom. It is a native Iris.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Dragon, <i>Arisaema dracontium</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Green Dragon, <i>Arisaema dracontium, </i>a close cousin of Jack-in-the-Pulpit, <i>Arisaema triphyllum</i>, most always grows in wet areas, although not in standing water. Both have a spathe that wraps around the spadix, but the Green Dragon's spadix sticks out 3-4 inches.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">American Gromwell, <i>Lithospremum latiflolium</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>American Gromwell grows near Green Dragon at Bender Forest. Although its 1/4 inch yellow flowers are unremarkable, it is an uncommon, interesting native plant. According to the <a href="http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LILA2">USDA Plant Database</a>, Noble County is the only northeastern Indiana county where it has been reported; it is on the endangered list in Pennsylvania and Maryland, but not Indiana.<br />
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Two species of Waterleaf are blooming at Bender. Both are in the low wet parts of the forest and on the well-drained slopes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Virginia Waterleaf, <i>Hydrophyllum virginianum</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Broad-Leaved Waterleaf, <i>Hydrophyllum canadense</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Broad-Leaved Waterleaf up close</td></tr>
</tbody></table>American Columbo is a mysterious plant that grows on a south-facing wooded slope in Bender Forest. Each year the plant grows a whorl of large basal leaves, and occasionally if flowers about this time of year. This year none of the more than fifty plants bloomed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">American Colombo basal leaves, <i>Frasera caroliniensis</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table> A variety of ferns grow at Bender; several species grow in the wettest sections, but the Maidenhair Fern grows on the well-drained slopes. Ferns reproduce by spores, rather than by flowers and seeds.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Northern Madienhair Fern, <i>Adiatum pedatum</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
</tbody></table>This large beetle was immobile on this cool, cloudy day.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Horse Gentian, <i>Triosteum aurantiacum</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>The Horse Gentian in the photo above is growing in an old field at the edge of the forest. The yellow flowers will develop into orange fruits in Fall.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orange fruits of Horse Gentian</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Below please find the complete list of native wildflowers I found in bloom at Bender Forest today:<br />
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Yellow Water Buttercup, <i>Ranunculus flabellaris</i><br />
Tufted Loosestrife, <i>Lysimachia thyrsiflora </i><br />
Blue Flag, <i>Iris virginica </i> <br />
Green Dragon, <i>Arisaema dracontium</i><br />
Jack-in-the-Pulpit, <i>Arisaema triphyllum</i><br />
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Virginia Waterleaf, <i>Hydrophyllum viriginianum</i><br />
American Gromwell, <i>Lithospermum latifloim </i><br />
Broad-Leaved Waterlead, <i>Hydrophyllum canadense</i><br />
Orange-Fruited Horse Gentian<i>, Triosteum aurantiacum</i><br />
May-Apple, <i>Podophyllum peltatum</i><i> </i><br />
Wild Geranium, <i>Geranium maculatum</i><br />
Clustered Snakeroot, <i>Sanicula gregaria</i><br />
Aniseroot, <i>Osmorhiza longistylis </i><br />
Blue Phlox, <i>Phlox divaricata</i><br />
Common Fleabane, <i>Erigeron philadelphicus</i><br />
Golden Ragwort, <i>Packera aurea</i><br />
Cream Violet, <i>Viola striata</i><br />
False Solomon's Seal, <i>Maianthemum racemosum</i><br />
Hairy Solomon's Seal,<i> Polygonatum pubescens</i><br />
Wild Ginger, <i>Asarum canadense</i><br />
Doll's Eyes, <i>Actaea pachypoda</i><br />
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<i> </i>John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-24479365665976881912011-05-22T20:52:00.000-07:002011-05-22T20:52:15.365-07:00May 22, 2011 Thirty Miles for One Flower<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOSG-N6oa_6htOk6KLcVL_W6z2PnLHsyIjL7GHbDIyjirD8oBlRoRdqTgUhMf1VTPKMmkdpTyFaXc70tB1vUGGjhhaNFPXk4nEhbh_wxpMX2miBJYuJtl3lSqB9fQE0Ek5FlNy4UtoMs/s1600/sign.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOSG-N6oa_6htOk6KLcVL_W6z2PnLHsyIjL7GHbDIyjirD8oBlRoRdqTgUhMf1VTPKMmkdpTyFaXc70tB1vUGGjhhaNFPXk4nEhbh_wxpMX2miBJYuJtl3lSqB9fQE0Ek5FlNy4UtoMs/s320/sign.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>You may question the wisdom of driving thirty miles to see one flower that I haven't seen in bloom yet this year. It may not be wise, but I succumbed anyway and drove to<a href="http://www.acreslandtrust.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=44551&PID=701968"> ACRES Glenwood Preserve</a> near Clunette in Koskiosko County. The preserve includes a wet woods predominated by silver maple, a drier oak-hickory wodds and a sphagnum bog. Not much is blooming in the bog yet, and the oak woods has flowers that we've seen many places already this season. It's the wet woods that has the flower I drove thirty miles to see.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A wet woods with many Silver Maples</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Canada Mayflower is a fine flower, but hardly spectacular. Here it is.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three shots of Canada Mayflower, <i>Maianthemum canadense</i></td></tr>
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Only a few other flowers, also unspectacular, are in bloom now in the wet woods. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet Cicely, <i>Osmorhiza longistylus</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clustered Snakeroot, <i>Sanicula odorat</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sphagnum bog</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I'll go back to <a href="http://www.acreslandtrust.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=44551&PID=701968">ACRES Glenwood Preserve</a> later in the summer to see what is blooming in the bog. It is an interesting plant community that grows over the top of a lake; it is bouncy when you walk on the mat of plants that cover it. John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-22537489754809894062011-05-22T19:30:00.000-07:002011-05-22T19:34:11.258-07:00May 21, 2011 Late ArrivalsIn the past week new flowers came into bloom. Today in a walk around Bowen Lake at<a href="http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/2987.htm"> Chain O' Lakes State Park</a> there were five flowers we haven't shown yet in the blog. They are some of the latest of woodland spring flowers. As the tree leaf canopy gets heavier, less light reaches the forest floor, and fewer species bloom. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue-Eyed Grass, <i>Sisyrinchium</i> angustifolium</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Blue-Eyed Grass is actually a small (1/2 inch flower diameter) Iris, not a grass, even though the leaves look like grass.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doll's-Eyes, <i>Actaea pachypoda</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Dolls-Eyes' tiny flowers cluster at the end of the stem. Their name comes from their late summer white berry with a black spot, which looks like dolls eyes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dolls-Eyes berries, August 16, 2007</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Wild Columbine isn't in many of the local woods we frequent. I was happy to find it today.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wild Columbine, <i>Aguilegia canadensis</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wild Columbine up close</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Several species of Solomon's Seal flowers bloom locally in May: Hairy Solomon's Seal, Smooth Solomon's Seal, False Solomon's Seal and Starry FalseSolomon's seal, which is the least common. All four were flowering today on the Bowen Lake trail. Below is Starry False Solomon's Seal<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starry False Solomon's Seal, <i>Maianthemum stellatum</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Green Dragon is a close relative of Jack-in-the Pulpit. Jack is about done for the season, but the Green Dragon is at its peak. This is mot a common flower and is easy to miss. It grows in wet environments. We've seen it in only 4-5 local woods.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Dragon, <i>Arisaema dracontium</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Notice the long thin spadix that sticks out of the spathe like a tongue.<br />
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Below are the native flowers in bloom, other than those pictured above:<br />
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Golden Ragwort, <i>Packera aurea</i><br />
Wild Geranium, <i>Geranium maculatum</i><br />
Wild Phlox, <i>Phlox divaricata </i><br />
Sweet Cicely, <i>Osmorhiza </i>species<br />
May-Apple, <i>Podophyllum peltatum</i><br />
Hairy Solomon's Seal, <i>Polygonatum pubescens</i><br />
Smooth Solomon's Seal, <i>Polygonatum biflorum</i><br />
False Solomon's Seal, <i>Maianthemum racemosum</i><br />
Common Blue Violet, <i>Viola sororia</i><br />
Cleavers<i>, Galium aparine</i><br />
Large-Flowered Trillium, <i>T, grandiflorum </i>(almost over)<br />
Rue Anemone, <i>Thalictrum thalictroides</i><br />
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<i> </i>John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-47705424316800099202011-05-17T18:44:00.000-07:002011-05-18T05:13:58.537-07:00May 17, 2011 Trillium's Fading - What's Next?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOvtAxBFUUhwiO-0X3O5fehzSoN5sDZn0wiUzBJQHf6mx9FzFRvLHR3qR5hrzqSiDXA4R84h6_z6JyuY5ing6RFwgM8gCEIwCSRdABFo65YMc9SVyCQTP29OryXU-5vfeIYlmBUltrlk/s1600/mix.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Late stage of Large-Flowered Trillium, <i>T. grandiflorum</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Impressive shows of Large-Flowered Trillium are fading. Most of the large white flowers at <a href="http://www.elkhartcountyparks.org/properties_locations/river_preserve.htm">River Preserve County Park - Benton</a> have turned pink and are shriveling. What's next? There won't likely be any shows with the same impact this spring, but there will still be nice displays of a variety of flowers. Today at <a href="http://www.elkhartcountyparks.org/properties_locations/river_preserve.htm">River Preserve County Park - Benton</a> there were nice panoramas of trees and flowers. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Bud trees along the canal at River Preserve County Park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A mixed bouquet below the Benton Spillway</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>No single species dominates now, as Large-Flowered Trillium did. The display above includes white Sweet Cicely, pink Wild Geranium and gold Ragwort. There are big spreads of Sweet Cicely, but the heads of small, lacy white flowers aren't showy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet Cicely, <i>Osmorhiza </i>species</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jacob's Ladder, <i>Polemonium reptans</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flowers of Jacob's Ladder, close up.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>According to the <a href="http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PORER">USDA Plant Database</a>, Jacob's Ladder, <i>Polemonium reptans</i>, grows in almost all Indiana counties, but we have only seen it in three woods, including River Preserve County Park. "Ladder" evidently comes from the arrangement of leaflets on the leaves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miami-Mist, <i>Phacelia purshi</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miami-Mist close-up</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Miami-Mist is another uncommon, but not rare, plant at River Preserve County Park. It grows along the wooded trail north of the canal, not far from the dam.<br />
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Dame's Rocket has just begun flowering. Within a week or two there will be big shows of it along roads and trails. It is an escapee from gardens that grows in the wild, including at the River Preserve.<br />
Dame's Rocket is sometimes mistakenly called Phlox. Dames' Rocket has four petals, but Phlox has five. Compare the two below.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dames Rocket, <i>Hesperis matronalis</i></td></tr>
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</a></div>Flowers blooming at <a href="http://www.elkhartcountyparks.org/properties_locations/river_preserve.htm">River Preserve County Park - Benton</a> today were---<br />
Sweet Cicely, <i>Osmorhiza</i> species<br />
Spreading Jacob's Ladder, <i>Polemonium reptans</i><br />
Miami-Mist, <i>Phacelia purshii</i><br />
Golden Ragwort,<i> Packera aurea</i><br />
Wild Geranium, <i>Geranium maculatum </i><br />
Blue Phlox, <i>Phlox divaricata</i><br />
Dame's Rocket, <i>Hesperis matronalis </i>(<b>Not native)</b><i> </i><br />
Mayapple,<i> Podophyllum peltatum</i><br />
Solomon's Seal, <i>Polygonatum pubescens</i><br />
False Solomon's Seal, <i>Maianthemum racemosum</i><br />
Clustered Snakeroot, <i>Sanicula gregaria</i><i> </i> <br />
<i> </i>Common Blue Violet, <i>Viola sororia</i><br />
Cream Violet, <i>Viola striata</i><br />
Buttercup, <i>Ranunculus </i>species<br />
Cleavers, <i>Galium aparine</i> <br />
Wild Ginger, <i>Asarum canadense</i><br />
Prickly Gooseberry,<i> Ribes cynosbati</i><br />
False Rue Anemone, <i>Enemion biternatum</i><br />
Toad Trillium, <i>Trillium sessile</i><br />
Large-flowered Trillium, <i>T. grandiflorum</i><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>John Jay Smith and Joann Yoder Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019068973790183022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848805439046690176.post-46148647795264413392011-05-16T20:11:00.000-07:002011-09-19T03:58:55.972-07:00May 16, 2011 A Wee Wetland at Bonneyville<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Note: You may enlarge each photo by clicking on it.)</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tower at Bonneyville Mill County Park</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking east to wetland from entrance to Tower Picnic Area</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's more in this wetland than first meets your eye.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">Across the road from the Tower Picnic Area at <a href="http://www.elkhartcountyparks.org/properties_locations/bonneyville_mill_county_park.htm">Bonneyville Mill County Park</a> is a small wetland, uninteresting at first glance. There is an unusual flowering plant growing there - Swamp Saxifrage, <i>Saxifraga pensylvanica. </i>The<i> <a href="http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SAPE8">USDA Plant Database - Swamp Saxifrage</a></i> lists it in Elkhart and adjacent counties, but so far we haven't seen it anywhere but here. (Please comment below if you have found it growing elsewhere.)</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swamp Saxifrage</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swamp Saxifrage flowers up close</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">The long (2-3 feet) flower stalks bolt from whorls of basal leaves. The greenish-yellow flowers are more interesting than they are beautiful, but I keep going back to find them in this same small wetland each year since I first found and keyed them out four years ago. I had never heard of them before then.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Other plants that grow in the wetland are horsetails (a primitive, non-flowering plant), Skunk Cabbage, Marsh Marigold, Blue Flag Iris, White Springcress and Golden Ragwort. The Skunk Cabbage and Marsh Marigold are done blooming for the year, and the Blue Flag likely won't bloom until June, if at all. Golden Ragwort are the most dominant flower now, but White Springcress are in bloom too.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Golden Ragwort, <i>Packera aurea</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Springcress, <i>Cardamine bulbosa</i></td></tr>
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