Copper Harbor Sunrise

Laney and I had a blast running the trails and roads in the mornings at Copper Harbor. Laney took the opportunity to jump in every lake she saw. I took the opportunity to enjoy the sunrise.

Pictured Rocks

Miners Beach

Miners Castle

Miners Castle

Miners Falls

Munising Falls

Munising Falls

Keweenaw Scenery

Inlet at Horseshoe Bay 

Looking east towards Horseshoe Bay

Horseshoe Bay

Laney posing on the rocks

Rocks near Hunters Point

Brockway Mountain looking east over Copper Harbor

Brockway Mountain looking west

Keweenaw Plants

I had a great time last week learning plants at a botany workshop at the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Below are a selection of the highlights. The botany was great, as was the setting, and the class.

Goodyera oblongifolia

Pterospora andromeda

Ranunculus repens

Polypodium virginianum

Myrica gale

Lobelia kalmii

Populus balsamifera

Lilium philadelphicum

Trichophorum cespitosum

Halenia deflexa

Sibbaldiopsis tridentata

Pinguicula vulgaris

Physocarpus opulifolius

Toxicodendron rydbergii 

Cornus rugosa

Rubus parviflorus

Lonicera canadensis

Carex pauciflora

Sarracenia purpurea

Ilex mucronata

Iris versicolor

Platanthera clavellata

Platanthera psycodes

Coeloglossum viride

Drosera rotundifolia & Gaultheria hispidula

Moneses uniflora

Glyceria canadensis

Monotropa hypopitys

Chimaphila umbellata

Pyrola elliptica

Diervilla lonicera

Spring and Summer Flowers

One of those flower that is hard to pass by without admiring, the Flowering Dogwoods were putting on a show in Michigan in April.

Another flower that falls into that category, Firepink is always a welcome sight. These were blooming at the Conner Prairie BioBlitz in June. Of course, anytime you talk about Firepink, the legislature's snub for State Flower comes up. It sure would be a nice State Flower, but not too many people care that a non-native flower represents Indiana.

One of the fun flowers to find along the White River at Conner Prairie was some Veratrum woodii, aka Wood's Bunchflower or False Hellebore. It wasn't blooming, but it was still appreciated. Missouriplants.com has some nice pictures.

Green Antelopehorn (Asclepias viridis) was blooming south of Vanadlia, Illinois.

American Columbo (Frasera caroliniensis) was also blooming near Vandalia, Illinios. It has quite an impressive inflorescence.

Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurescens) is stunning in bloom.

Clematis viorna, a wild clematis (Leatherflower, Vaseflower, American Bells) was blooming near Pontiac, Illinois.