Recent Flowers

I was recently spending some time botanizing in the Miami Whitewater Forest. The wetlands had a nice array of flowers, interspersed in the ubiquitous Rubus.

Shrubby Saint John's Wort (Hypericum prolificum) 

There was a diversity of shrubs around the wetlands. Buttonbush was frequent, but so was Spirea, Swamp Rose, and Saint John's Wort.

Hog Peanut (Amphicarpaea bractaeata)

I see hog peanut all over woodlands, but I don't recall noticing it bloom.

Meadow Beauty (Rhexia virginica)

I don't think I had seen Meadow Beauty in southern Indiana before.

Meadow Beauty (Rhexia virginica)

Rough Marbleseed (Onosmodium hispidissimum)

This flower was a little past its prime, and it took me a couple minutes to pin it down. The scientific names seem to be all over the board, but this is rough marbleseed. The seed had the ring like constriction around the base.

Rough Marbleseed (Onosmodium hispidissimum)

Rose Pink (Sabatia angularis)

I am a sucker for these guys. Love that flower.

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

Morgan Monroe Ecoblitz

Last Saturday I joined the botany team for their monthly foray into the backcountry area of Morgan Monroe. It is fun to learn new plants, refresh old ones, and spend time with other botanists.

Downy Skullcap (Scutellaria incana)

Great Indian Plantain (Arnoglossum muehlenbergii)

Long-awned Woodgrass (Brachyelytrum erectum)

Starry Catchfly (Silene stellata)

Pretty Sedge (Carex woodii) is rhizomatous with a purple base.

Bosc's Panicgrass (Dichanthelium bosci) had a downward pointing beard at the nodes.

Dittany (Cunila oreganoides)

Broad-leafed Sedge (Carex platyphylla) was a glaucous blue-green on the slopes.

Carex virescens had fuzzy perigynia and a long spike.

Carex virescens had a fuzzy sheath.

Pinesap (Monotropa hypopithys)

Heart-leaf Hedgenettle (Stachys cordata)

Sanicula trifoliata (Large-fruited Blacksnakeroot) was trifoliate, with large, bristly fruit.

Swan's Sedge (Carex swanii) has fuzzy perigynia and short spikes.

Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis) had bright red berries.

Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)