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Where we went:
Up the Gunflint Trail to the Lima Mountain Road, turned left on Lima
Grade to see the Bog then turned around and went up to the Trail then to
Leo lake and up to Seagull Lake. It was a rainy, buggy day but that
didn't deter us. I believe we stayed out longer than ever. It was such
fun!
Flowers we saw blooming:
Purple, Rock Clematis - Clematis
verticillaris
Silverweed - Potentilla anserina
False Solomon Seal - Smilacina racemosa
Blue-eyed Grass - Sisyrinchium *
Bunchberry - Cornus
canadensis
Winter Cress - Mustard - Barbera vulgaris
Wild Lily-of-the-Valley - Maianthemum canadense
Gay Wings, Fringed Polygala - Polygala paucifolia (Saw more of
this than ever before)
Clintonia - Clintonia borealis
Pussytoes, Field - Antennaria neglecta
Pale Vetchling - Lathyrus ochroleucus
Buttercup, Common - Ranunculus
acris
Wild Rose *
Wood Anemone - Anemone quinquefolia
Marsh
Marigold, Cowslip - Caltha palustris
Baneberry - Actaea rubra
Starflower - Trientalis borealis
Wild Sarsaparilla - Aralia nudicaulis
Strawberry, Common - Fragaria virginiana
Columbine (Honeysuckle ) - Aquilegia canadensis
Mertensia - Tall Lungwort - Bluebells - Mertensia paniculata
Three-leaved Solomon's Seal - Smilacina trifolia
Cotton Grass
Calla, Wild or Water Arum - Calla palustris *
Buckbean - Menyanthes trifoliata
Barren Strawberry - Waldsteinia fragarioides
Glaucous Honeysuckle (Vine) - Lonicera dioica *
Naked Miterwort - Mitella nuda
Moccasin-flower, Pink Lady's-slipper - Cypripedium acaule (Saw
lots)
Round-Leaved Orchis - Habenaria orbiculata
Hawkweed, Yellow - Hieracium
scabrum
Hawkweed, Orange - Hieracium
aurantiacum
Upright Bindweed - Convolvulus spithamaeus (What a pretty stand
on a hill on the Gunflint Trail)
Lychnis, Evening - Lychnis alba *
Birdsfoot Trefoil - Lotus corniculatus *
Small Cranberry - Vaccinium oxycoccus *
Linnea, Twinflower - Linnaea borealis *
Lupine - Lupinus polyphylus *
Forget-me-not - Menyanthes
trifoliata
Lesser Pyrola - Pyrola minor *
Smooth Rock Cress - Arabis hirsuta *
Purple Vetch - Vica americana *
These are the trees and shrubs we saw blooming:
Chokecherry - Prunus virginiana
Labrador Tea - Ledum greenlandicum (It was especially beautiful
today and lots of it)
Bog Rosemary - Andromeda glaucophylia
Bog Laurel or
Pale Laurel - Kalmia polifolia
Thimbleberry - Rubus parviflorus
Juneberry - Amelanchier spp
Red Berried Elder - Sambucus pubens
Blueberry - Vaccinium angustifolium
Mountain Ash, American - Sorbus americana *
Moose Maple or Mountain Maple - Acer spicatum *
* New this Week
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