Nodding Trillium by Lorraine Anderson

Wildflowers June 13-16, 2002

Found blooming in Cook County by Erik Anderson and Lorraine Anderson (Be sure to check out the past reports linked at the right as well!)

This is an archive of wildflowers found during the Summer in Northeastern Minnesota.  Click here to see the most recent wildflower report.

The family took a nice weekend trip to Lake McFarland bordering John Lakes (Entry #69) and Pine Lake (Entry #68). The Arrowhead Trail was yellow with dandelions and marsh marigolds.  The woods were white with a large number of bunchberry and strawberry blossoms.  We had a lot of rain, but some beautiful weather as well.  The seasonal brooks were rushing, and along one of them we found quite a few nodding trillium.

What we saw at Lake McFarland:

Bunchberry - Cornus canadensis
Clintonia (Blue-bead Lily) - Clintonia borealis
Corydalis, Pale or Pink - Corydalis sempervirens
Dandelion, Common - Taraxacum officinale

Geranium, Wild - Geranium maculatum

Lily of the Valley, Wild - Maianthemum canadense
Marsh-marigold - Caltha palustris
Miterwort, Naked - Mitella nuda
Sarsaparilla, Wild or Smooth - Aralia nudicaulis
Starflower - Trientalis borealis
Strawberry, Barren - Waldsteinia fragaarioides
Strawberry, Common - Fragaria virginiana
Sweet Cicely - Osmorhiza claytoni
Trillium, Nodding - Trillium cernuum
Vetchling, Pale - Lathyrus ochroleucus
Vetch, Purple - Vica americana
Violets - purple, yellow & white

Blooming Trees and Shrubs
Blackberry, Common - Rubus allegheniensis
Cherry, Pin - Prunus pennsylvanica
Dogwood, Red-osier - Cornus stolonifera

 You can view an entire list from last year by clicking here.