Northwoods Wildflower Report, June 18th 2003

This report is written by Lorraine Anderson (lorraine@bwca.cc). She is part of a group of three seniors that have been looking at wildflowers in Cook County, Minnesota. They have gone out almost every Wednesday for over 20 years and love it, even in the winter. But of course there aren't any flowers in the winter!!

Wednesday Wildflower Report: June 18, 2003

Another beautiful day but black flies and regular flies are still a bother. The Marsh Marigolds are almost gone. The showiest now is probably the Bunchberries, except of course the Pink Moccasin flowers. 27 new flowers since the last report.

We went up the Gunflint Trail to Hungry Jack Road, then to Leo lake to a private home to see her Pink Moccasin flowers. They were such a beautiful deep pink - and so many. Naked Miterwort was almost gone in her yard and the Linnea was just starting. We then went back down the Trail to the Clearwater Road and ate at Flour Lake campground. Then to the Wild Flower Sanctuary on the Trail where the Devil Track River goes under the road, near Hedstrom's Mill. We were pleased how nice it looked. Then up above Maple Hill Cemetery on Cougar Trail to see if we could see any or our "mystery flowers" but we didn't. Instead we saw a nice patch of One-flowered Wintergreen.

The "Mystery" has now been solved... Two years later!

Flowers we found Blooming:

Baneberry, Red - Actaea rubra

Blue-eyed Grass - Sisyrinchium ssp. *

Buckwheat, Climbing False - Polygonum scanclens *

Buttercup, Tall or Common - Ranunculus acris *

Caraway - Carum carvi *

Chickweed, Common - Stellaria media *

Clematis, Rock, Purple - Clematis verticillari

Clintonia, Blue-bead Lily - Clintonia borealis

Columbine, (Honeysuckle) - Aquilegiaa canadensis

Coralroot, Northern or Early - Corallorhiza trifiola

Corydalis, Pale or Pink - Corydalis sempervirens *

Cress, Common Winter (mustard) - Barbarea vulgaris

Cress, Purple Rock - Arabis brachycarpa *

Daisy, Ox-eye - Chrysanthemum leucanthemum *

Dandelion, Common - Taraxacum officinale

Dogbane, Spreading - Apocynum androsaemifolium *

Hawkweed, Orange - Hieracium aurantiacum *

Hawkweed, Yellow - Hieracium scabrum *

Lily-of-the-Valley, Wild - Maianthemum canadense

Linnea, Twinflower 0 Linnea borealis *

Lupine - Lupinus polyphyllus *

Marigold, Marsh - Cowslip - Caltha palustris

Mertensia ( Bluebells ) - Mertensia paniculata

Miterwort, Naked - Mitella nuda *

Moccasin-flower, Pink - Cypripedium acaule *

Primrose, Bird's-eye - Primula laurentian

Pussytoes, Field - Antennaria neglecta

Rose - Rosa ssp. *

Sarsaparilla, Wild (Smooth) - Aralia nudicaulis

Silverweed - Potentilla anserina *

Sorrel, Sheep or Common - Rumex acetosella *

Starflower - Trientalis borealis

Strawberry, Common - Fragaria virginiana

Trillium, Nodding - Trillium cernuum

Twisted Stalk, Rose - Streptopus roseus

Vetchling, Pale - Lathyrus ochroleucus

Violet, Yellow, Purple

Wintergreen, One-flowered - Moneses uniflora *

Trees & Shrubs we found Blooming:

Ash, Mountain, American - Sorbus americana

Cherry,Pin - Prunus pennsylbanicaChokecherry - Prunus virginiana

Dogwood, Red-osier - Cornus stolonifera *

Elder, Red-berried - Sambucus pubens

Juneberry - Amelanchier

Labrador Tea - Ledum groenlandicum *

Lilac, Common (Old fashioned) - Syringa vulgaris

Maple, Moose or Mountain - Acer spicatum *

* - new this week