T
his
is the beginning of our 23rd
year of looking at wildflowers
in Cook County, MN. We are three
senior women who just love to
get out and explore and learn
new things. We are even getting
together all winter but don't
find too many flowers at that
time, but no matter.
June 9th, 2004
The black flies and mosquitoes
have arrived. We wore our bug
nets when we were outside. The
view along the highway has
changed since last week, not
nearly the profuse amount of Marsh
Marigolds, they have
lessened, that's sad but the
fruit trees have taken their
place:
Juneberries, Pin Cherries and
Red-berried Elder along with
the blue of the Mertensia
and the yellow of the Winter
Cress and Dandelions.
The Black Ash are beginning to
leaf out. It seems they are
the last. One new flower is
Shepherd's Purse Capsella
bursa-pastoris. Where we went:
up west #14, left on Trout
Lake Road, up B
ogus
(got out and walked down to
the lake), then went to the
Trout Lake public landing. On
the way back we followed a
trail down to an un-named
lake. What a pretty woods.
Lunch at Kimball Lake
Campground boat launch, in the
car because of the bugs.
Flowers we saw were:
Baneberry, Clintonia, Yellow
Violets, Star
flower, Goldthread,
Lily-of-the-Valley and Smooth
Rock Cress. But best of all
were the many Wild Purple
Clematis in Lorraine's
woods. Next week - up the
trail to see the Pink
Moccasin Flowers, we
think!
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Be sure to stop back
throughout the Summer 2004 to see our weekly
wildflower reports from
Lorraine Anderson of Grand
Marais, Minnesota.
