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Trailing Arbutus
(Mayflower) Epigaea repens
• Family: Heath (Ericaceae) •
Habitat: acid soil in sandy or
rocky woods • Height: 1-2 inches
• Flower size: 1/2 inch across •
Flower color: pale pink or white
• Origin: native
Wednesday, May 16th,
2009 -
Report by
Today was to
be our first report of the
season. We planned to go
up the Caribou Trail to Ward
Lake where there is a very large
display of
Spring Beauty and
Dutchman’s Breeches. We
however ran into fog – first on
#61 and then it got thicker as
we went inland - so thick that
the driver made a wrong turn and
got so turned around that she
said that she just wanted to go
back. We were held up both ways
with road construction. We ended
eating lunch in the car by the
marina and the Coast Guard
station. When we started out it
was so foggy we could not see
the lighthouse but for lunch it
was clear down by the lake.
Here are some early
bloomers you might find in the
area:
Anemone,
Wood -
Anemone
quinquefolia
Arbutus,
Trailing - Epigaea repens
Bloodroot
- Sanguinaria canadensis
Cowslip
- Caltha palustris
Dandelion,
Common -
Taraxicum
officinale
Dutchman's
Breeches -
Dicentra
cucullaria
Early
Sweet Coltsfoot -
Petasites
palmatus
Hazelnut,
Corylus
Marsh-marigold
- Caltha palustris
Pussytoes, Field -
Antennaria
neglecta
Red
Maple
- Acer rubrum
Spring
Beauty -
Claytonia
verginica
Strawberry,
Common - Fragaria
virginiana
Trailing Arbutus
Violets
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throughout the Summer to see our weekly
wildflower reports from
Lorraine Anderson of Grand
Marais, Minnesota.
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