This week's bloomlist for Wildflower Island is at the end of the post, and Bonnie's
pictures can be found HERE. Peterson names are used for consistency wherever possible,
and comments and clarifications are welcome in the comments section.
Today the variety of mushrooms was wonderful, in direct competition with the number of delicate Indian-pipe colonies that were all over the island (except at the first leg of the path).
So much fun.
Today Mary looked high up and saw berries on the Alternate-leaved Dogwood, which means we didn’t look high enough this year when we were really looking for the blooms a couple of months ago. It would be great if I could tell you that we missed them THIS year, but looking back in my files, we didn’t list them in 2015, 16, and 17 as well. We’ll be more careful next year.
No swans today, but we saw a bunch of large white feathers on the edge of the lake where the Starry Campion is. Not a good sign.
Sallow Sedge. First, I’m not 100% sure that’s what we have. Secondly, the male (staminate) spike is light green when we included it in the bloomlist, and when it fades to tan, we’ve been assuming it’s no longer “in bloom.” They've been tan for a couple of weeks now, but today there was a plant whose staminate spike seemed definitely virile enough to include it in today's list.
Green spike: Faded tan spike:
Bonnie took the pictures yesterday, and Mary and I did the list today.
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