Wild Flower Watch

 
White Trillium
(Trillium grandiflorum)
[TRIL-ee-um   gran-dih-FLOR-um]
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Last Update
May 12, 2013

Periods of Observation:
May 3 - 12, 2013

Places of Observation:
   RBG Hendrie Valley & Arboretum,
Lower Dundas Valley, and a property just west of Hamilton

            Comments:

            I found some species whose flowers I missed or almost missed. I missed the Twinleaf as when I checked this past week all I found was one fruit on one plant. I almost missed the Dutchman's Breeches as all I found was one lone flower and many, many seed pods.
            No one spot had lots of species but, by visiting several spots I did accumulate 69 species in bloom of which 22 were new for the season for me.

 Wild or Naturalized Flowers Blooming
May 3 - 12, 2013
 
English Names
* = Not Native
N = New for Season		 Latin Names
 
  Anemone, Rue Thalictrum thalictroides
  Anemone, Wood Anemone quinquefolia
N Apple *(tree) Malus pumila
N Baneberry, Red Actaea rubra
N Baneberry, White Actaea pachypoda
N Bellwort, Large-Flowered Uvularia grandiflora
  Bittercress, Hairy * Cardamine hirsuta
N Bluebells, Virginia Mertensia virginica
  Buttercup, Hispid Ranunculus hispidus
N Buttercup, Kidneyleaf Ranunculus abortivus
N Celandine * Chelidonium majus
  Celandine, Lesser * Ranunculus ficaria
N Celendine-poppy Stylophorum diphyllum
  Chickweed, Common * Stellaria media
N Cleavers Galium aparine
  Cohosh, Giant Blue Caulophyllum giganteum
  Coltsfoot * Tussilago farfara
N Currant, Wild Black Ribes americanum
  Current, European Red Ribes rubrum
  Dandelion, Common * Taraxacum officinale
  Dandelion, Marsh * Taraxacum palustre
  Dandelion, Red-Seeded * Taraxacum erythrospermum
  Dead-Nettle, Purple * Lamium purpureum
  Dead-Nettle, Spotted * Lamium maculatum
N Dutchman's Breeches Dicentra cucullaria
  Forget-Me-Not, True * Myosotis scorpioides
N Geranium, Wild Geranium maculatum
  Ground Ivy * Glechoma hederacea
  Groundsel, Common * Senecio vulgaris
  Hepatica, Sharp-Lobed Anemone acutiloba
  Hyacinth, Grape * Muscari botryoides
  Jack-In-The-Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
  Johnny Jump-Up * Viola tricolor
  Maple, Manitoba Acer negundo L.
  Marigold, Marsh Caltha palustris
  Meadow-Rue, Early Thalictrum dioicum
N Medick, Black * Medicago lupulina
  Mustard, Garlic * Alliaria petiolata
N Peppergrass, Field * Lepidium campestre
  Periwinkle * Vinca minor
  Pussytoes, Parlin's Antennaria parlinii
N Redbud Cercis canadensis
N Rocket, Yellow * Barbarea vulgaris
  Saxifrage, Early Micranthes virginiensis
  Sedge, Pennsylvania Carex pensylvanica
  Shadbush, Common Amelanchier arborea
  Shadbush, Smooth Amelanchier laevis
  Shepherd's Purse * Capsella bursa-pastoris
  Speedwell, Slender * Veronica filiformis
N Speedwell, Thyme-Leaved * Veronica serpyllifolia
  Spring Beauty,Narrow-Leaved Claytonia virginica
N Spurge, Cypress * Euphorbia cyparissias
  Storksbill * Erodium cicutarium
N Strawberry, Barren Geum fragarioides
  Strawberry, Field Fragaria virginiana
  Strawberry, Woodland Fragaria vesca
N Timothy * Phleum pratense
  Toothwort, Cut-Leaved Cardamine concatenata
  Toothwort, Two-leaved Cardamine diphylla
  Trillium, Red Trillium erectum
  Trillium, White Trillium grandiflorum
  Trout-Lily Erythronium americanum
  Violet, Common Viola sororia
N Violet, Dog Viola conspersa
  Violet, Downy Yellow Viola pubescens
  Violet, Leconte's Viola affinis
  Whitlow Grass * Draba verna
  Wild Ginger Asarum canadense
N Wood Betony Pedicularis canadensis

 

Monday Evening Walks

                 Following is a general list of walk locations. If you did not get the newsletter with the exact meeting spots and times, feel free to contact me via the e-mail listed below. It was not made as a link so I could avoid at least some of the nonhuman contacts.

May 13 - Hendrie Valley from Cherry Hill
May 20 - Middle Dundas Valley from Lion's Club Road

               As usual, I am still going out almost every Friday afternoon. If you are interested in joining me give me 24 hours notice so I can give you the meeting place. I usually, but not always, start at Cherry Hill Gate and go on to the Arboretum and/or the Waterfront Trail but there are exceptions.            

Photos from Fleur-Ange Lamothe

Some other Photos from Fleur-Ange

Photos From 2007

Photos from 2006

 

 

Photos and Notes from Ron Hepworth

		Ron passed away on Tuesday, September 4th, 2012. Because he kept records of
early and peak blooming times for nearly 30 years and then passed along his summaries
to me for this site, I plan on leaving his last summary here. Below is a small sample of
what the whole summary looks like:
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           ANNUAL FLOWERING RECORDS FOR YEAR 2010           LEGEND
                 (observed at Brantford, Ont.)       FF = First Flower/Pollen
                        43.10'N--80.12'W             PB = Peak/Mid Bloom Date
                                                     (  )= Interpolated Date
                                                     E  = Estimated Date
 
                 SPECIES OBSERVED      NO.   FF     FF     PB     PB      LAG
                                       YRS  2010   MEAN   2010   MEAN      IN
                                                                         (DAYS)
            willow buds (sprout/green) 15 Mar 9  Mar 15 Mar 17 Mar 27   -8.0
            (Salix alba vitellina)
            Euro. hazelnut (FF/Pollen) 13 Mar 19 Mar 21 Mar 21 Mar 30   -5.5
            (Corylus avellana)
            skunk cabbage (pollen/PB)  13(Mar 18)Mar 25(Mar 31)Apr 2    -4.5
            (Symplocarpus foetidus)
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                The link for the rest of the records is below:

Ron's 2010 Summary

 

 

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