The early spring wildflowers have finished blooming; it’s time to
watch the developing fruit. A few late spring/summer wildflowers are blooming
now.
A beautiful sunny morning to set out for a walk. It was
starting to feel more like summer than spring.
Littleleaf Sensitive Briar (Mimosa microphylla) plants were blooming
in the shade at ground level. It would be easy to miss them.
A couple of Starry Rosinweed (Silphium asterica) plants were
blooming. They won’t do so well since they are in the shade.
Seed capsules were still developing on this Strawberry Bush
(Euonymus americanus). This bush has a lot of fruit.
The Lanceleaf Loosestrife (Lysimachia lanceolata) plants were
still blooming. The anthers were not mature when I found them on my previous
walk; now they were and the anthers were powdery.
The Helmet Flowers (Scutellaria integrifolia) plants had
finished blooming. All that is left now are the enlarged calyx halves that
contain developing seeds.
I moved on towards the first bridge, and checked the…
Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum biflorum) plants on the way. The
berries were still developing.
Just beyond the bridge, a couple of Pipsissewa (Chimaphila
maculata) plants were still blooming. The stalks of the flowers that had been
fertilized had lost their petals and had straightened up as they began to
develop seeds.
The Deerberry (Vaccinium staminium) bushes were still full of
berries. I was still puzzled by the fact that nothing seemed to be interested
in eating them. I read that these berries are very tart when ripe; either these
weren’t ripe or they must not be appetizing.
The Eastern Sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus) fruit was
still developing and looked healthy as were the…
developing capsules on the witch hazel are a highlight of
this walk.
A few seed capsules were developing on one of the Mountain
Azalea (Rhododendron canescens). It doesn’t look as if there will be as many as
there were last year.
A Swamp Rose was blooming along the lake shore just south of
the Fishing Area.
Flower buds were still developing on a Button Bush
(Cephalanthus occidentalis) just north of the bridge to the Fishing Area.
The developing seed capsule on the Perfoliate Bellwort
(Uvularia perfoliata) still looked healthy.
The spring wildflower season has definitely finished. I
haven’t walked this trail consistently during the summer. It will be
interesting to see what I’ve been missing.
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