Earlier this Spring, I started making a list of (and photographing) all the wildflowers I could find in one growing season. Here are the rules that I gave myself for this self-imposed challenge.
- Any native or non-native plant (including trees) can be photographed if it meets two conditions
- It must be growing in a wild population - it cannot be in a location where it was planted.
- It must be growing in one of the parks or other city properties within the city of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
- I have to photograph the plant on the day I first find the flower - but I can photograph any flower of the species that I find on that day.
- I have to be able to identify the species for it to count - unknown specimens do not count.
Thursday 10 April 2014
#1 Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
Monday 14 April 2014
#2 Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
#3 Pussy Willow (Salix discolor)
Wednesday 16 April 2014
#4 Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Monday 21 April 2014
#5 Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
#6 Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
#7 Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)
Tuesday 22 April 2014
#8 Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
#9 Speckled Alder (Alnus rugosa)
Thursday 24 April 2014
#10 Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)
Tuesday 29 April 2014
#11 Boxelder (Acer negundo)
#12 Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)
#13 Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
#14 Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)
Thursday 01 May 2014
#15 Field Penny-cress (Thlaspi arvense) NON-NATIVE
#16 Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)
#17 Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
#18 Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officianale) NON-NATIVE
Monday 05 May 2014
#19 Large-flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
#20 Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)
#21 Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis)
Tuesday 06 May 2014
#22 False Rue Anemone (Enemion biternatum)
#23 White Trout Lily (Erythronium albidinum)
Sunday 11 May 2014
#24 Wood Anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)
#25 Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
#26 Spring Cress (Cardamine bulbosa)
#27 American Dog Violet (Viola labradorica)
#28 Swamp Buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus)
#29 Downy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens)
#30 Two-leaf Mitrewort (Mitella diphylla)
#31 Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum) NON-NATIVE
#32 Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)
#33 Garlic Mustard (Alliara petiolata) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
Tuesday 13 May 2014
#34 Broad-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine diphylla)
#35 Downy Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)
#36 American Black Currant (Ribes americanum)
#37 Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) NON-NATIVE
#38 Mouse-ear Cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) NON-NATIVE
#39 Common Winter-cress (Barbarea vulgaris) NON-NATIVE
#40 Hoary Alyssum (Berteroa incana) NON-NATIVE
#41 Field Peppergrass (Lepidium campestre) NON-NATIVE
#42 Creamy Violet (Viola striata)
Sunday 18 May 2014
#43 Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
#44 Star-flowered False Solomon's Seal (Maianthenum stellatum)
#45 Common Periwinkle (Vinca minor) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
Tuesday 20 May 2014
#46 Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis stricta)
#47 Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
#48 Nodding Trillium (Trillium cernuum)
#49 Early Meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum)
#50 Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
#51 Small-flowered Buttercup (Ranunculus arbortivus)
#52 Downy Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum pubescens)
#53 Small Pussytoes (Antennaria howellii)
#54 American Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana)
#55 Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) NON-NATIVE
Wednesday 21 May 2014
#56 Horse-gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum)
#57 Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#58 Choke Cherry (Prunus virginiana)
#59 Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
#60 Morrow's Honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#61 White Oak (Quercus alba)
#62 Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
Friday 23 May 2014
#63 Thyme-leaved Speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia) NON-NATIVE
#64 American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia)
Monday 26 May 2014
#65 Tartarian Honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#66 Common Apple (Malus pumila) NON-NATIVE
#67 Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
#68 Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra)
#69 Cleavers (Galium aparine)
#70 Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
#71 Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia)
#72 Pennsylvania Bitter Cress (Cardamine pensylvanica)
#73 White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda)
#74 Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
#75 Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
Monday 26 May 2014 (Part 2)
#76 Wayfaring Tree (Viburnum lantana) NON-NATIVE
#77 Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#78 Upright Carrion-flower (Smilax ecirrata)
#79 Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
#80 Red-osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)
#81 White Campion (Silene latifolia) NON-NATIVE
#82 Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis)
Thursday 29 May 2014
#83 Feathery False Solomon's Seal (Mainthemum racemosum)
#84 Indian Strawberry (Potentilla indica) NON-NATIVE
#85 Common Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus)
#86 Wild Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
#87 Black Medick (Medicago lupulina) NON-NATIVE
Sunday 01 June 2014
#88 Fistulous Goat's Beard (Tragopogon dubius) NON-NATIVE
#89 Garden Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) NON-NATIVE
#90 Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#91 Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea)
#92 Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)
#93 Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#94 Southern Blue Flag Iris (Iris virginica)
#95 White Clover (Trifolium repens) NON-NATIVE
#96 Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)
#97 Green Dragon (Arisaema dracontium)
#98 Yellow Pond-lily (Nuphar variegata)
Tuesday 03 June 2014
#99 American Highbush Cranberry (Viburnum trilobum)
#100 Common Buttercup (Ranunculus acris) NON-NATIVE
#101 Winged Euonymus (Euonymus alatus) NON-NATIVE
#102 Amur maple (Acer
ginnala) NON-NATIVE
#103 Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#104 Oriental Poppy (Papaver orientale) NON-NATIVE
#105 Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) NON-NATIVE
#106 Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) NON-NATIVE
#107 Riverbank Grape (Vitis riparia)
#108 Silky Dogwood (Cornus amonum)
#109 Carpet Bugle (Ajuga reptans) NON-NATIVE
#110 Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
#111 Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis)
#112 Northern Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor)
#113 Running Strawberry Bush (Euonymus obovatus)
#114 Common Black Snakeroot (Sanicula odorata)
#115 Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)
#116 Hairy Vetch (Vicia cracca) NON-NATIVE
#117
Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum
vulgare) NON-NATIVE
#118 English Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) NON-NATIVE
#119 Mossy Stonecrop (Sedum acre) NON-NATIVE
#120 Birdfoot Trefoil (Lotus
corniculatus) NON-NATIVE
#121 Yellow Sweet Clover (Melilotus
officinalis) NON-NATIVE
#122 King Devil (Hieracium
piloselloides) NON-NATIVE
#123 Clammy Ground-cherry (Physalis
heterophylla)
#124 Giant Bur-reed (Sparganium eurycarpum)
#125
White Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata)
#126 Purple Meadow Rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)
#127 Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) NON-NATIVE
#128 Silvery Cinquefoil (Potentilla
argentea) NON-NATIVE
#129 Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#130 Bitter Dock (Rumex obstusifolius) NON-NATIVE
#131 Common Goat's Beard (Tragopogon pratensis) NON-NATIVE
#132
Wild Garlic (Allium canadense)
#133
Moonseed (Menispermum canadense)
#134
Narrow-leafed Cattail (Typha angustifolia) NON-NATIVE in Michigan
#135
Cow Parsnip (Heracleum maximum)
#136 Everlasting Pea (Lathyrus latifolius) NON-NATIVE
#137 Cursed Crowfoot (Ranunculus scleratus
#138 Rough-fruited Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) NON-NATIVE
#139
Crown-vetch (Securigera varia)
NON-NATIVE
#140 White Avens (Geum canadense)
#141 Wild Rose (Rosa blanda)
#142 Northern Bush-honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
#143 Gray Dogwood (Cornus foemina)
#144 Eastern Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
#145 Common Cattail (Typha latifolia)
#146 Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
#147 Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)
#148 Common Enchanter's-nightshade (Circaea canadensis)
#149 Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
#150 Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense) NON-NATIVE
#151 Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
#152 Border Privet (Ligustrum obtusifolium) NON-NATIVE
#153 Large-leaved Shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica)
#154 Common St. John's-wort (Hypericum perfoliatum)
#155 White Sweet Clover (Melilotus albus) NON-NATIVE
#156 Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
#157 Pasture Rose (Rosa carolina)
#158 Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
#159 Common Elder (Sambucus canadensis)
#160 Moth Mullein (Verbascum blattaria) NON-NATIVE
#161 Chicory (Cichorium intybus) NON-NATIVE
#162 Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata)
#163 Michigan Lily (Lilium michiganense)
#164 Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis)
#165 Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)
#166 Tall Agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala)
#167 American Lopseed (Phryma leptostachya)
#168 Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) NON-NATIVE
#169 Common Mullein (Verbascum thaspus) NON-NATIVE
#170 Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum
androsaemifolium)
#171 Wild Carrot (Daucus carota) NON-NATIVE
#172 Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
#173 Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) NON-NATIVE
#174 Wild Mint (Mentha canadensis)
#175 White Vervain (Verbena urticifolia)
#176 Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
#177 Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis) NON-NATIVE
#178 Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) NON-NATIVE
#179 Catnip (Nepeta cataria)
NON-NATIVE
#180 Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
#181 Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)
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