Earlier this Spring, I started making a list of (and photographing) all the wildflowers I could find in one growing season. This was the second time I have completed this challenge - my 2014 list can be found here. 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.
I found a total of 252 species during the 2016 growing season. I found my first flower of the year on 08 March (the 68th day of the year) and my final flower on 20 October (the 294th day of the year). I averaged 1.115 new species per day over the course of 226 days. Of the 252 species, 174 species (69.0%) have been native and 78 species (31.0%) have been introduced to Michigan.
Here is the complete list for the year.
Tuesday 08 March 2016
#1 Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
Thursday 14 April 2016
#2 Pussy Willow (Salix discolor)
Monday 17 April 2016
#3 Boxelder (Acer negundo)
#4 Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)
#5 Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
#6 Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
#7 Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)
#8 Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Wednesday 20 April 2016
#9 Northern Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
#10 Black Willow (Salix nigra)
Sunday 24 April 2016
#11 Speckled Alder (Alnus incana)
#12 Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
#13 Two-leaf Mitrewort (Mitella diphylla)
#14 Spring Cress (Cardamine bulbosa)
#15 American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
#16 Canada Plum (Prunus nigra)
#17 Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) NON-NATIVE
#18 Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officianale) NON-NATIVE
#19 Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)
#20 Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)
#21 False Rue Anemone (Enemion biternatum)
Monday 25 April 2016
#22 Large-flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
#23 Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
# 24 Whitlow Grass (Draba verna) NON-NATIVE
#25 Early Meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum)
#26 White Trout Lily (Erythronium albidum)
Monday 02 May 2016
#27 Garlic Mustard (Alliara petiolata) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#28 Downy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens)
Monday 02 May 2016
#29 Pennsylvania Sedge (Carex pensylvanica)
Sunday 08 May 2016
#30 Common Winter Cress (Barbarea vulgaris) NON-NATIVE
#31 American Black Currant (Ribes americanum)
#32 Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
#33 Broad-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine diphylla)
#34 Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis)
#35 Long-spurred Violet (Viola rostrata)
#36 Downy Serviceberry (Amelchier arborea)
#37 Marsh Violet (Viola cucullata)
Monday 09 May 2016
#38 Small-flowered Forget-me-not (Myosotis stricta) NON-NATIVE
Wednesday 11 May 2016
#39 Common Periwinkle (Vinca minor) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#40 Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) NON-NATIVE
#41 Storks-bill (Erodium cicutarium) NON-NATIVE
Monday 16 May 2016
#42 Morrow's Honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#43 Swamp Buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus)
#44 Common Apple (Malus pumila) NON-NATIVE
#45 Small-flowered Buttercup (Ranunculus arbotivus)
#46 Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#47 Indian Strawberry (Potentilla indica) NON-NATIVE
#48 Hooked Crowfoot (Ranunculus recurvatus)
Tuesday 17 May 2016
#49 Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
#50 Nodding Trillium (Trillium cernuum)
#51 American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia)
#52 Choke Cherry (Prunus virginiana)
#53 Starry False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum stellatum)
#54 Tartarian Honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#55 Jetbead (Rhodotypos scandens) NON-NATIVE
Sunday 22 May 2016
#56 Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
#57 American Dog Violet (Viola labradorica)
#58 Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra)
#59 Cleavers (Galium aparine)
#60 Downy Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum pubescens)
#61 Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
#62 Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
#63 Common Mouse-eared Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum) NON-NATIVE
#64 Pennsylvania Bitter Cress (Cardamine pensylvanica)
#65 Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia)
#66 Creeping Charlie (Glechoma hederacea) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#67 White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda)
#68 Wood Anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)
#69 Small Pussytoes (Antennaria howellii)
Wednesday 25 May 2016
#70 Red-osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)
#71 Common Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus)
#72 Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#73 Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis)
#74 White Mulberry (Morus alba) NON-NATIVE
#75 Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#76 Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis stricta)
#77 Corn Speedwell (Veronica arvensis) NON-NATIVE
#78 Thyme-leaved Speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia) NON-NATIVE
#79 Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#80 White Clover (Trifolium repens) NON-NATIVE
#81 Black Medick (Medicago lupulina) NON-NATIVE
#82 English Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) NON-NATIVE
#83 American Highbush Cranberry (Viburnum trilobum)
#84 Common Buttercup (Ranunculus acris) NON-NATIVE
#85 Winged Euonymus (Euonymus alatus) NON-NATIVE
#86 Field Peppergrass (Lepidium campestre) NON-NATIVE
#87 Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens) NON-NATIVE
#88 Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea)
#89 Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Thursday 26 May 2016
#90 Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
#91 Field Hawkweed (Hieracium caespitosum) NON-NATIVE
#92 Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)
#93 White Campion (Silene latifolia) NON-NATIVE
#94 Illinois Carrion Flower (Smilax illinoensis)
Friday 27 May 2016
#95 Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)
#96 Fistulous Goat's Beard (Tragopogon dubius) NON-NATIVE
#97 Horse-gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum)
#98 Wild Mustard (Sinapis arvensis) NON-NATIVE
#99 Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)
Wednesday 01 June 2016 - part 1
#100 Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#101 Riverbank Grape (Vitis riparia)
#102 Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) NON-NATIVE
#103 Yellow Sweet Clover (Melilotus officinalis) NON-NATIVE
#104 Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) NON-NATIVE
#105 Hoary Alyssum (Berteroa incana) NON-NATIVE
#106 Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) NON-NATIVE
#107 Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius) NON-NATIVE
#108 Yellow Pond Lily (Nuphar variegata)
#109 Giant Bur-reed (Sparganium eurycarpum)
#110 Water Dock (Rumex verticillatus)
Wednesday 01 June 2016 - part 2
#111 White Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata)
#112 Garden Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) NON-NATIVE
#113 Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis)
#114 Feathery False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)
#115 Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpoides) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#116 Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) NON-NATIVE
#117 Common Goat's Beard (Tragopogon pratensis)
#118 Purple Meadow Rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)
#119 Silvery Cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea) NON-NATIVE
Wednesday 08 June 2016
#120 Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#121 Northern Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)
#122 Common Black Snakeroot (Sanicula odorata)
#123 Northern Blue Flag (Iris versicolor)
#124 American Speedwell (Veronica americana)
#125 Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
#126 Green Dragon (Arisaema dracontium)
#127 Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Thursday 09 June 2016
#128 Garden Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) NON-NATIVE
#129 American Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)
#130 Mossy Stonecrop (Sedum acre) NON-NATIVE
#131 Western Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)
#132 Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)
Friday 10 June 2016
#133 Rough-fruited Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) NON-NATIVE
#134 Moonseed (Menispermum canadense)
Monday 13 June 2016
#135 Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum)
Friday 17 June 2016
#136 Crown Vetch (Securigera varia) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#137 Gray Dogwood (Cornus foemina)
#138 Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)
#139 Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata)
#140 Wild Garlic (Allium canadense)
Tuesday 21 June 2016
#141 Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)
#142 Border Privet (Ligustrum obtusifolium) NON-NATIVE
#143 White Avens (Geum canadense)
#144 Narrow-leafed Cattail (Typha angustifolia) NON-NATIVE in Michigan
#145 Catnip (Nepeta cataria) NON-NATIVE
#146 Everlasting Pea (Lathyrus latifolius) NON-NATIVE
#147 Common Elder (Sambucus canadensis)
#148 Common St. John's-wort (Hypericum perfoliatum)
#149 Pineapple-weed (Matricaria discoidea) NON-NATIVE
#150 Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
#102a White-flowered Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara f. albiflorum)
#151 Common Cattail (Typha latifolia)
#152 Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
#153 Birdfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) NON-NATIVE
#154 Moth Mullein (Verbascum blattaria) NON-NATIVE
#155 Northern Hawkweed (Hieracium umbellatum) NON-NATIVE
#156 Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
#157 Clammy Ground-cherry (Physalis heterophylla)
#158 Tall Anemone (Anemone virginiana)
#159 Large-leafed Shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica)
Wednesday 22 June 2016
#160 Eastern Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
#161 Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
#162 Moneywort (Lysimachia nummularia) NON-NATIVE
#163 Creeping Yellow Cress (Rorippa sylvestris) NON-NATIVE
#164 Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
Friday 24 June 2016
#165 Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) NON-NATIVE
#166 Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
#167 Prairie Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)
#168 Annual Fleabane (Erigeron annuus)
Tuesday 28 June 2016
#169 Clustered-leaved Tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum glutinosum)
#170 Northern Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
#171 Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)
#172 Tall Agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala)
#173 Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)
#174 Michigan Lily (Lilium michiganense)
#175 Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis)
#176 Hairy Wood Mint (Blephilia hirsuta)
#177 Common Enchanter's-nightshade (Circaea canadensis)
Thursday 30 June 2016
#178 Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense) NON-NATIVE
#179 Swamp Milkweed (Aclepias incarnata)
#180 White Sweet Clover (Melilotus albus) NON-NATIVE
#181 Chicory (Cichorium intybus) NON-NATIVE
#182 Wild Carrot (Daucus carota) NON-NATIVE
Wednesday 06 July 2016
#183 White Vervain (Verbena urticifolia)
#184 Virgin' Bower (Clematis virginiana)
#185 Thin-leaved Coneflower (Rudbeckia triloba)
#186 American Lopseed (Phryma leptostachya)
Thursday 07 July 2016
#187 Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) NON-NATIVE
#188 Spotted Knapweed (Cenaurea stoebe) NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
#189 Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis) NON-NATIVE
#190 Common Burdock (Arctium minus) NON-NATIVE
#191 Willow-herb (Epilobium ciliatum)
#192 Common Plantain (Plantago major) NON-NATIVE
#193 Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Monday 01 August 2016
#194 Narrow-leafed Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
#195 Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
#196 Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) NON-NATIVE
#197 Smooth Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)
#198 Common Evening-primrose (Oenothera biennis)
#199 Wild Mint (Mentha canadensis)
#200 Spotted Joe-pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
#201 Swamp Thistle (Cirsium muticum)
#202 Mad-dog Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)
#203 Cut-leaved Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
#204 Creeping Bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides) NON-NATIVE
#205 White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
#206 Thin-leaved Sunflower (Helianthus decapetalus)
#207 Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
#208 Rough-leaved Goldenrod (Solidago patula)
#209 Monkey-flower (Mimulus ringens)
#210 Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
Thursday 04 August 2016
#211 Field Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis) NON-NATIVE
#212 Spotted Touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)
#213 Hedge-parsley (Torilis japonica) NON-NATIVE
#214 Ditch Stonecrop (Penthorum sedoides) NON-NATIVE
#215 Mild Water-pepper (Persicaria hydropiperoides)
#216 Southern Water-plantain (Alisma subcordatum)
#217 Cardinal-flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
#218 Common Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
Thursday 11 August 2016
#219 Hog-peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata)
Monday 15 August 2016
Common Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) NON-NATIVE
Wednesday 17 August 2016
#221 Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
#222 Flat-topped White Aster (Doellingeria umbellata)
#223 Swamp Lousewort (Pedicularis lanceolata)
#224 White Lettuce (Prenanthes alba)
#225 Common Water Horehound (Lycopus americanus)
Thursday 25 August 2016
#226 Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
#227 Panicled Aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)
#228 Butter-and-eggs (Linaria vulgaris) NON-NATIVE
#229 Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
#230 Jumpseed (Persicaria virginiana)
#231 Nodding Smartweed (Persicaria lapathifolia)
#232 Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
#233 Horseweed (Conyza canadensis)
#234 Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
Monday 29 August 2016
#235 Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
#236 Purplestem Beggar-ticks (Bidens connata)
Tuesday 30 August 2016
#237 False Buckwheat (Fallopia scandens)
Thursday 01 September 2016
#238 Common Heart-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)
#239 Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum laterifolium)
#240 Swamp Aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)
#241 Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
#242 Beech-drops (Epifagus virginiana)
#243 Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
#244 Bluestem Goldenrod (Solidago caesia)
Friday 02 September 2016
#245 Big-leaved Aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
#246 New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
#247 Nodding Beggar-ticks (Bidens cernua)
Tuesday 13 September 2016
#248 Cheerful Sunflower (Helianthus x laetiflorus)
#249 Sweet Everlasting (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium)
#250 Frost Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum)
#251 Arrow-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum urophyllum)
Wednesday 20 October 2016
#252 Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
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