Flowers in bloom on: July 26, 2018 [map on reverse; asterisks indicate best guess, the plant is under study; plant names 95% from Peterson]

Sweet-smelling this week: Sweet Pepperbush, Northeastern Rose

1 Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 18 Indian-pipe Monotropa uniflora 2 Mild Water-pepper Persicaria hydropiperoides 19 Mottled Wild Ginger Asarum shuttleworthii 3 Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria [barely] 4 Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 Spikenard Trifolium repens 5 Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia 21 Panicled Hawkweed Hieracium paniculatum 6 Swamp Smartweed Persicaria coccinea 22 Black Cohosh (Bugbane) Cimicifuga racemosa 7 Tuberous Water-lily Nymphaea tuberosa 23 Bartonia Bartonia virginica 8 Spotted St. Johnswort Hypericum punctatum 24 Culver’s-root Veronicastrum virginicum 9 Meadowsweet Spiraea latifolia 25 Tall Meadow-rue Thalictrum pubescens 10 Cardinal-flower Lobelia cardinalis 26 Yellow Loosestrife (Swamp Candles) Lysimachia terrestris 11 Plumleaf Azalea Rhododendron prinophyllum 27 Climbing Nightshade Solanum dulcamara 12 Downy Rattlesnake-plantain Goodyera pubescens 28 Spotted Joe-Pye-weed Eutrochium maculatum 13 New York Ironweed Vernonia noveboracensis 29 American Bur-reed Sparganium americanum 14 Fringed Loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata 30 Starry Campion Silene stellata 15 Square-stemmed Monkey-flower Mimulus ringens 31 *Hairy-rosette Panicgrass Dichanthelium acuminatum 16 Lizard’s-tail Saururus cernuus 32 *Sallow Sedge Carex lurida 17 Ditch Stonecrop Penthorum sedoides

Highlights of The Woods Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum Lady’s-thumb Persicaria maculosa Annual Bluegrass Poa annua Mad-dog Skullcap Scutellaria lateriflora Annual Fleabane Erigeron annuus Nipplewort Lapsana communis Asiatic Dayflower Commelina communis Northeastern Rose Rosa nitida Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Pale Touch-me-not Impatiens pallida Clearweed Pilea pumila Pennsylvania Smartweed Persicaria pensylvanicum Climbing Nightshade Solanum dulcamara Pokeweed Phytolacca americana Common Burdock Arctium mimus Rough Bedstraw Galium asprellum Common Nightshade Solanum nigrum Spotted St. Johnswort Hypericum punctatum Common Plantain Plantago major Spotted Touch-me-not Impatiens capensis Ditch Stonecrop Penthorum sedoides Square-stemmed Monkey-flower Mimulus ringens Dodder Cuscuta gronovii Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia Enchanter’s Nightshade Circaea lutetiana Tall Meadow-rue Thalictrum pubescens canadensis True forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides False Nettle Boehmeria cylindrica Virginia Knotweed Persicaria virginiana Fringed Loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata Water-plaintain Alisma triviale *Grass [going to bird blind, left of boardwalk in water] Yellow Loosestrife (Swamp Candles) Lysimachia terrestris *Greater Masterwort Astrantia major Yellow Wood-sorrel Oxalis stricta