Flowers in bloom on: July 12, 2018 [map on reverse; asterisks indicate best guess, the plant is under study; plant names 95% from Peterson]

Sweet-smelling this week: some of the Sweet Pepperbush might open by the weekend

1 Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 11 Lizard’s-tail Saururus cernuus 2 Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 12 *Blunt Spikerush Eleocharis obtusa 3 Tuberous Water-lily Nymphaea tuberosa 13 Mottled Wild Ginger Asarum shuttleworthii 4 Swamp Smartweed Persicaria coccinea 14 Spotted Wintergreen Chimaphila maculata 5 Spotted St. Johnswort Hypericum punctatum 15 Indian-pipe Monotropa uniflora 6 Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata 16 Black Cohosh (Bugbane) Cimicifuga racemosa 7 Yellow Loosestrife (Swamp Candles) Lysimachia 17 Tall Meadow-rue Thalictrum pubescens terrestris 18 Wintergreen Gaultheria procumbens 8 False Nettle Boehmeria cylindrica 19 Fringed Loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata 9 *Field Garlic Allium vineale 20 American Bur-reed Sparganium americanum 10 FringedLoosestrife Lysimachia ciliata 21 Climbing Nightshade Solanum dulcamara

Highlights of The Woods Moneywort Lysimachia nummularia Annual Fleabane Erigeron annuus Nipplewort Lapsana communis Asiatic Dayflower Commelina communis Northeastern Rose Rosa nitida Climbing Nightshade Solanum dulcamara Pale Touch-me-not Impatiens pallieda Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Spotted Touch-me-not Impatiens capensis Curled Dock Rumex crispus [mostly in seed] Spotted Wintergreen Chimaphila maculata Ditch Stonecrop Penthorum sedoides Square-stemmed Monkey-flower Mimulus ringens Enchanter’s Nightshade Circaea lutetiana Tall Meadow-rue Thalictrum pubescens canadensis True forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides False Nettle Boehmeria cylindrica Water-plaintain Alisma triviale Fragrant Bedstraw Galium triflorum White Avens Geum canadense Fringed Loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata White Clover Trifolium repens Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata White Wood-sorrel Oxalis spp. [tiny white] *Greater Masterwort Astrantia major Wild Bleeding-heart Dicentra eximia Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum Yellow Loosestrife (Swamp Candles) Lysimachia terrestris Lady’s-thumb Persicaria maculosa Yellow Wood-sorrel Oxalis stricta