Flowers in bloom on: June 5–6, 2019 [map on reverse; asterisks indicate best guess, the plant is under study; plant names 95% from Peterson] Sweet-smelling this week: miraculous Multiflora Rose throughout The Woods
1 Tuberous Water-lily Nymphaea tuberosa 21 Shooting-star Dodecatheon meadia 2 Larger Blue Flag Iris Iris versicolor 22 Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens 3 Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus 23 American Bur-read Sparganium americanum 4 Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium montanum 24 Arrowwood Viburnum Viburnum dentatum 5 Common Rush Juncus effusus 25 Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia 6 Fringed Sedge Carex crinita 26 Spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana 7 Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis 27 Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis 8 Tulip Tree Liriodendron tulipifera 28 Kentucky Bluegrass Poa pratensis 9 *Sallow Sedge Carex lurida 29 Stonecrop Sedum sarmentosum 10 Galax Galax urceolata 30 Thimbleweed Anemone virginiana 11 Mottled Wild Ginger Asarum shuttleworthii 31 Yellow Wood-sorrel Oxalis stricta 12 White Clintonia Clintonia umbellulata 32 Cream (Pale) Violet Viola striata 13 Mapleleaf Viburnum Viburnum acerifolium 33 Fire Pink Silene virginica 14 Bowman’s-root Porteranthus trifoliata 34 Large Houstonia Houstonia purpurea 15 Pinxter Azalea Rhododendron periclymenoides 35 Great Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum 16 Common Cinquefoil Potentilla simplex 36 *Solomon’s-seal Polygonatum biflorum 17 Columbine Aquilegia canadensis 37 *Awl-fruited Sedge Carex stipata 18 Bluets Houstonia caerulea 38 Sweetflag Acorus calamus 19 Wild Ginger Asarum canadense 39 Starflower Trientalis borealis 20 Deerberry Vaccinium stamineum 40 Ox-eye Daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Highlights of The Woods
Annual Bluegrass Poa annua Honewort Cryptotaenia canadensis Arrowwood Vibernum Viburnum dentatum Japanese Primrose Primula japonica *Awl-fruited Sedge Carex stipata Larger Blue Flag Iris Iris versicolor Bugle Ajuga reptans Mapleleaf Viburnum Viburnum acerifolium Cleavers Galium aparine Multiflora Rose Rosa multiflora Columbine Aquilegia canadensis Path Rush Juncus tenuis Common Cinquefoil Potentilla simplex Red Clover Trifolium pratense *Common Woodland Sedge Carex blanda •Rosy Sedge Carex rosea Cream (Pale) Violet Viola striata •Sallow Sedge Carex lurida Fringed Sedge Carex crinita Smaller Forget-me-not Myosotis laxa Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata True Forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides Gill-over-the-ground Glechoma hederacea Tulip Tree Liriodendron tulipifera Grass spp. [at Waterfall Bridge] Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus *Greater Masterwort Astrantia major Yellow Wood-sorrel Oxalis stricta Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum Wild Bleeding-heart Dicentra eximia
Notes for this week and a link for Bonnie’s pictures at https://everthinkgreen.blogspot.com/.