Time for the 2009 Spring/Summer Flower Thread

[JohnL]

Some from my backyard and some from the trails:

Shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica) from a different viewpoint
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2379536850027359582ZsWXjm?vhost=outdoors

A small family of Indian Pipes (Monotropa uniflora)
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2482525020027359582xBtOba

A family reunion
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2346518880027359582kTniyw

Yellow Wood Sorrell (Oxalis sricta)
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2551223570027359582ITJOma

Mouse Ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum)
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2099462480027359582MEwjVJ

Labrador Tea (Ledum groenlandicum)
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2172985040027359582mNVKSo

Mountain Avens (Geum peckii)
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2364842000027359582uBKfma

Mountain Sandwort (Minuartia groenlandica)
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2422013490027359582TlXWNS

JohnL

 

[cooperhill]

From my trip to Eisenhower last Friday:

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Mountain Cranberry I think:



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Cotton Sedge:

 

[arghman]

From my trip to Eisenhower last Friday:

the ?'s are Geum peckii (mountain avens) and Salix uva-ursi (bearberry willow).

 

[Jason Berard]

On a trip to a local pond this morning I saw some really cool stuff.

Swamp candles

Large Purple Fringed Orchis

close-up

Sundew

Check the bottom right of the picture....the plant caught a cricket!

 

[nartreb]

Some from my backyard and some from the trails:

Shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica) from a different viewpoint
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2422013490027359582TlXWNS

Link above goes to the sandwort; the shinleaf is at:
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2379536850027359582ZsWXjm

 

[RickB.]

On a trip to a local pond this morning I saw some really cool stuff.

Large Purple Fringed Orchis

close-up

Wow, Jason, great shots of the orchid! Purple Fringed is my favorite of all the native flowers.
Are they showing up now at the larger bogs in your area?

 

[Jason Berard]

I'd have to say they're my favorite ,too! These were all near a small pond, There was a bog-like area, but I don't know if it was a true bog or not. I'll PM you.

 

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

Gorgeous, thanks all!

Here's a few from Franconia Ridge:

Mountain Sandwort Minuartia groenlandica

Mountain Cranberry Vaccinium vitis--idaea

Northern Bush-honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera

KDT

 

[Jason Berard]

I was back at the spot I saw the orchids earlier in the week. This time Rick was with me, which was a good thing, because he saw a round-leaved orchid that I had walked right by!

I hope he posts pics of it along with the other pics of the day, when he gets home later today.

 

[RickB.]

Orchids

Thanks to Jason for sharing his spot. I had a great time. Nice to enjoy the beauty with you!

Purple Fringed Orchis (may look familiar...)

Round-Leaved Orchis (I have more shots of this I may post later)

After leaving Jason, I went to the Philbrick-Cricenti Bog with avk4316 (sans tie) and we saw these.

White Fringed Orchis

Calopogon

Thanks again to my "guides", great company!

 

[RickB.]

Few more from today.

Round-Leaved Orchis

One more of same

Canada Lilies and Tall Meadow-Rue along the road in

 

[NeoAkela]

I surprised myself with this one of some mountain sorrel growing on a rock - didn't expect it to come out so nice! Unfortunately the DOF is so small with this macro that the whole thing isn't in focus. Now I just have to figure out what I did....

 

[Jason Berard]

nice shot of the mountain sorrel!

Anyone know what this is? I can't find it in either of my books.

This was stowed away on a bloom that my kids picked... It just emerged....you can see the ...case? on the flowers

one more

I found these in our field.
Deptford Pink

not sure about this one, but its an orchid of some sort...also in my field...
possibly a gone by White-fringed orchid??

 

[RickB.]

Nice finds, Jason.
First one is Water Smartweed, I think.
Second one looks something like a Ragged Fringed Orchis but more delicate. Not sure it's that gone by. Hope one of the experts weighs in on this.

 

[Jason Berard]

Thanks, Rick.

I looked up Ragged...it does look like that!

 

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

Nice!

More nice stuff, guys!

Neo, that shot is outstanding! Very nice!

KDT

 

[arghman]

a very good day for photography in the Presidential Range

cloudy (& windy), cloud ceiling looked to be about 5500ft.


Epilobium hornemannii (90% positive, those Epilobium sp. can be tricky)


Vaccinium cespitosum (dwarf bilberry) -- note toothed-edge leaves and conical flower.


Betula glandulosum (dwarf birch) -- these twigs are neat when viewed close up.


Arctostaphylos alpina (alpine bearberry) -- leaves turning color early on one plant (maybe it's stressed from all the rain....)

 

[arghman]

Fly Honeysuckle Lonicera canadensis.

hmmm... are you sure that's not Diervilla lonicera? If I remember correctly the difference between Lonicera sp. and Diervilla is the leaves are smooth-edged vs. toothed-edged.

 

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

Of course I'm not sure...

that's why I post, to get some expert opinions! More specifically, YOURS!

OK. In the link you sent notice that the leaves in the 2nd picture are different than in the other pictures. I think THEY might have them mixed up!

In the first picture there are more than two flowers. In the 2nd there are two. That is how the flowers were on these plants. They were definitely in pairs with leaves similar to the 2nd picture, definitely not like the 1st and 3rd.

The book I have, while it has poor drawings, does state that the flowers and berries come in pairs which is why I lean towards Fly Honeysuckle, but that doesn't mean I'm right.

EDIT: Just checked their photos of Fly Honeysuckle and the flower is not at all the same. Northern Bush-honeysuckle it is!

KDT

 

[arghman]

All genera in the Caprifoliaceae have leaves in pairs and many (Diervilla, Lonicera, Linnaea) have flowers in pairs.

Here's Lonicera canadensis:



I'm not familiar with all the Lonicera species in our area, but I do recognize the yellow-orange flower color of Diervilla lonicera. I don't have a good sense of its habitat type; I've seen it in lowlands in southern NH and on rocky subalpine summits (incl. Blueberry Mountain in Evans Notch). I wouldn't be surprised to find it on Franconia Ridge (though probably in more sheltered areas I'd guess).

Lonicera villosa is the one you're more likely to find in the alpine zone, it looks like this (I think this was taken near the Alpine Garden):