Canada Anemone
This afternoon I walked the Trans-Canada Trail from the blue bridge (near the pumping station entrance point on Parkhill Road at Ravenwood) almost to Ackison Road. A great number of wildflowers are in bloom right now. Although most are non-native, it’s still impressive.
FLOWERS IN BLOOM
White: Canada Anemone (abundant), Bladder Campion (abundant), Ox-eye Daisy (abundant), Yarrow
Yellow: Yellow Hawkweed (abundant), Winter Cress (mustard species), Rough-fruited Cinquefoil, Yellow Pond Lily, Common Buttercup (abundant)
Orange: Orange Hawkweed (a few)
Red/pink/purple: Red Clover (abundant), Dame’s Rocket, Smooth Rose (thornless), Swamp Rose (pale pink), Philadelphia Fleabane, Dog-strangling Vine, Cow Vetch, Wild Columbine, Herb Robert
Blue: Viper’s Bugloss (abundant), Blue-eyed grass, Deadly Nightshade (blue and yellow)
Almost in bloom: Common Milkweed, Northern Bush-honeysuckle, Bird’s Foot Trefoil
Wild Columbine
OTHER OBSERVATIONS
Bird song: mostly Swamp Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Gray Catbird
Dragonflies: Common Whitetail, Widow Skimmer
Damselflies: Ebony Jewelwing
Insect song: Spring Field Cricket
