What’s in Flower this Week?

I like when I have more field days than office days, in any given week, which was the case this week.  I therefore had a chance to see a goodly number of plant… Continue reading →

Coville’s Phacelia

Coville’s Phacelia, Phacelia covillei While working at a job site this week, Jim and I discovered several locations where Coville’s Phacelia occurred. Coville’s Phacelia is Maryland State Rare (S2), State Status Endangered. The… Continue reading →

Large-Seeded Forget-Me-Not

Large-Seeded Forget-Me-Not, Myosotis macrosperma While working at a job site this week, Jim and I discovered dozens of locations where large-seeded forget-me-not occurred. Large-seeded forget-me-not, a facultative plant (FAC), is Maryland State Rare… Continue reading →

Spring Coralroot

Spring Coralroot, Corallorhiza wisteriana While working at a job site this week, Jim and I discovered two locations and a total of thirty spring coralroot stems. Spring coralroot, an upland plant (UPL), is… Continue reading →

Patuxent Wildlife Refuge

The early spring ephemeral wildflowers of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, North Tract – Patuxent Wildlife Refuge, in Laurel, MD.  It was a cold Saturday, where we had spitting snow in the… Continue reading →

Church Creek

It has been a very cold late March and early April, which in turn has been suppressing wildflower development.  I had a job on a nontidal reach of stream that flows to the… Continue reading →