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July 08, 2021
Swamp Milkweed - Asclepias incarnata
Swamp milkweed, is an erect, clump-forming, Maine native which is commonly found in swamps, river bottomlands and wet meadows throughout the State. It typically…
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sighdell
May 27, 2021
Alien Pod Being Invades My Garden
Stay calm, it's merely a native wildflower (common name - Jack-in-the-Pulpit) unfurling from its winter rest. The original came from the camp about 35 years ago…
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sighdell
May 16, 2021
Bluets in My Lawn at Camp Sighdell
Houstonia caerulea L. is a tiny plant with an outsized personality, as its small white or bluish flowers with the yellow centers are striking in the late spring…
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sighdell
Feb. 27, 2021
In search of the bushfire ephemerals
We took a day trip off road in search of elusive 'bushfire ephemerals' - wildflowers that are only seen once in a generation.
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johnw
Oct. 10, 2020
Scattering Abroad
For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad. -Edwin Way Teale Canal Path - Searsmont,…
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sighdell
Oct. 08, 2020
Bunchberry
The smallest member of the Dogwood family has dark-green and shiny leaves in summer, become wine-red in fall. Searsmont, Maine
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sighdell
Sept. 19, 2020
Yellow Wood-sorrel - Oxalis stricta
A low spreading plant with clover-like, sour-tasting leaves and 1 to several yellow flowers. It is especially common as a garden weed. Lincolnville, Maine
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sighdell
Sept. 17, 2020
New England Aster -Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
New England Asters are among my favorite wildflowers. Along with the goldenrods and native grasses, asters are the quintessential herbaceous fall color plants…
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sighdell
Sept. 11, 2020
Jewelweed, Impatiens capensis
Jewelweed is an annual plant native to northern and eastern North America that also goes by other common names including orange balsam, orange jewelweed,…
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sighdell
Sept. 03, 2020
False Sunflower - Heliopsis helianthoides
Heliopsis helianthoides is a mouthful, but it basically means sunflower-like. Although similar in looks, Heliopsis helianthoides is not the same as the…
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sighdell
Sept. 02, 2020
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) - a Treasured Native
Bright and cheerful Black-eyed Susan
Its seems you grow all over;
In gardens and beside the road
Happy flower, quite the rover.
-Sam Kauffman Camden, Maine
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sighdell
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