Lupine

Lupine
Lupinus, commonly known as lupin or lupine, is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae. There are over 200 species of Lupine. The term lupine, from the Latin for “wolf,” derives from the mistaken belief that these plants depleted, or “wolfed,” minerals from the soil. The contrary is true, however; lupines aid soil fertility by fixing nitrogen from the air in a soil form useful for other plants.

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Catmint Pollination

 Catmint Pollination. 

I know it looks like lavender, but it's not. Some people harvest catmint leaves to use as a culinary herb similar to mint.

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Dame's Rocket

 

Dame's Rocket attracting A Butterfly with it's delicious ­­­­­­fra­grance­. Also known as Dame’s or sweet rocket, dame’s or damask violet, rogue’s or queen’s gilliflower, vesper flower, mother-of-the-evening. It grows in purple or white. Dame’s rocket is a food source for caterpillars and a nectar source for butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. Many people enjoy eating young dame’s rocket leaves in salads for their bitter tang, similar to arugula. The sprouted seeds, are also edible. In the Victorian “language of flowers”, dame’s rocket symbolized deceit because it is fragrant in the evening but scentless, or nearly so, during the day. Dame’s rocket has been used medicinally to induce sweating, promote urination, and loosen a cough.

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Daisy Fleabane

Daisy Fleabane

Erigeron annuus, also known as Eastern Daisy Fleabane (Annual Fleabane), Culpepper wrote that the name is due to the seeds of the fleabanes which are as small as fleas. They come in white or pink and most years I've only seen white. Only the leaves are edible. They are hairy, so this texture makes eating them raw unpleasant. They can be used wherever you cook with greens. Fleabane is a common medicinal wildflower. It has been used medicinally for Respiratory, cough with mucous discharge, Digestion, Lack of appetite, diarrhea, Kidneys and Bladder problems, menstrual problems, childbirth, postpartum bleeding, coughs, hemorrhages, eye sight and even as a poison ivy remedy.

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Marsh Marigold

Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) is also known as Caltha Cowslip, cowslip, cowflock, or kingcup. It is not really a marigold at all, rather a member of the Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae). marsh marigold is a plant of wet places such as marshes, fens, ditches, wet woods, swamps. The flowers offer pollen and nectar to insects, and are most commonly pollinated by hoverflies (Syrphidae).

While parts of the plant are used medicinally, handling the plant can cause skin irritation, and uncooked parts are toxic to human consumption. Cattle and horses are also poisoned by consuming marsh marigold, although dried plants in hay are no longer toxic to them.

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Geese

A Beautiful Family Of Canada Geese

I was so thrilled when they swam up near me.

                            Another Family Of Canadian Geese

                       There are 3 other babies hiding in the grass.

Geese On A River

Geese Returning At The End Of Winter

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Trout Lily

 Trout Lily In Bloom and a Trillium about to open.

Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl. Yellow Trout-lily, American Trout-lily, Eastern Trout-lily, Yellow Dogtooth Violet, Adder's Tongue. Liliaceae (Lily Family), Recognized by its brown-mottled leaves, this is one of our most common spring wildflowers, found in sizable colonies. The name Trout Lily refers to the similarity between the leaf markings and those of the brown or brook trout. The flower blooms in early spring. The solitary, yellow, nodding flower has six petals. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs). Trout Lily is both medicinal and edible. The leaves have a very mild flavour and the flowers have a slight sweetness due to their nectar and are also slightly acrid. The corms are edible as well and have a cucumber-like taste. Trout lilies are an emetic (makes you throw up), therefore it is recommended not to eat mass quantities of these in one day. You can add this plant to a salad or eat them as a trail snack. You can also make a tea with the flower, leaves or corm (or all). Corms can be roasted. Please forage responsibly.

You will find this flower in sizable colonies with plants bearing a single, nodding, yellow flower. Non-flowering plants also occur which are either too young or too crowded to flower. Flowers are critical sources of pollen and nectar for early-season pollinators. Just like bloodroot, trout lily seeds are dispersed by ants. 

Trout Lily & It's Shadow

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