Chantherelle Mushrooms

The Cantharellus mushrooms are known worldwide

as chanterelles and are some of the very best edible mushrooms. Chanterelles are always found growing from soil, unlike false chanterelles (Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca) that are found on woody debris. The Chanterelle is found and enjoyed by people all over the world. It has many names, pfifferling, girolle, gallinacci, in this country, it goes by the name chanterelle or occasionally by golden chanterelle.

Chantherelle

Chantherelle

Chantherelles

NOTE- Forage Only When Necessary: Do Not over harvest wild foods. Foraging is fun, but remember that as a human, you have the ability to source your food in your natural environment - wildlife does not. If you must forage for food or herbs for an ailment, only harvest 5% -10% of what you see of any plant or patch you find, so it has a good chance to keep growing and come back next year. Remember that other lives depend on it. 

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Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly

Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly

Calopteryx maculata (Beauvois), also called black-winged damselfly. The ebony jewelwing has an iridescent green body with dark wings. Wings of the male ebony jewelwing are completely black, while wings of the female are smoky bronze with a distinct white spot (pterostigma) at the outer edge of the forewing. This is a female. Adult ebony jewelwings hunt for resting arthropods but can also catch prey in midflight, such as gnats, mosquitoes, and crane flies, using densely spined legs to trap their prey. Ebony Jewelwings can wander quite a distance inland from water sources, but is more likely to be spotted at the bank of a marsh, pond, lake or stream.

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Chipmunk Cuteness

Chipmunks Like Rhododendrons Too

Chipmunk Portrait
Chipmunks are part of the squirrel family and they are smaller, with alternating light and dark stripes along their cheeks and backs. There are 25 species of chipmunk, 24 of which live in North America. Chipmunks are excellent tree climbers and swimmers who live in a variety of habitats, including plains, mountains, forests, and deserts. Chipmunks like to live alone in holes or burrows called dens. 
Chipmunks hibernate in cold weather, which means they spend most of the winter sleeping in their dens. One chipmunk can gather up to 165 acorns in a day. In just two days, a chipmunk can collect enough food to last an entire winter, although chipmunks typically hoard much more food than necessary. 
Chipmunk young are born in late spring, and stay in the nest for up to six weeks. Female chipmunks have one or two litters per year, each with four or five babies. Chipmunks are 7.2 to 8.5 inches (18.5 to 21.6 centimeters) long including their tails, which can account for nearly half of their length.

Eatting The Cherries From My Bushes

Enjoying Trilliums

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Spreading Dogbane

Spreading Dogbane

 Apocynum androsaemifolium

The root was used by many Native American tribes for a range of medicinal purposes, while fibers from the stems were processed to make fine thread or strong cordage, such as for bow strings.

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Fringed Polygala

 Fringed Polygala, 

Polygala paucifolia, Polygaloides paucifolia, Other common names: Bird-on-the-Wing, Flowering Wintergreen, Fringed Milkwort, Gay Wings, Gaywings. The leaves were used externally by the Iroquois as a wash or poultice to treat abscesses, boils and sores. It was once believed that leaves fed to nursing mothers or dairy cattle would increase milk production.

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Fernilicious!

Fabulous patterns of ferns.

The Beauty Of Ferns In The Forest

Can You Tell That I Love Ferns!

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False Hellebore

False Hellebore flowers and buds. Veratrum viride, known as Indian poke, corn-lily, Indian hellebore, false hellebore, green false hellebore, giant false-helleborine, wild corn, cow cabbage American false hellebore, American white hellebore, bear corn, big hellebore, devils bite, duck retten, itchweed, poor Annie, blue hellebore and tickleweed. A native woodland plant that produces small green flowers and big beautiful green leaves. This plant was considered to have magical properties by many Native American tribes, who used it for talismanic and ceremonial purposes, as well as to treat conditions ranging from hair loss to madness. It is extremely toxic.

False Hellebore flowers and buds closeup.

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