Flora

I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.
~Edna St. Vincent Millay, “Afternoon on a Hill”

Some of the plants that grow wild in this area:

• Atlantic Aster – Radula
• Beach Pea – Lathyrus japonicus
• Birdsfoot trefoil – Lotus corniculatus
• Bramble – Blackberry – Rubus fructicosus
• Bog Aster – Nemoralis
• Bunchberry – Comus canadensis
• Buttercup, Tall/Creeping – Ranunculus acris L./R. repens L.
• Bracken Fern – Pteridium aquilinum
• Coltsfoot – Tussilago farfara
• Common burdock – Arctium minus
• Common Sow Thistle – Hare’s Lettuce – Sonchus oleraceus
• Cow Vetch – vicia cracca
• Dandelion – Taraxacum officinale
• Goldie’s Fern – Dryopteris goldiana
• Heal-all – Carpenter’s Herb – Prunella vulgaris
• Interrupted Fern – Osmunda claytoniana
• Morning Glory – Convolvulus arvensis
• Ox-eye Daisy – Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
• Pasture Rose – Rosa Virginiana and/or carolina
• Pearly everlasting – Moonshine – Anaphalis margaritacea
• Pink Lady’s Slipper – Cypripedium acaule
• Plantain, common – Plantago major
• Queen Anne’s Lace – Wild Carrot – Daucus carota
• Rhodora – Rhododendron canadense
• Rough-stemmed Goldenrod – Solidago rugoso Miller
• St John’s wort – Hypericum perforatum
• Sorrel – Rumex acetosa
• Strawberry (wild) – Fragaria vesca
• White Aster – Umbellatus
• Wild Raspberry – Rubus idaeus
• Wood Sorrel – Oxalis acetosella
• Yellow Sorrel – Oxalis Stricta

Tips for identifying flowers can be found in my post
How to Identify Flowers

Resources:

http://www.nswildflora.ca/FrameSpecies.html

http://pick4.pick.uga.edu/nh/

http://www.ontariowildflower.com/

http://www.blupete.com/Nature/Wildflowers/Wild.htm

Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
~ Rabindranath Tagore

Some of the native trees growing here:

• Balsam Fir – Abies balsamea
• Black Spruce – Picea mariana
• Large tooth Aspen – Populus grandidentata
• Mountain Ash – Sorbus americana (Rowan)
• Red Maple (Swamp or Soft Maple) – Acer rubrum
• Red Spruce – Picea rubens
• Speckled Alder – Alnus rugosa
• Striped Maple (Moose Maple) – Acer pensylvanicum
• Sugar Maple (Rock or Hard Maple) – Acer saccharum
• Tamarack (Larch) – Larix laricina
• White Birch – Betula papyrifera
• White Pine – Pinus strobus
• White Spruce – Picea glauca
• Yellow Birch – Betula alleghaniensis

For more information concerning native trees of North America, see
The Eastern Native Tree Society (ENTS) at:
http://www.nativetreesociety.org

Flora McKie 1894-1976

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