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This
is the beginning of our 25th
year of looking at wildflowers
in Cook County, MN. We are three
senior women who just love to
get out and explore and learn
new things. We are even getting
together all winter but don't
find too many flowers at that
time, but no matter.
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 -
Report
by
People ask us what are we
going to do next Wednesday.
Usually we never know until
the day. Each of us have
been busy with our own
gardens, company and such. L
had seen some
Iris on County Road 58
and B was thinking of Iris,
so we went there first. It
was raining so we mostly
drove slowly. We got into
one or our "annual"
discussions, this time -
which one was Tall and which
was Early
Meadow Rue? You see, at
our age we can learn the
same thing new each year! We
brought samples into the car
(it made it more challenging
because they were wet and
mostly in bud). We sat in
the car, pouring through our
books while the rain poured
on our car. We started the
day with the heat in the car
and ended with air on.
Flowers we saw today,
beside Iris were: Pink
Pyrola,
Cow Parsnip, Canada
Anemone,
Wild Roses,
daisies,
hawkweed,
buttercup, clovers,
caraway,
Thimbleberry and
Highbush Cranberry.
We drove out of the rain
into the sun by the tower at
Bogus Lake and had lunch
there.
On our way home we
checked at Mink Lake to see
if the
Yellow Coralroot was
blooming. We found five
bunches and one bunch had 21
stalks in it. The sun was
now out and in walking
around Mink Lake we found a
bunch of
Spotted Coralroot, more
Iris,
Bunchberry and
Linnea. The Yellow
Coralroot is rather rare and
it is not mentioned in most
books. The colorful flowers
that now adorn the highways
are so pleasant to see.
The flowers this week
that gave us most pleasure
were the Iris and Yellow
Coralroot and probably the
most showy was the
Cow Parsnip
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Summer to see our weekly
wildflower reports from
Lorraine Anderson of Grand
Marais, Minnesota.
