Flowers, Berries and Simple Plants
The perfect wildflowers, tree flowers and their result; also simple plants.
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West Peak / Metacomet Trail - Bluebell Sihouette This cluster of Bluebells survives in a very harsh environment with poor soil, battered by winds and rain. See also… 5/28/2005 |
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West Peak / Metacomet Trail - Bluebells The Bluebell (also known as the Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia) is a herb, comfortable in the poor soils of cliff tops, alpine environments, and shorelines. See also… 5/28/2005 |
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Harts Pond / Fall - Winterberry These berries appear on a deciduous tree (Ilex verticillata) that will probably keep them until late in the winter, as they are not so tasty to birds - the primary consumers of berries. Oddly, most berries turn red to let birds know they are ready, and some berries seem to be synchronized with migrations. Winterberry comes in male and female trees (unlike some trees where both sexes of flower appear on the same tree). Only the female trees have berries, of course, and the presence of berries indicates that males are nearby and that the pollinators have been active., See also… 10/29/2005 |
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Harts Pond / Fall - Spicebush Buds Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) likes the swampy environment near Harts Pond. The buds shown here begin to develop in the fall, preparing to flower in the late winter. A member of the Laurel family, it can grow fairly large, and when its bark is scraped, it emits the characteristic odor that provides its name to the tree.
See also… 10/29/2005 |
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Harts Pond / Fall - Pokeweed Berries Phytolacca americana is commonly known as "pokeweed" and its glossy berries are probably familiar to almost everyone. Pokeweed is a perennial, which retreats back to being nothing more than a root system each winter, conserving energy until the spring. Many birds enjoy pokeweed berries, as so some mammals. However, pokeweed (all parts) are poisonous to humans. See also… 10/29/2005 |
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