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Sampler #2 of Late Spring Season Wildflowers along the Mohawk Hudson Bike-Hike Trail

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Since summer arrives tomorrow, I wanted to share one last sampler of late spring season wildflowers that I’ve recently encountered along the Mohawk Hudson Bike-Hike Trail while continuing my wildflower inventory. I’m focusing on the segment in the City of Cohoes and the Town of Colonie. Kevin Kenny has created an iNaturalist project named Flowers of the Mohawk Hudson Bike-Hike Trail that is aggregating our contributions. He is inventorying the next ~8-mile stretch immediately west of my segment.

Hope you find an opportunity to view these blooming beauties now on display!

Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium) – Read more about this plant.
Thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) – Read more about this plant.
Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) – Read more about this plant.
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Read more about this plant from one of my What Wildflower Begins Blooming This Week? posts.
Hop Trefoil (Trifolium campestre) – Read more about this plant.
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) – Read more about this plant.
New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus)
Read more about this plant from one of my What Wildflower Begins Blooming This Week? posts.
Northern Bedstraw (Galium boreale) – Read more about this plant.
Pasture Rose (Rosa carolina) – Read more about this plant.
Common Bladderwort (Utricularia vulgaris ssp. macrorhiza)
Read more about this plant in an upcoming edition of What Wildflower Begins Blooming This Week?, which will be posted Saturday morning on 7/9/2022.
Whorled Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia) – Read more about this plant.
Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)
Read more about this plant from one of my What Wildflowers Begins Blooming This Week? posts.
Yellow Wood Sorrel (Oxalis stricta) – Read more about this plant.
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) – Read more about this plant.
Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata) – Read more about this plant.

Happy trails!

Today had a pinkish-purplish vibe

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At long last the sun shone today…for more than a few hours. Huzzah!

With the sunshine beckoning me outdoors once again following a weeks-long-weather-related-delay, I continued my wildflower inventory along the Zim Smith Trail between Coons Crossing Road and the city of Mechanicville.

I happily found many blooms in a variety of colors, but as I ambled along, those of the pinkish and purplish hues seemed to be the most photogenic in the landscape on this day.

Here are some of my favorites that I spied along the route –

NOTE:

Green text = native species

Black text = naturalized species

Red text = invasive species

Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana)
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
Everlasting Pea (Lathyrus latifolius)
Monkey Flower (Mimulus ringens)
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
Rabbit-foot Clover (Trifolium arvense)
Purple-flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus)
Cow Vetch (Vicia cracca)
Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos)

Happy trails!

Nannyberry fruit ripening…slowly

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In advance of my next online presentation, Foraging for Wild Edibles:  Nannyberry (Wednesday @ 5:30pm, see Events page for details), I thought I’d drop by Garnsey Park to check on the status of the ripening fruit.  Yikes!  Those that I saw near the parking lot have a ways to go before they’ll be ready to pick.  (I did not venture further into the property to see others.)

Unripe fruit of Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)

Nevertheless, those tasty fruit will be ripening soon.  What will you make with yours?  Fruit leather?  Nannyberry Butter?  Tipsy Nannyberry Pie?

Got recipes?  If not, then you’ll definitely want to join me on 9/9 for the next session of my Foraging for Wild Edibles series.  Hope to “see” you there!

During my brief visit at Garnsey Park, I viewed these blooming beauties –

Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

Trumpetweed (Eutrochium fistulosum)

Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)

Happy trails!