Category Archives: Wildflowers

02.05.2021 Flashback Friday Flash Forward

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Steve Gingold

A little anticipation, albeit with several months yet to pass, of my planned trip to Northern Maine. Although I do find white lady’s slippers in some of my local haunts, they are seen by the hundreds (possibly a slight exaggeration) … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Maine, Nature Photography, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers | Tagged Baxter State Park, Cypripedium acaule, flora, Maine, Millinocket, native flowers, native orchids, native plant, native wildflower, New England, pink lady's slippers, white lady's slippers, white variant of Pink Lady's Slippers, wild orchids, Wildflowers | 40 Comments

09.29.2020 Misty Day Flowers

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Steve Gingold

We’ve had several misty yet basically rainless days in a row. Supposably* tomorrow will produce more than a mist but I won’t believe it until we see it. However a mist does add a little “atmosphere” to flowers. As I … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Intimate Landscape, macro photography, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Common Lowbush Blueberry leaves, flora, intimate landscape, Late Purple American-aster, Massachusetts, New England, Quabbin, Quabbin Park, Symphyotrichum patens, Vaccinium angustifolium, Ware, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 35 Comments

09.21.2020 Milkweed Fluff

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Steve Gingold

A sure sign that Autumn has arrived. After yesterday’s sunrise endeavor I drove by the fire ponds in Wendell. I noticed this milkweed plant separated from all the other growth at the side of the road and the shaded water … Continue reading →

Posted in Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Milkweed seeds, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 23 Comments

09.12.2020 Saturday last Saturday

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Although my understanding of when Sundew would be flowering was faulty, I did get a chance to photograph a flower when I went to Gauco Pond last weekend (The same day I shot the red-legged grasshopper I posted earlier this … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Massachusetts, Flora, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Wildflowers | Tagged Boneset Thoroughwort, Cardinal Flower, Eupatorium perfoliatum, flora, intimate landscape, Lobelia cardinalis, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Quabbin, Red Lobelia, Wildflowers | 25 Comments

08.31.2020 Round-leaved Sundew

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Round-leaved Sundew-Drosera rotundifolia is a small carnivorous plant found in wetlands. They were not flowering quite yet on Sunday but hopefully will be this weekend as many had buds though they were still tight. All those “dew” drops are sticky … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Intimate Landscape, macro photography, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Wildflowers | Tagged Drosera rotundifolia, flora, Gauco Pond, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, native plant, native wildflower, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Quabbin, Round-leaved Sundew, Wildflowers | 35 Comments

07.29.2020-2 No pig in a poke this

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Another yard shot, these are green berries, not yet ripened, of American Pokeweed-Phytolacca americana. We have quite a few of these plants and, as they are native, we don’t discourage their numbers in the yard. There are other plants that … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Wildflowers | Tagged American Pokeweed, Amherst, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Phytolacca americana, Pokeweed berries, western massachusetts | 40 Comments

07.20.2020-2 Pink Reflection on Moosehorn Pond

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Sunday morning I set out on a mission. I don’t always leave with a preconceived notion of what I am looking for but sometimes I do and this time I did. I’ve had pretty good luck over the years with … Continue reading →

Posted in Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged flora, fragrant water lily, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, Moosehorn Road, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Nymphaea odorata, western massachusetts, wetland plants, Wildflowers | 24 Comments

07.15.2020 Pretty Pest

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Not everyone is a fan of bindweeds. They are aggressive field climbers, often covering their “hosts” and hiding them from view. I visited Mount Pollux yesterday morning hoping for some colorful clouds without favor but did notice these two Hedge … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Wildflowers | Tagged bedstraw, Calystegia sepium, flora, hedge false-bindweed, Massachusetts, New England, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 18 Comments

07.13.2020 Wood Lily

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I mentioned to Ann Mackay the other day that we have two very colorful wild and native lilies locally. The Canada Lily, featured in that post, and the Wood Lily-Lilium philadelphicum featured today. This is a shot from 2009 that … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged flora, High Ledges, Lilium philadelphicum, Massachusetts, native flowers, Native Lily, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Shelburne, western massachusetts, wild lily, Wildflowers, Wood Lily | 19 Comments

07.12.2020-2 White Water-lily

Posted on July 12, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I asked with my last water-lily post if there could be too many and the answer was no. So here’s another from Poor Farm Swamp this morning. Come to think of it, the question was about lady’s slippers but a … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers | Tagged Amherst, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Norwottuck Rail Trail, Poor Farm Swamp, western massachusetts, wetland flower, wetland plants, Wildflowers | 30 Comments