Category Archives: Wildflowers

05.10.2021 Macro Monday Marsh Marigold

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Nothing challenging about that alliteration. As the name implies, these grow in some wet conditions and, in this case, swampy. Several times my boots got sucked deep into the muck, fortunately they are “Muck Boots”, and I almost had to … Continue reading →

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05.07.2021 White Trillium

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Steve Gingold

From the backyard wild spot-Trillium grandiflorum

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05.03.2021-2 Macro Monday

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Hobblebush-Viburnum lantanoides A native shrub, the flowers are lovely but it’s the texture of the leaves that I enjoy even more.

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05.01.2021 An erect Trillium erectum

Posted on May 1, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Quite often these Red Trillium flowers are more drooping than upright which can make shooting them a challenge. In this case the flower was fairly perpendicular to the earth which still required lying on the ground with the tripod legs … Continue reading →

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04.22.2021-2 More Dutchman’s Breeches

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I am always happy to find these and this particular bunch makes a nice natural bouquet.

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Breeches, Falls Road ledges, flora, Gunn Ledges, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New Egland Wildflowers, New England, Sunderland, western massachusetts | 26 Comments

04.19.2021 Blood-root

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Steve Gingold

It’s always been Bloodroot to me, but when I checked out GoBotany it didn’t show up…these computers are so picky. So I searched the latin name…Sanguinaria canadensis, and discovered it now has a hyphen. There is a plant they list … Continue reading →

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04.18.2021 A nice Sunday find

Posted on April 18, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I wasn’t expecting to find any open Red Columbine-Aquilegia canadensis blooms quite yet and most all that I saw were tight buds. But while photographing something else I noticed these tucked into a corner. Only the one was fully open … Continue reading →

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04.17.2021-2 Maidenhair Spleenwort with a side of Eastern Small-flowered Saxifrage

Posted on April 17, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I’ve not posted this species of fern before. It’s one of my favorite ferns if only for saying its name…Maidenhair Spleenwort. 🙂 Asplenium trichomanes grows on a variety of rocky surfaces. In this case they are on some sandstone ledges … Continue reading →

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04.15.2021 Trillium Thursday

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I am not sure how many TTs there will be, but at least one more when the painteds arrive in May. More time in the rain added some extra interest to these.

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Falls Road, flora, flowers with rain drops, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, rainy day, Red Trillium, Sunderland, Trillium erectum, western massachusetts, wet flowers, Wildflowers | 26 Comments

04.13.2021 Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Steve Gingold

And on the leaves of this Wood Aster-Eurybia sp. I’ll figure out the species later this year when it grows a bit larger and has flowers. Too soon to tell, for me anyway. I was photographing a few things on … Continue reading →

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