Tag Archives: flora

05.31.2023 Wordless Wednesday

Posted on May 31, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amherst, Cypripedium acaule, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native orchid, native plant, native wildflower, New England, pink lady's slipper, western massachusetts, wild orchid, Wildflowers | 14 Comments

04.25.2023 Two-fer Tuesday

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Steve Gingold

In this case two more bloodroot views.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bloodroot, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native wildflower, New England, Sanguinaria canadensis, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 15 Comments

04.24.2023 Virginia Bluebells

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Fresh and hot from the backyard woods. I planted one and it has multiplied into six so maybe if I’ve got another 15 years in me I might see a large patch of them. Not exactly a Texas-sized Bluebonnet patch … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amherst, Eastern Bluebells, flora, Massachusetts, Mertensia virginica, New England, Virginia Bluebells, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 14 Comments

04.23.2023 Silent Sunday-Bloodroot Bud and Leaf

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bloodroot, Falls Road, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Sanguinaria canadensis, Sunderland, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 17 Comments

04.21.2023 Fern Friday

Posted on April 21, 2023 by Steve Gingold

I bet there’ll be more ‘F’ Fridays coming. Mackay’s Fragile Fern-Cystopteris tenuis This is a new to me fern species. I found it on the ledges I visit often, same ones on the same day that I photographed the Early … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cystopteris tenuis;, ferns, flora, Mackay's Fragile Fern, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Sunderland, western massachusetts | 15 Comments

04.20.2023 Trillium the First

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Red Trillium-Trillium erectum, aka Red Wake Robin, is the first of the Trilliums to flower in Spring. The second- White Trillium is just rising through the leaves of last Autumn and should be flowering in a week or so. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Falls Road, flora, Gunn Ledges, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Red Wake Robin, Sunderland, Trillium erectum, western massachusetts, White Trillium, Wildflowers | 30 Comments

04.19.2023 Wordless Wednesday-Early Saxifrage with a Dark Background

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Early Saxifrage, Early Small-flowered Saxifrage, Falls Road, flora, Gunn Ledges, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Saxifraga virginiensis, Sunderland, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 12 Comments

04.15.2023 Sanguine Saturday

Posted on April 15, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Yesterday when I walked down the path into our small woods I only saw my bunch of Dutchman’s Breeches. Certainly a happy sight but I was looking for more.This morning while in the yard with Bentley I walked in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amherst, bloodroot, flora, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Sanguinaria canadensis, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 15 Comments

04.01.2023 Symplocarpus foetidus triad

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Skunk cabbage’s flower, a spadix, is one of the earliest to be seen in Spring, seen here inside the foremost bud. Actually the plant can be seen in mid-winter as it is thermogenic and produces heat which helps clear away … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Araceae, flora, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Quabbin, Quabbin Park, Skunk Cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 27 Comments

03.29.2023 Wordless Wednesday

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bloodroot, dew drops, flora, flower with dew drops, Gunn Ledges, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Sanguinaria canadensis, Sunderland, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 22 Comments