Tag Archives: flora

09.14.2020 Macro Monday

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I went to visit the fringed gentians this morning. Unfortunately, sunshine is required for them to open and I only had a few early hours to be out. I did find one composition with a bud and that will show … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Quabbin | Tagged bees, Canada Goldenrod, carpenter bees, Eastern Carpenter Bee, flora, insects, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, North Quabbin, Quabbin, Solidago canadensis, solitary bees, Xylocopa virginica virginica | 18 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 | 23 Comments

09.02.2020 Wordless Water-lily Wednesday

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Image | Posted on September 2, 2020 by Steve Gingold | Tagged flora, Massachusetts, Moosehorn Road Pond, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, New Salem, Nymphaea odorata, western massachusetts, white water lily with pink sepals | 16 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

08.09.2020-2 A slight change in plans

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Steve Gingold

My trip to Moosehorn Pond was intentional and my plans there also although I was thinking of dragonflies which were not terribly abundant. The change is that I was going to do this as a “Silent Sunday” post but decided … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged flora, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Nymphaea odorata, Quabbin, western massachusetts, white water-lily | 20 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

07.20.2020 Black-eyed Susans

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Steve Gingold

On the way to Quabbin Park this past Saturday, I noticed a lot of Black-eyed Susans-Rudbeckia hirta, aka Black-eyed Coneflower, in a parking area. When the park never opened, at least after an hour had passed from the 6 a.m. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged black-eyed susan, flora, Massachusetts, New England, Rudbeckia hirta, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 27 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