Tag Archives: native wildflower

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

03.22.2023 Spring-Been there, done that, and I’ll do it again

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Dutchman’s Breeches-Dicentra cucullaria This is an annual share on Facebook and I thought, “Why not do it here?” 13 years ago and still my favorite shot of these beauties.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Breeches, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, spring ephemeral, Sunderland, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 29 Comments

01.05.2023 Thermospadix Thursday

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Skunk Cabbage-Symplocarpus foetidus is the earliest flowering wildflower of the year. As a matter of fact it sometimes flowers even before the year changes. It does this by creating its own heat through a chemical reaction between oxygen and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Quabbin, Quabbin Park, Symplocarpus foetidus, western massachusetts, Wildflowers, winter | 23 Comments

12.24.2022 Happy Holidays

Posted on December 24, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanzaa, and a Happy Holiday season to all for whichever holiday you are celebrating. Best wishes for a great 2023.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged flora, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Moosehorn Road Pond, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Nymphaea odorata, pink water-lily, western massachusetts, white water-lily, Wildflowers | 42 Comments

12.18.2022 Silent Sunday-Resting on my Mountain Laurels

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged intimate landscape, Kalmia latifolia, Massachusetts, mountain laurel, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Quabbin, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 20 Comments

10.18.2022 Another foggy day

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Steve Gingold

And I ain’t complaining. Likely never will. I just had a four-day weekend and every day was fog laden. I wasn’t able to take advantage on Friday but the next three were lovely with yesterday’s fog followed by off and … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Amherst, Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, fog, foggy landscape, Hickory Ridge, landscape, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, small white American-aster, Symphyotrichum racemosum, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 15 Comments

10.17.2022 A blast from the not too distant past

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Steve Gingold

On one of my trips to East Leverett Meadow, the same day as the recent tendril and drop post, I happened across this pretty bindweed flower below some popped milkweed pods (my original photographic quarry). I posted a similar flower … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Calystegia sepium, East Leverett Meadow, flora, hedge false-bindweed, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, small white American-aster, Symphyotrichum racemosum, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 13 Comments

10.12.2022 Garden Floss

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Steve Gingold

For several years now Mary Beth has agreed to our having milkweed line our driveway as well as grow at the side of the house. The last few she has allowed it into her vegetable garden and we have about … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amherst, Asclepias syriaca, flora, Massachusetts, milkweed, milkweed floss, milkweed silk, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 19 Comments

10.10.2022 American Burnweed

Posted on October 10, 2022 by Steve Gingold

I posted a bud with bee a little while back but this showcases a bud with bloom. That’s a lot of seeds and might explain why this qualifies for “weedship” as it has spread all over the side yard where … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Amherst, Erechtites hieracifolius var. hieracifolius, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 18 Comments

09.06.2022 Autumn Orchid

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Nodding Ladies’ Tresses-Spiranthes cernua Technically it is still summer, but there is a bit of Autumn in the air, a few leaves are changing color, not many but a few, and late season flowers are in bloom, like goldenrod and … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Wildflowers | Tagged flora, Massachusetts, native orchid, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Nodding Ladies' Tresses, North Quabbin, Petersham, Spiranthes cernua, wild orchid, Wildflowers | 28 Comments