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Tag Archives: Quabbin
07.18.2019 Man in the Rock and Gate Post
After photographing yesterday’s dewy false foxglove at the end of Winsor Dam in Quabbin Park, I walked around the corner to the Spillway to see if I could find another abstract along the idea of my ones a few weeks … Continue reading
07.17.2019 Downy False-foxglove
One of the Quabbin Park wildflowers I look forward to every year is this lovely spike-Aureolaria virginica. Most of the time I spent with these flowers I shared with bumblebees and the little Syrphids aka hover flies-possibly Toxomerus sp. Most … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, ecology, Flora, Nature Photography, Quabbin, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers
Tagged Aureolaria virginica, downy false-foxglove, flies, flora, Hover Fly, insects, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, Quabbin, Quabbin Park, Quabbin wildflowers, Syrphid Fly, Toxomerus marginatus, western massachusetts, Wildflowers
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07.14.2019 The aforementioned Rattlesnake Plantains
To be precise, they are Downy Rattlesnake Plantains-Goodyera pubescens and are members of the Orchidaceae. They are just now beginning to flower. Even though they are woodland plants they don’t need to take advantage of the vernal open canopy. The … Continue reading
Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers
Tagged Central Massachusetts, downy rattlesnake plantain, flora, Goodyera pubescens, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Quabbin, Wildflowers, Women's Federated Clubs State Forest
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07.13.2019 Another North Quabbin Sunrise
Stopped on my way to look for rattlesnake plantain in North Quabbin, which I did find but the images are still waiting for processing. This was certainly a nice start to the day although the clouds overhead (second image) never … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Sunrise, Western Massachusetts
Tagged colorful sky, Dawn, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Quabbin, starburst, sunburst, sunrise, western massachusetts
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07.10.2019 Two more wildflowers, one summer and one late spring
Tall Meadow-rue-Thalictrum pubescens I usually find these profusely flowered summer plants, as the name suggests, in meadows or forest edges. It was nice finding one with an easier background, a lake full of waterlilies and a distant tree line. I … Continue reading
Posted in Flora, Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers
Tagged flora, Indian Cucumber, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Medeola virginiana, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Quabbin, Tall Meadow-rue, Thalictrum pubescens, western massachusetts, Wildflowers
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07.09.2019 Noble Prince’s-pine
Also known as Pippsissewa, Noble Prince’s-pine-Chimaphila umbellata, has a very unique flower. Native Americans had many uses, both medicinal and as food, for this curious flowering woodland plant. One of the more recognizable uses, especially before chemical additives, was for … Continue reading
07.08.2019 Eight where ordinarily there are four and a colorful visitor
A similar image to the partridge berry I posted a short time ago, but in this case with a double bloom. I heard from someone that he once found one of these with a pair of five-petaled partridge berry flowers. … Continue reading
Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, ecology, Flora, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Wildflowers
Tagged flora, Gate 36, Massachusetts, Mitchella repens, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, North Quabbin, partridge berry, partridge berry flower, Petersham, Physarum slime mold, Quabbin, slime mold, Wildflowers, Women's Federated Clubs State Forest
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