The Wildflower Walk in April caught the early wildflowers, this walk in the latter part of May, again in my favourite forest, caught the later ones. I did miss some in between ones......
There were still a good number of white trilliums in full bloom, but some were starting to turn pink on their way to a darker pink and then gone.
The red trilliums though had definitely finished
White, blue and yellow violets were in bloom
The marsh marigolds were just finishing
A few star flowers could be found, foam flowers were more plentiful
Bishop's-cap seem to be blooming only in one small area
Broadleaf toothwort blooms were quite prevalent in many areas. There was a slight variant, with reddish colouring, in a very damp spot.
Common penny-cress (white) and wintercress (yellow) were blooming in open areas
Red baneberry and wild sarsaparilla were in the final the stages of blooming
Sedge grass had gone to seed
False soloman's seal was in bloom in many places
The many different ferns were well along filling the forest floor. Photo below is ostrich fern.
Many fern plants were still developing. Click on the photo to see what type of fern. (I didn't get over to the area with maiden hair fern.)
ostrich fern
ostrich fern
marsh fern
northern braken fern
sensitive fern
A great number of young black ash trees were branching/leafing out in a swampy area.
Very weathered fungus covered the side of a log
Two cylindrical click beetles were exploring a fern frond
A snag that died 25 years ago, finally fell over and took out two young maple trees
