Thalictrum venulosum; widespread plant and locally common; not showy, but pretty foliage, delicate flowers; hard to photograph, as the flowers shake in the slightest breeze; male flowers here
Thalictrum venulosum; widespread plant and locally common; not showy, but pretty foliage, delicate flowers; hard to photograph, as the flowers shake in the slightest breeze; female flowers here; i have also seen a red form of the female...
Thalictrum venulosum; widespread plant and locally common; not showy, but pretty foliage, delicate flowers; hard to photograph, as the flowers shake in the slightest breeze;foliage
Valerian dioica; i've only seen this in a couple of places, but i'd guess widespread, occasional; not flashy, so easy to miss if not close-up, and out of flower; flowers easily mistaken from a distance for the ubiquitous Achillea (though that peaks later) or one of the several common 'parsleys' though local species are taller than this; foliage is distinctive..
a view of this little stretch of moist ditch where these species are found..
Viola sp
between the first site above and the one below.. hard to see in the shot, but this roadside embankment is lined with Rosa acicularis
between the first site above and the one below.. hard to see in the shot, but this roadside embankment, to the left, is lined with Rosa acicularis
another nice habitat a couple of miles farther up--slough (damp to wet meadow/grass and small woodies which will close in if left ungrazed/bulldozed) on both sides of the road, with a small lake/pond farther back; late summer there are interesting species at the roadsides, not much yet at this time; hoping to get back there soon (typing this aug 25, bike repairs have kept me out of the field)
Pedicularis groenlandica; widespread and can be locally abundant; seasonally damp to wet grassy areas/patches
one of numerous interesting sedges
the road only goes a few miles past the slough--not a lot of interesting plants, but a pretty road...
