# Bloom Clock/Keys/New Hampshire/May/All

Bloom Clock Keys for New Hampshire, All flowers in May
Acer negundo
| Inflorescence Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Acer negundo (Boxelder) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs Jomegat 00:23, 16 April 2010 (UTC) Multiple pink flowers on single stem (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring
Acer pensylvanicum
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Acer pensylvanicum (Striped Maple, Moosewood) Identifying Characteristics Habit:treeFlowers:Bright yellow flowers appear in slender, dropping racemes 10-15 cm long when the leaves are nearly fully grown.Foliage:The leaves are broad and soft, 8-15 cm long and 6-12 cm broad, with three shallow forward-pointing lobes.Stem:The young bark is striped with green and white, and when a little older, brown.Fruit:The fruit is a samara; the seeds are about 27 mm long and 11 mm broad, with a wing angle of 145° and a conspicuously veined pedicel.Life Cycle: PerennialSimilar Plants:Acer spicatum Recent Logs= Jomegat 03:49, 24 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Acer rubrum
| Flower clusters Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Acer rubrum (Red Maple) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Large treeFlowers:Red flowers opening well before the leavesFoliage:As with all maples, they are deciduous and arranged oppositely on the twig. They are typically 5-10 cm (2-4 inches) long and wide with 3-5 palmate lobes with a serrated margin. The sinuses are typically narrow, but the leaves can exhibit considerable variation.Stem:In dense forests, trunk will remain free of branches until some distance up the tree. Individuals grown in the open are shorter and thicker with a more rounded crown.Growing Conditions:It can be found growing in swamps, on poor dry soils, and most anywhere in betweenFruit:SamaraSimilar Plants:Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple) Recent Logs Jomegat 00:24, 16 April 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring
Acer saccharum
| Illustration Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Large tree Recent Logs Jomegat 00:24, 16 April 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring
Achillea millefolium
| Heads Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Upright, clump-formingFlowers:HeadsFoliage:PinnatifidLife Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 14:59, 25 May 2010 (UTC) TristanDolciano *˜˜˜12:00, 22 July 2019 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall
Aesculus hippocastanum
| Inflorescence Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs --Anna reg 18:13, 26 April 2010 (UTC) Jomegat 13:24, 3 May 2010 (UTC) Anna reg 16:39, 29 May 2010 (UTC) (last ones) Anna reg 12:20, 29 April 2011 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Amelanchier bartramiana
| Search for Amelanchier bartramiana on commons) Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Amelanchier bartramiana (Mountain Juneberry, Oblongfruit Serviceberry) Identifying Characteristics Habit:shrubFlowers:5 white petals with long pinkish stamens. Flowers are about 2cm across and appear either singly or in clusters of up to four.Foliage:Oblong-shaped leaves have fine teeth almost all the way to the base. The leaves are tapered on both ends.Growing Conditions:Partial shade, dry-to-moist soilsFruit:Pear-shaped edible berries about 1cm long. Red, ripening to purplish-black.Life Cycle: perennialSimilar Plants:Choke Cherry, other Amelanchier species. Recent Logs (no logs yet) (view all logs) |
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Antennaria parlinii
| Search for Antennaria parlinii on commons) Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Antennaria parlinii (Parlin's pussytoes, Ladies' tobacco) Identifying Characteristics Growing Conditions:Dry soil, sun.Life Cycle: perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 00:11, 16 April 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Aralia nudicaulis
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Aralia nudicaulis (Wild Sarsaparilla, Smooth Sarsaparilla) Identifying Characteristics Habit:subshrubFlowers:Several cymes (usually three) appear at the end of a stem which is separate and generally not as high as the stem bearing the foliage.Foliage:Three bipinnate leaves with five leaflets.Stem:30-60 cm tall, smoothGrowing Conditions:Sandy soil in sun, partial shade or shade. Moist or dry soil.Life Cycle: PerennialSimilar Plants:Ginsengs Recent Logs Jomegat 00:23, 7 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Betula
| Catkins on Betula pendula Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Betula (Birch) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Medium-sized treeFlowers:catkinsFoliage:The simple leaves may be toothed or lobedStem:Woody trunk, bark peels off in horizontal stripsFruit:SamaraLife Cycle: perennial Recent Logs --Anna reg 17 April 2010 (Photo) --Anna reg 21:05, 29 April 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Cerastium
| Cerastium diffusum flowers and foliage Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Cerastium (Mouse-ear Chickweed) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs --SB_Johnny | 09:10, 27 May 2008 (UTC) --Jomegat 17:22, 30 May 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 08:42, 2 June 2008 (UTC) --Jomegat 19:59, 2 June 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer
Clintonia borealis
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Clintonia borealis (Clintonia, Corn Lily) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Herbaceous forbFlowers:The flowers are arranged in small umbels at the extremity of a long stalk. They have 6 stamens and 3 identical sepals and petals (tepals).Foliage:At full growth, a shoot has 2–4 clasping and curved, slightly succulent leaves with parallel venationFruit:The fruits are small dark blue, lurid berries.Life Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 19:51, 8 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Convallaria majalis
| In the jag Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley) Identifying Characteristics Habit:herbaceous perennial plant that forms coloniesFlowers:raceme of 5-15 flowers on the stem apexFoliage:one or two leaves 10-25 cm long; flowers are white tepals, bell-shaped, 5-10 mm diameterStem:rhizomes with stolons; 15-30 cm tall, with one or two leavesScent:sweetFruit:orange-red berry 5-7 mm diameterLife Cycle: self-sterile Recent Logs Jomegat 00:24, 25 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 01:33, 1 June 2009 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Coptis groenlandica
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Coptis groenlandica (Goldthread) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Low creeping herbFlowers:Five showy white petals with five smaller club-like petals. A single flower and a single leaf are each perched atop separate stems.Foliage:Trifoliate leaves are doubly serrated at their ends.Life Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 00:21, 16 April 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Cornus canadensis
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Cornus canadensis (Common bunchberry) Identifying Characteristics Habit:herbaceous sub-shrubFlowers:Tiny flowers a few millimeters across that form an inflorescence at the center of four white, petal-like bracts 3-4 cm diameter.Foliage:The leaves are oppositely arranged on the stem, but are clustered with six leaves that often seem to be in a whorl because the internodes are compressed.Stem:The vertically produced above ground stems are slender and unbranched.Fruit:Bright red berries form in a single tight cluster above the foliage.Life Cycle: perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 00:31, 18 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Cypripedium acaule
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Cypripedium acaule (Pink Lady's Slipper, Moccasin Flower) Identifying Characteristics Habit:herbaceous forbFlowers:Unlike most other members of Cypripedium, the pouch of C. acaule opens in a slit that runs down the front of the labellum rather than a round opening.Foliage:The plant consists of two plicate leaves near the ground.Stem:A long, pubescent stalk bears a single pink flower.Growing Conditions:C. acaule grows in a variety of different habitats, including moist and dry soils. It is usually found in pine forests, where it can be seen in large colonies, but it grows in deciduous woods, as well. It is nearly always found in soil with high acid content.Life Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 12:12, 4 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Elaeagnus umbellata
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Elaeagnus umbellata (Autumn Olive) Identifying Characteristics Habit:ShrubFlowers:The flowers are clustered 1-7 together in the leaf axils, fragrant, with a four-lobed pale yellowish-white 1 cm long corolla.Foliage:The leaves are alternate, 4-10 cm long and 2-4 cm wide, entire but with a waved margin they are silvery when they leaf out early in spring due to numerous tiny, scales, but turning greener above as the silvery scales wear off through the summerStem:4-10 m tallScent:fragrantGrowing Conditions:Because airborne nitrogen can be fixed in its roots, it has the capability to grow in infertile habitats.Fruit:The fruit is round to oval drupe 1 cm long, silvery-scaled orange ripening red dotted with silver or brown. When ripe, the fruit is juicy and edible. It is small, extremely numerous, tart-tasting, and it has a chewable seed.Life Cycle: PerennialSimilar Plants:Elaeagnus angustifolia Recent Logs Jomegat 00:21, 7 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Epigaea repens
| Epigaea repens Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Epigaea repens (Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower) Identifying Characteristics Habit:creeping shrubFlowers:The species flowers are pink, fading to nearly white, about 1/2 in. across when expanded, few or many in clusters at ends of branches. Calyx of 5 dry overlapping sepals; corolla salver-shaped, the slender, hairy tube spreading into 5 equal lobes; 10 stamens; 1 pistil with a column-like style and a 5-lobed stigma.Foliage:Alternate, oval, rounded at the base, smooth above, more or less hairy below, evergreen, weather-worn, on short, rusty, hairy petioles. Somewhat leathery.Stem:Spreading over the ground (Epigaea = on the earth); woody, the leafy twigs covered with rusty hairs.Scent:Very fragrantGrowing Conditions:Prefers moist, acidic (hummus) soil, and shade.Life Cycle: perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 23:07, 16 April 2009 (UTC) (first bloom at my house this season). Jomegat 02:08, 30 April 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 22:30, 4 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 23:00, 6 May 2009 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Euphorbia cyparissias
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Euphorbia cyparissias (Cypress spurge) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs Jomegat 17:00, 6 May 2009 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Forsythia x intermedia
| blooming plant Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Forsythia x intermedia (Garden Forsythia) Identifying Characteristics Habit:suckering shrubFlowers:4-petaled, yellowFoliage:Simple, opposite, serrate margins, emerging about 1/2-way through full bloomStem:hollow pith Recent Logs --Jomegat 01:16, 2 April 2010 (UTC) --SB_Johnny 18:26, 2 April 2010 (UTC) --Anna reg 12:01, 12 April 2010 (UTC) --Anna reg 15:15, 25 March 2011 (UTC) --Anna reg 08:01, 18 April 2011 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring
Fragaria vesca
| flowering plant Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Fragaria vesca (Woodland Strawberry) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs --Anna gdf 11:56, 11 May 2010 (UTC) Anna reg 11:06, 9 May 2011 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Late Summer, Early Fall
Hieracium pratense
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Hieracium pratense (Yellow Hawkweed, King Devil) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Herbaceous forbFlowers:Yellow rays very much like Taraxacum officinale.Foliage:Slender, unlobed leaves are hairy and form a rosette.Stem:Projects 30-40 cm from the ground, towering over the foliage.Growing Conditions:Waste placesLife Cycle: PerennialSimilar Plants:Taraxacum officinale Recent Logs Jomegat 00:32, 8 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer
Houstonia caerulea
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Houstonia caerulea (Azure Bluet) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Forb/herbFlowers:Four petals, pale blue with yellow centers, approximately 1 cm across. One flower per stalk.Foliage:Basal rosettes.Stem:Unbranched, to 20 cm high.Growing Conditions:Moist, acidic soil in shady areas. Grows well in grassy areas.Fruit:Flat capsuleLife Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 23:16, 15 April 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer
Lepidium virginicum
| Lepidium virginicum Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Lepidium virginicum (Virginia pepperweed) Identifying Characteristics Flowers:White racemesFoliage:Sessile, linear to lanceolate and get larger as they approach the baseStem:erectGrowing Conditions:Grows as a weed in most crops and is found in roadsides, landscapes and waste areas. It prefers sunny locales with dry soil.Fruit:Green seed pods, ~2mm across, notched at tip.Life Cycle: Annual, biennialSimilar Plants:Thlaspi arvense, Capsella bursa-pastoris Recent Logs Jomegat 22:20, 6 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:09, 21 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 04:07, 10 June 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:10, 15 July 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:46, 22 July 2009 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall
Lotus corniculatus
| Flowering plant Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Lotus corniculatus (Birdsfoot Trefoil) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Herbaceous forbFlowers:The flowers develop into small pea-like pods or legumes.Foliage:five leaflets, but with the central three held conspicuously above the others, hence the use of the name trefoil.Stem:The height of the plant is variable, from 5-20 cm, occasionally more where supported by other plants; the stems can reach up to 50 cm long. It is typically sprawling at the height of the surrounding grassland.Growing Conditions:It is most often found in sandy soils.Life Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 23:00, 1 June 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall
Maianthemum canadense
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Maianthemum canadense (False Lily-of-the-valley) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Forb/herbFlowers:Cluster of small, four-petaled flowers project above the foliage.Foliage:Two, sometimes three deeply cleft, heart-shaped leaves.Life Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 01:17, 6 May 2010 (UTC) *~~~~ (view all logs) |
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Narcissus
| A Jonquil flower Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Narcissus (Daffodil, Jonquil, Narcissus) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Upright herbaceous plantsFoliage:Basal, straplike, slightly bluishSubclass plants:Narcissus pseudonarcissus Recent Logs Anna reg 12:05, 12 April 2010 (UTC) Sb f 14:46, 6 March 2011 (UTC) (plants blooming in the microclimate by the springhouse, elsewhere not flowering) Anna reg 18:35, 24 March 2011 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring
Nuphar variegata
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Nuphar variegata (Bullhead Lily, Yellow Pond Lily) Identifying Characteristics Habit:emergent aquaticGrowing Conditions:pondsLife Cycle: perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 00:29, 30 May 2010 (UTC) Jomegat 19:46, 26 June 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer
Orobanche uniflora
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Orobanche uniflora (One-flowered Cancerroot) Identifying Characteristics Flowers:Five white to pale lavendar petals with a yellow center.Stem:hairy, leafless, stickyGrowing Conditions:Parasitic plant grows in damp woods.Life Cycle: AnnualSimilar Plants:Monotropa uniflora (Indian pipe), Monotropa hypopithys (Pinesap) Recent Logs Jomegat 00:42, 27 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:26, 2 June 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:27, 9 June 2009 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Oxalis stricta
| Flowers and foliage Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Oxalis stricta (Common Yellow Woodsorrel) Identifying Characteristics Habit:UprightFlowers:5 petals, yellowFoliage:Trifoliate, leaflets heart-shapedStem:Slender, greenFruit:Explosive capsulesLife Cycle: Annual Recent Logs Jomegat 17:01, 27 May 2010 (UTC) Anna reg 29 May 2010 (Photo) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall
Panax trifolius
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Panax trifolius (Dwarf Ginseng) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Herbaceous forbFlowers:Umbel of white, five-petaled flowersFoliage:Three to five serrate leaflets resembling the foliage of the strawberry.Stem:Junction halfway up stem where it forks into four sub-stems: three hosting foliage and one hosting the flower umbel.Life Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 00:20, 16 April 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Phlox sublata
| flowering plant Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Phlox subulata (Moss phlox) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs Ngravagna 18:46, 28 April 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 30 April 2009 (backdating) Jomegat 22:04, 4 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 12:32, 10 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:22, 19 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:30, 2 June 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:21, 9 June 2009 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring
Pinguicula vulgaris
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Pinguicula vulgaris (Butterwort) Identifying Characteristics Habit:herbaceousFlowers:Violet-like, and often mistaken for one.Foliage:Lanceolate leaves are curled at the edges and sticky. They form a rosette.Stem:Stem rises 3-16 cm above the foliage and sports a single flower.Life Cycle: PerennialSimilar Plants:ViolaGeneral information:This plant is insectivorous. It is threatened in Maine, and New York, and threatened in New Hampshire and Wisconsin. Recent Logs Jomegat 23:26, 15 April 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Polygala paucifolia
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Polygala paucifolia (Gaywings) Identifying Characteristics Habit:herbaceousFlowers:This pink flower consists of two wings cradling a tubular segment which hosts the stamens.Foliage:Tint of red around the edge. Leaves are clustered at the top, appearing to be whorled, but they are not. Leaflets are oblong to lanceolate — narrow at the base with a pointed tip. Leaves have an entire margin and are thinStem:Stems are smooth, slender and green.Life Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 03:12, 27 April 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Streptopus lanceolatus
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Streptopus lanceolatus (Rose Twisted Stalk) Identifying Characteristics Habit:herbaceous forbFlowers:A line of bell-shaped flowers dangle beneath the foliage on the bent-over stem.Foliage:Sessile leaves are alternate with linear veins.Life Cycle: PerennialSimilar Plants:Maianthemum racemosum Recent Logs --Jomegat 23:43, 25 May 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Potentilla canadensis
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Potentilla canadensis (Dwarf Cinquefoil) Identifying Characteristics Habit:herbaceous forbFlowers:Five yellow petalsFoliage:Palmate, serrate leaves have five parts which attach to a point on the stem.Growing Conditions:Impoverished soilsLife Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 12:00, 10 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 23:01, 19 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:25, 25 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:19, 29 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:26, 2 June 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:18, 9 June 2009 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Prunus
| Flowers of P.persica (peach) Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Prunus (Cherry) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Prunus is a large genus of trees and shrubsFlowers:5 petals or multiples of 5. Pink or white.Foliage:Alternate, simpleStem:Horizomtal lenticels are prominent on most speciesScent:Ranges from sweet to rankSubclass plants:P. 'Okame', P. laurocerasus, P. mahaleb, P. persica, P. serotina, P. subhirtella, P. subhirtella 'Pendula' Recent Logs Jomegat 02:19, 7 April 2010 (UTC) Trinity507 00:14, 1 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Fall, Mid Fall
Ranunculus
| Flower of r. repens Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Ranunculus (Buttercup) Identifying Characteristics Subclass plants:R. ficaria Recent Logs Jomegat 00:19, 7 May 2010 (UTC) Anna gdf 11:41, 11 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring
Rhododendron
| Flowers Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Rhododendron (Rhododendrons and Azaleas) Identifying Characteristics Subclass plants:R. calendulaceum, R. catawbiense, R. maximum, R. molle, R. prinophyllum, R. subsp. vireya, R. 'Delaware Valley White', R. 'Girard's Crimson', R. 'Hershey's Red', R. 'PJM', R. 'Pleasant White', R. 'Roseum Elegans', Recent Logs Jomegat 18:28, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 22:52, 6 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:39, 12 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:13, 15 July 2009 (UTC) Anna reg 13:41, 10 April 2011 (Photo) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer
Robinia pseudoacacia
| Inflorescences Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Robinia pseudoacacia (Black Locust) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs Jomegat 14:42, 21 May 2010 (UTC) (not the first blooms of the year though) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring
Rosa
| Flowers Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Rosa (Rose) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Thorny shrubsFoliage:alternate, pinnately compoundStem:thornedFruit:small pomes (hips)Life Cycle: perennial shrubSubclass plants:Rosa canina Rosa multiflora Rosa palustris Rosa rugosa Rosa 'Peace' Rosa 'Pink Knockout' Recent Logs Anna reg 06:23, 14 May 2010 (UTC) Anna reg 19:18, 12 May 2011 (UTC) Anna reg 18:14, 19 October 2011 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall Mid Fall, Late Fall
Rubus
| Search for Rubus on commons) Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Rubus (Blackberries, Raspberries, and Dewberries) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs Jomegat 21:50, 4 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 12:33, 10 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:51, 12 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:23, 19 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:26, 25 May 2009 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Rubus pensilvanicus
| Flowering branch Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Rubus pensilvanicus (Blackberry) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs Jomegat 23:46, 28 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:28, 2 June 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:27, 9 June 2009 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer
Rumex acetosella
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Rumex acetosella (Sheepsorrel) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Herbaceous forbFlowers:The flowers emerge from a tall, upright stem. Female flowers are maroon in color.Foliage:It has green arrowhead-shaped leaves and red-tinted deeply ridged stems, and it sprouts from an aggressive rhizome. The leaves are edible, imparting a pleasing, tart taste, but should not be eaten in large quantities. The tartness is due to the presence of oxalates which are also responsible for its toxicity.Growing Conditions:It favors moist soil, so it thrives in floodplains and near marshesLife Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 1 May 2009 (from photo) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer
Salix 'Pendula'
| Salix sp., showing the unmistakable and typical habit of weeping Salix. Image shows Salix babylonica Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Salix 'Pendula' (Weeping Willow) Identifying Characteristics Similar Plants:Logs for this plant may include a number of species, hybrids and cultivars. Recent Logs Jomegat 22:24, 6 May 2009 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring
Sorbus americana
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Sorbus americana (American Mountain Ash) Identifying Characteristics Habit:TreeFlowers:Perfect, white, one-eighth of an inch across, borne in flat compound cymes three or four inches across. Bracts and bractlets acute, minute, caducous.Foliage:Alternate, compound, unequally pinnate, six to ten inches long, with slender, grooved, dark green or red petiole. Leaflets thirteen to seventeen, lanceolate or long oval, two to three inches long, one-half to two-thirds broad, unequally wedge-shaped or rounded at base, serrate, acuminate, sessile, the terminal one sometimes borne on a stalk half an inch long, feather-veined, midrib prominent beneath, grooved above. They come out of the bud downy, conduplicate; when full grown are smooth, dark yellow green above and paler beneath. In autumn they turn a clear yellow. Stipules leaf-like, caducous.Stem:Bark is light gray, smooth, surface scaly. Branchlets downy at first, later become smooth, brown tinged with red, lenticular, finally they become darker and the papery outer layer becomes easily separable.Fruit:Berry-like pome, globular, one-quarter of an inch across, bright red, borne in cymous clusters. Ripens in October and remains on the tree all winter. Flesh thin and sour, charged with malic acid; seeds light brown, oblong, compressed; cotyledons fleshy.Life Cycle: PerennialSimilar Plants:Sorbus aucuparia Recent Logs Jomegat 12:13, 4 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Spergularia
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Spergularia (Sandspurry) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Herbaceous forbFlowers:Five purple petals with sepals between each. Yellow anthers. Blossoms are about 8 mm across.Foliage:Needle-like leaves form in whorls about the stem.Stem:Round, creeping stems have a reddish tint.Growing Conditions:Waste placesLife Cycle: Annual/Perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 23:23, 5 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall
Syringa vulgaris
| A purple-flowered variety Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Syringa vulgaris (Common Lilac) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs Anna gdf 17:08, 20 April 2011 (UTC) Anna reg 12:22, 29 April 2011 (UTC) Anna reg 11:02, 9 May 2011 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring
Taraxacum officinale
| Head Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Taraxacum officinale (Common Dandelion) Identifying Characteristics Habit:rosette-forming herbaceous plant with a long taprootFlowers:Head, flowers are all ray-likeFoliage:Basal only, pinnately lobedStem:flower stems are hollow with a milky sapScent:mild, "sunny"Growing Conditions:sunny and partly-shaded, well drained soils, drought intolerantFruit:achene with a silky pappusSimilar Plants:Hypochoeris radicata, Sonchus Recent Logs Jomegat 02:17, 7 April 2010 (UTC) Anna reg 10:13, 17 April 2010 (UTC) Trinity507 16:17, 22 April 2010 (UTC) Trinity507 03:48, 4 May 2010 (UTC) Anna gdf 11:38, 11 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter
Trientalis borealis
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Trientalis borealis (Starflower) Identifying Characteristics Habit:herbaceousFlowers:One or two white, seven-petaled flowers rise above the foliage and form a star-like shape.Foliage:Lanceolate whorled leaves with an entire edge.Stem:Up to 20 cm tall.Life Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 13:23, 3 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Trifolium pratense
| Inflorescence Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Spreading herbaceous plantFoliage:trifoliate with pale zones on the leafletsFruit:tiny legumesLife Cycle: perennial Recent Logs Anna reg 19:17, 12 May 2011 (UTC) Anna reg 18:13, 19 October 2011 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall
Trifolium repens
| Inflorescence Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Trifolium repens (White Clover) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Low, spreading herbaceous plantFoliage:TrifoliateStem:Creeping, rooting at the nodesLife Cycle: perennial Recent Logs Trinity507 03:46, 4 May 2010 (UTC) Jomegat 23:06, 28 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall
Trillium undulatum
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Trillium undulatum (Painted Trillium) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Herbaceous/forbFlowers:Three white petals with a crimson blaze at the center, offset by three sepals.Foliage:Three leaves cradle the blossom.Growing Conditions:Acidic woods, typically in the shade of Abies balsamea (Balsam Fir), Acer rubrum, or Pinus strobus (Eastern White Pine).Life Cycle: perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 12:14, 4 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Tulipa
| flowering plants Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Tulipa (Tulip) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs Anna gdf 17:22, 20 April 2011 (UTC) Anna reg 15:15, 25 March 2011 (UTC) Anna reg 11:48, 12 April 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring
Tussilago farfara
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot) Identifying Characteristics Flowers:Yellow aster-like rays, very reminiscent of the common dandelion.Foliage:The large, heart-shaped, dentate leaves appear after the flowers.Stem:10-30cm in height and covered with reddish scales resembling an asparagus.Growing Conditions:Roadsides, waste placesLife Cycle: PerennialSimilar Plants:Taraxacum officinale Recent Logs Jomegat 02:18, 7 April 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Vaccinium
| flowers on V. corymbosum Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Vaccinium (Blueberry, Cranberry) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs Jomegat 23:22, 15 April 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring
Veronica officinalis
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Veronica officinalis (Heath Speedwell) Identifying Characteristics Habit:creeping herbaceous forbFlowers:Four petals, white with light purple streaks grow in a spike at the end of the stem. Flowers are about 8mm across.Foliage:The leaves are 1.5–5 cm long and 1–3 cm broad, and softly hairy.Stem:Hairy green stems 10–50 cm long that cover the ground in mats and send up short vertical shoots which bear soft violet flowers.Similar Plants:Perennial Recent Logs --Jomegat 21 May 2008 (from photos) --Jomegat 17:05, 6 June 2008 (UTC) --Jomegat 23:45, 9 June 2008 (UTC) --Jomegat 03:36, 21 June 2008 (UTC) --Jomegat 23:16, 1 July 2008 (UTC) --Jomegat 18:48, 12 July 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Viburnum lantanoides
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Viburnum lantanoides (Hobblebush) Identifying Characteristics Habit:shrubFlowers:Large clusters of white to pink flowers. The flowers on the outer edge of the clusters are much larger (3-5 cm across). The whole cluster is typically 10 cm across.Foliage:Large, cardoid leaves are serrate, 10-20 cm long.Stem:Gray-brown and wartyFruit:Drupes form in clusters. Red at first, but ripen to black in late summer.Life Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 15 April 2009 (estimated date based on when a friend told me he had seen it in bloom. He brought in a sample blossom today). (view all logs) |
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Vicia cracca
| Inflorescence Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Vicia cracca (Tufted Vetch) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs Jomegat 14:42, 21 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall
Vinca minor
| flowers and young foliage Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Vinca minor (Periwinkle) Identifying Characteristics Habit:prostrate vine, rooting at the nodesFlowers:trumpet-shapedFoliage:simple, opposite, evergreenLife Cycle: perennial Recent Logs Anna reg 13:04, 17 April 2010 (UTC) Jomegat 20 Apr 2010 (from photos) Anna reg 11:53, 27 March 2011 (UTC) (sporadic) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall
Viola
| Viola cornuta, a species of Viola Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Viola (Violet) Identifying Characteristics Subclass plants:V. labradorica, V. pedata, V. tricolor, V. x wittrockiana Recent Logs Trinity507 03:48, 4 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter
Viola tricolor
| Flowers Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Viola tricolor (Heartsease, Johnny-jump-up) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs Jomegat 00:44, 12 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 02:19, 1 June 2009 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall