In places the entire shore is speckled white in early spring with the anemones. Sandy beach and dunal habitat is rare on the Island, but rocky foreshore, moist backshore, old field, and deep woods habitats abound. The thumbnail photos below can be clicked to large size for better viewing. Click image for large view. The Thunder Bay Island Preservation Society takes special care not to mow these treasures down while maintaining the Lighthouse grounds.
Harebells share the site.
It stand three to four feet above the water surface, showing a brilliant crimson above the surrounding sedges and rushes. Quite rare everywhere and protected by law from picking. It can also colonize moist interior swales if sunny enough. The small white flowers resemble a five pointed star. This orchid and the related but less common pink lady's slipper are a joy to see on Thunder Bay Island.