Moonflowers generally begin blooming in late May. This year
they began just this 3rd week of June. Hopefully we'll be able to
enjoy blooms each evening into August. They're blooming just about 9
PM. We haven't updated with a new moonflower video, but here's one from
years ago
Huckleberry Bog
On the beautiful cool day of Sunday, May 31, 2020 we enjoyed a hike around the Huckleberry Bog, a Bristol Hills Branch of the Finger Lakes Trail. We hiked about four and a half miles in under four hours. The sights were wonderful and especially informative with guidebooks available to borrow at the trail heads. The guide is available online here: https://fingerlakestrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Huckleberry20Bog20Book20and20Guide20201020opt.pdf It has plant descriptions and sketches in the back.
We entered from Bean Station Road just about three miles east from route 53, which is over ten miles south from the village of Naples just past Prattsburg.
We entered from Bean Station Road just about three miles east from route 53, which is over ten miles south from the village of Naples just past Prattsburg.
Inside of the north trail register |
We traveled the orange trail clockwase around to the blue trail and back out again. |
bridge from the road to the trial (check for walking sticks to borrow if you didn't bring your own) |
The cemetery will be on your left just before a steady half mile climb up to Huckleberry Bog |
Cananda May Flower |
North trail register at the top of the hill |
remaining trilium |
star flower |
clubmoss |
clubmoss |
sarsaparilla |
flowering May Apple |
bracken fern |
Wegmans Passport kiosk |
Indian Cucumber root |
Hugging Trees: Red Oak and Hemlock |
Loads of Gaywings! |
Tupelo tree |
Pink Lady Slipper |
We saw at least 2 dozen Lady Slippers along the trails |
Indian Cucumber Root and Star Flower |
young solomom seal? |
poison ivy (this is the only bit we found) |
orange coated chesapeake bay retriever!! |
lots of medium Jack-In-The-Pulpits |
The trail was very well marked with 46 metal markers to correspond to the stops described in the guidebook |
plenty of Jewel Weed / Touch-Me-Not even without poison ivy sightings |
velco variety bedstraw |
more Gaywings |
A new one for me, Squawroot |
High bush Blueberries |
loads of wild geranium |
rather large snake |
spotted this garlic mustard closer to Bean Station Road - only one spotted (Yay!) |
honeysuckle (also near the road) |
lots of periwinkle/myrtle |
wild strawberries |
May Apple field |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)