Spring Wildflowers along Ontario Pathways
Saturday, April 20, 2024; 10 AM
We will meet at the water tower in Orleans between routes 488 and 23 at 10 AM on Saturday, April 20th to discover spring ephemeral plants along the Ontario Pathways trail heading south. Bruce Gilman is unable to join us (he has a conference in Albany) but we will be certain to have an abundance of knowledgeable leaders among us.
What a lovely morning to enjoy a walk along the Ontario Pathways to the Train Wreck Loop. We had a dozen people to delight in the sights. Several members of Ontario Pathways joined us. Learn more about Ontario Pathways here and consider a membership to help keep OP so well maintained.
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| Early Meadow Rue |
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| Service Berry / Shadbush |
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| purple dead nettle? |
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| Spice bush |
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| Young Solomon Seal |
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| service berry |
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| Mullein / Lambs ear |
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| cherry blossoms |
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| Ramps / Wild Leek with last year's bloom |
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| ironwood |
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| wild Geranium |
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| blood root |
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| Angelica near Flint Creek |
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| Flint creek looking north |
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| bugleweed? |
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| greater celandine |
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| bladdernut |
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| LOTS of yellow trout lilies |
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| Young Norway maple |
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| cleavers in back / aster in front? |
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| herb robert? |
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| last year's turkey tail |
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| Several birders were with us today! |
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| cut leaf toothwort |
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| golden alexandra |
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| Blood root growing on dead tree root |
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| equisetum / horsetail |
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| old train wreckage |
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| path along flint creek |
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| last year's thimble weed / Anemone virginiana |
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| carpets of trout lily |
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| young may apples |
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| violets |
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| kidney leaf buttercup |
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| wild basil |
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| ditch lilies |
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| garlic mustard |
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| looking off the main trail towards Flint Creek |
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| returning from train wreck loop onto OP trail |
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| wild chives? |
Almost forgot the woodfrog!
