Spring Wildflower Walk at Gannett Hill
Sunday, May 17, 2026: 10-11 AM
Leader: Emily DeBolt; Brian Hoven
Date and Time: Sun May 17 10 am -11 am
Limit: 20 (registration will be available through the New York Flora Association website - select Explore Field Trips and scroll to the May 17 event)
Difficulty: Easy. ADA accessible trail 0.3 miles loop.
Join
us for an easy walk to enjoy spring wildflowers along the trail. This
will be a level walk along an ADA loop trail with an overlook - offering
stunning views of Bristol Valley to the south and downtown Rochester to
the north on a clear day. Enjoy spring wildflowers along the path such
as fringed polygola (Polygaloides paucifolia), white trillium (Trillium
grandiflorum), mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum), and more. The loop trail
is short - 0.3 miles. There are miles more of trails in the park - you
can stay and extend your hike on your own if you like. This is a joint
trip with the New York Fora Association.
This walk will begin at the parking area adjacent to the "jump off" on Gannett Hill Park Drive.
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| Meet in parking area marked by yellow |
It was a beautiful morning whit 20 people meeting to enjoy the wildflowers and trees at Ontario County Park.
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| Canada mayfower and moss at base of tree |
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| Canada Mayflower |
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| buttercup |
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| bracken fern |
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| bastard toadflax |
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| Basswood - sounds like watermelon if you knock on it |
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| aspen |
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| Chestnut oak |
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| Chestnut oak leaf |
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| dwarf ginsing |
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| early meadowrue |
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| Eastern hop hornbeam |
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| Eastern prickly gooseberry |
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| Looking at white residue of Hemlock woolly adelgid |
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| Interesting hairs |
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| Several Fringed Polygala |
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| also called gaywings |
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| fall aster and "unknown" |
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| Plethera of experts! |
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| looking southwest |
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| looking northeast |
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| Jack in pulpit |
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| Emily identifying interupted fern |
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| young horsetail |
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| discussing invasive honeysuckle - hollow stems |
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| hepatica |
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| more hepatica |
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| may apples |
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| native honeysuckle |
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| Pennsylvania sedge |
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| pussy toes |
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| Bruce discusses red maple |
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| red maple bark |
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| Maple leaf viburnum |
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| red oak |
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| red oak leaf |
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| sarsaparilla |
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| sensitive fern |
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| serviceberry |
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| also called shadbush |
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| and June berry |
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| introduced speedwell |
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| striped maple |
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| also called goosefoot maple |
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| has green bark |
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| toad |
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| trillium |
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| valerian (introduced) |
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| white ash - EAB damage and large centapeed |
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| white ash leaf |
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| white oak |
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| small white pine sapling |
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| white rattlesnake root |
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| wild geranium |
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| wild strawberry |
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| wintercress |
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| witch hazel |
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| witch hazel leaves |