In my last field report I was commenting on how dry and hot it had been. Now, we’re looking at the wettest July ever recorded! So what’s blooming on the trails now? I made sure to walk on each greenway over the last two weeks to get a full report.
The large, yellow, daisy-like summer flowers have started to bloom. I have seen hairy leafcup, starry rosinweed, eastern oxeye, swamp sunflower, and midwestern tickseed-sunflower.
I’ve also seen cardinal flower, monkey flower, rose-pink, buttonbush, smartweed, eastern swamp milkweed, ironweed, dwarf and spotted St. John’s-wort, elephant’s foot, pineywoods goldenrod and smooth ground-cherry.
Finally, the crape myrtles are in full bloom, giving us beautiful white, pink, lavender, magenta and maroon trees.
What flowers are you seeing?