I use this genus & species name but wonder if it is actually something different? The leaves are very similar to the pink, but they are all about half the height, and seem to have a slightly but consistent difference in shape of flower with the large open hole in the front of the pouch.
Any ideas on ID?
INaturalist thinks this is Black ash. I'm not sure. Maybe Elderberry?
@karro_frost @natemarchessault thank you again for letting me come with you!
This belonged to a patch growing in drier conditions next to pitch pine and eastern white pine.
See also:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214663832
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214663835
Growing in somewhat wetter conditions compared to https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214663830.
Windy day so it wouldn't stay still for a photo.
New population discovered about last week. Likely occurs in other nearby areas, especially off-trail.
Was visited by some sort of gnat (see #2, #6). In a large population of >30 individuals, but was the only one flowering.
keeping details private on this, message with credentials if interested. Location obscured - not outside of known range.
White pine seems be the common companion plant more than most others
Thanks to @natemarchessault for this great discovery.
Boechera laevigata (smooth rockcress), Middlefield, CT
Lycopus rubellus (stalked water-horehound), Middleborough, MA. State Endangered.
The fruits have long narrow sepals exceeding the fruit; the fruits are flat across the top; the plants have tubers on long runners.
Setaria parviflora (knotroot foxtail), Haile Farm, Warren, RI. Special Concern. A new EO.
The plants are perennials with bumpy, knotty rhizomes. Our only native foxtail, our only perennial foxtail.
Linnaea borealis (American twinflower), Acadia National Park, ME
Absolutely gorgeous wall of these growing here.
Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue), Kent, CT
Mitella diphylla (two-leaf mitrewort, two-leaved bishop's-cap), Kent, CT
Spiranthes vernalis (spring ladies'-tresses), Cooks Cemetery, Woonsocket, RI
Carex crinita var. brevicrinis (fringed sedge), Noank Ledyard Rd, Groton, CT. Achenes without a dent.
Vaccinium macrocarpon (large cranberry), Pawaget, Charlestown, RI
Hemileuca maia (buck moth), Exeter, RI
Lipocarpha micrantha (small-flowered dwarf-bulrush), Great Quittacas Pond, Lakeville, MA
Sabatia kennedyana (Plymouth rose-gentian), Barnstable, MA
Platanthera clavellata (little club-spur bog-orchid), Phillips Brook, West Greenwich, RI
Leaves, trigs and fruits covered with fine speckles. Leaves silvery underneath.
In a rich mesic woods, mid to upper slope, with lots of Erythronium and Trillium. A known site monitored by a great group of volunteers.
Liparis loeselii (Loesel's wide-lipped orchid), West Greenwich, RI
Trail Edge path with many sandplain species and a seep; deer trail through patch.
On granite.
Small patch of 65 plants in mature Nyssa sylvatica stand with moderate to low density of Clethra alnifolia. Close to small stream, well off trail. Gaultheria procumbens and Mitchella repens nearby but not much groundcover.
Small trailside patch with 35 plants, older stand Nyssa sylvatica, mesic to wet, moderate density Clethra understory and Gaultheria procumbens, Pyrola americana, Mitchella repens nearby.
Large population in old cranberry bog at Windswept, west side of Bog complex.
This is the localized population of Calopogon at Windswept.
Spectacular number of plants in this cove; only 10 or so as upright plants but loosely counted 300 rosettes minimum without looking too hard. I have no idea how many are in the second photo but easily 50 plants just from where I was standing when I too the photo. These were a fair bit away from the water as the water level is so low.
Looking like these will be the last pre-flower photos. Fun to watch them develop from winter rosettes.
Fruits developing while flower persists
Easily 500 on this pond but this is a rough estimate as I was doing a bird survey. Yellowish uprights in second and third photos are this species and included to show scale
Sabatia kennedyana (Plymouth rose-gentian), Yarmouth, MA
Minuartia michauxii (Michaux's sandplant), Greenfield, MA