8/25/2018 Great Blue Hill and Ponkapoag Pond, Blue Hills Reservation
ID: 8 ENTRY DATE: 20180825 TIME ARRIVED: 9:30:00 AM TIME LEFT: 11:30:00 AM
DATE COMMENT: 18:00-20:00 on trip to Ponkapoag Pond.
SUMMARY: Nice day after steamy days during week. Two trips: one to Great Blue Hill and other to Ponkapoag Pond.
PLACE: Great Blue Hill and Ponkapoag Pond, Great Blue Hills Reservation, Milton and Canton, MA
WEATHER COMMENT: Hazy Day
WEATHER SKY - BLUE SKY PERCENTAGE: 75 WEATHER: SKY CLARITY: 75
WEATHER STATION REPORT: http://www.bluehill.org/Data/2018/august/aug25.txt
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PICTURE POST: 1 iNaturalist: 1 OTHER: 0
ROUTE TAKEN: Blue Hill: Parked in lot, walked up summit road to summit. Down via main ski slope. Parked at golf course; walked on Maple Ave to dam. Walked to bog trail and started on it before turning back as it was darkening.
TERRAIN: Flat
PHENOLOGY: Green. Ponkapoag Bog is a floating bog on the west side of the pond. It has white cedars, pitcher plants and other plants in this unusual habitat.
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Observations
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Boletes (Family Boletaceae)Observer
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Found along the summit road of Great Blue Hill.
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Grass Spiders (Genus Agelenopsis)Observer
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Found along the Summit Road to Great Blue Hill. There was a lot of webbing on the guard rail. I don't know if it came from this spider or it happened to be there. Nearby there also appears to be egg masses.
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Orange Jelly Spot (Dacrymyces chrysospermus)Observer
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Found along the Summit Road to Great Blue Hill. The photos aren't clear enough to see the details. I've made a choice based on what was shown as visually similar.
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Old-Man-of-the-Woods (Strobilomyces strobilaceus)Observer
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Found along Summit Road to Great Blue Hill.
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
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Found near the summit of Great Blue Hill, on the edge of the picnic area.
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Woodland Sunflower (Helianthus divaricatus)Observer
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Not entirely sure that this is a black eyed susan, but that what it reminds me of. Found along the access road on the summit of Great Blue Hill.
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Grasses (Family Poaceae)Observer
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Found on the main ski slope on Great Blue Hill.
The slope is now dominated by this grass, standing taller than I am. The field now has a crimson tinge to it because of this grass.
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American Dagger (Acronicta americana)Observer
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Found this caterpillar on the path within Ponkapoag Golf Course within Blue Hills Reservation. Probably fell from a nearby tree.
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Hollow Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium fistulosum)Observer
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Found near the Ponkapoag Pond Dam within Blue Hills Reservation.
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Cattails (Genus Typha)Observer
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Found near the Ponkapoag Pond Dam within Blue Hills Reservation.
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Grey Alder (Alnus incana)Observer
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Found near the Ponkapoag Pond Dam within Blue Hills Reservation.
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)Observer
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Found this pair by the dam spillway of Ponkapoag Pond within Blue Hills Reservation.
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Pale Smartweed (Persicaria lapathifolia)Observer
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Found by the Ponkapoag Pond Dam within Blue Hills Reservation. Look at the sleeping bumblebee.
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Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)Observer
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Found near the Ponkapoag Pond Dam within Blue Hills Reservation.
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American White Waterlily (Nymphaea odorata)Observer
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Found near the Ponkapoag Pond Dam within Blue Hills Reservation.
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Common Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)Observer
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Found near the Ponkapoag Pond Dam within Blue Hills Reservation.
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Grey Willow (Salix cinerea)Observer
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Found near the Ponkapoag Pond Dam within Blue Hills Reservation.
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Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)Observer
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THIS is the jewelweed found by the Ponkapoag Pond Dam within Blue Hills Reservation.
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Broadleaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)Observer
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Saw this near the beginning of the Ponkapoag Bog Trail.
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)Observer
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It was just at sunset when I came upon this plant and the bumble bee, motionless, on the flower. Seems awfully exposed.
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