Visit to Houghton Park and Hammond Pond

Today, I went to Hammond Pond and the surrounding trail to see if I could spot some fascinating plants. Not going to lie, but I was quite unsuccessful in finding anything interesting. First of all, there were too many boulders around and so I kept getting distracted by climbing them and second of all, I didn't manage to see anything that really popped out. However, I do have some other plants to show from my trip to Houghton Park. I went one week before in the afternoon when it was chilly 53 C°. Surprisingly, I found so many types of berries when I was walking around. I had a really bad urge to eat them, but I think most of them were poisonous. I saw some other flowers and weeds that were colorful and took some pics of those as well. One more thing, I know it's off topic, but I found a ton of fungi today as well! So, I've posted those on this journal just for fun.

Posted on October 14, 2019 02:38 AM by humzar humzar

Observations

Photos / Sounds

Observer

humzar

Date

October 13, 2019 04:00 PM EDT

Description

Some type of fungi that was growing on a live tree

Photos / Sounds

Observer

humzar

Date

October 13, 2019 04:00 PM EDT

Description

Fungi growing up the bottom side of a dead tree branch

Fungi

Photos / Sounds

What

Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Observer

humzar

Date

October 13, 2019 04:00 PM EDT

Description

Puffy type of fungi growing in clusters around a dead tree

Photos / Sounds

What

Mapleleaf Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium)

Observer

humzar

Date

October 13, 2019 04:01 PM EDT

Description

Some type of berry that’s purple in the inside

Photos / Sounds

What

Low Smartweed (Persicaria longiseta)

Observer

humzar

Date

October 4, 2019 04:52 PM EDT

Description

Some type of pink weed that was growing on the side of a road.

Photos / Sounds

What

Canada Hawkweed (Hieracium umbellatum)

Observer

humzar

Date

October 4, 2019 04:53 PM EDT

Description

Some type of bright, yellow flower growing in the woods

Photos / Sounds

What

American Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)

Observer

humzar

Date

October 4, 2019 04:55 PM EDT

Description

Some type of dark berry that was on the ground.

Photos / Sounds

What

Common Yew (Taxus baccata)

Observer

humzar

Date

October 4, 2019 04:25 PM EDT

Description

Red berry that was growing under these tree leaves

Photos / Sounds

What

Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)

Observer

humzar

Date

October 4, 2019 04:59 PM EDT

Description

Some type of berries that looked like pomegranate seeds. They were growing on the floor

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