Journal archives for May 2018

May 22, 2018

Flower Shots Wanted

Welcome to the AMC's project to document flowering and fruiting times along the Appalachian Trail. While the southern part of the trail is well on its way to summer some of our favorite species have yet to flower in the north so please keep adding photos of trilliums, canada mayflower, trout lily and bluebead lily. Hobblebush and bunchberry are also good flowering plants to document but be sure to get a close up of the small "true" flowers.

Here is what I have been observing over the past few days around Pinkham Notch, NH:
-Red and painted trilliums, and trout lily are moving past flower with only a few fresh flowers to be found.
-Hobblebush is at near peak flower, remember to look closely as the very small flowers.
-Bluebead lily and canada mayflower has plenty of flower buds but are likely won't bloom for a few days yet.
-Bunchberry is still emerging with some flower buds visible but is not yet fully leafed out.

Here is a pdf overview of AMC's project: https://www.outdoors.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/iNaturalistQuickGuide.pdf

Happy hiking and flower hunting!

Posted on May 22, 2018 07:53 PM by gmurray gmurray | 0 comments | Leave a comment