Tuesday, May 08, 2012

The other side of the river


On sunday we spotted what we thought was dogwood tree growing in the wild which are kinda rare around here but it was on a hill on the other side of the river. Today we went on a mission to check it out. The flowers we found on the way were nice. Big patches of Wild Lupines. We did have to traverse two swamps  with our tennis shoes. It was mucky and we were determined.  we had to walk down the train tracks too. The pics I got don't do justice to the tree. It was beautiful, full bloom in its glory.   

This is what we saw from across the river


The Dogwood

Im not much of a mushroom hunter but I think this was a Morel

Nice stand of wild Lupine

Daisy fleabane just starting to open
Nice tree
Blue eyed grass

Sunday, May 06, 2012

A couple of new finds


Golden Alexanders

Jack in the pulpit

Star Flowered solomon seal

Swamp Buttercup

Wild Lupines

Went out wildflower hunting today after work. Found plants I never have seen before such as wild lupine. Never knew they were lupines in Michigan.