Last Update:
September 1, 2019
Times Covered:
August 16 - 29, 2019
Locations:
RBG Rose Garden edges, Hendrie Valley; Arboretum;
Brantford Trails;
and a property just west of the Hamilton border
Comments:
Until this week I thought I knew the basics about goldenrod galls, i.e. most were on Tall Goldenrod and there were 3 basic kinds. There was also one on the Lance-leaved Goldenrod. Little did I realize how wrong I was. It seems that there are about 50 kinds of insects that make galls on goldenrods. On the stems, the leaves, the flowers, and on the roots, there are galls. Have a look at this site for starters: https://bugguide.net/node/view/324012
I have started to display some of the previously posted flowers on a new page. The process is just barely started but have a look at the following link:
Wild & Naturalized Flowers Blooming - August 16 - 29 , 2019
(N = "New" for the year * = Not native to our area)
| New | English Name | Latin Name | French Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfalfa * | Medicago sativa | Luzerne cultivée | |
| N | Amaranth, Green * | Amaranthus retroflexus | Amaranthe à racine rouge |
| Aster, Arrow-Leaved | Symphyotrichum urophyllum | Aster à feuilles sagittées | |
| Aster, Flat-Topped | Doellingeria umbellata | Aster à ombelles | |
| N | Aster, Frost | Symphyotrichum pilosum | Aster velu |
| N | Aster, Heart-Leaved | Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Aster à feuilles cordées |
| N | Aster, Large-Leaved | Eurybia macrophylla | Aster à grandes feuilles |
| Aster, Purple-Stemmed | Aster puniceus | Aster ponceau | |
| Avens, Catling's * | Geum x catlingii | Benoîte de Catling | |
| Avens, White | Geum canadense | Benoîte du Canada | |
| Avens, Wood * | Geum urbanum | Benoîte commune | |
| Basil, Wild | Clinopodium vulgare | Sarriette commune | |
| N | Beggar Tick | Bidens frondosa | Bident feuillu |
| N | Beggar Tick, Tall | Bidens vulgata | Bident vulgaire |
| Bergamot, Wild | Monarda fistulosa | Monarde fistuleuse | |
| Bindweed, Field * | Convolvulus arvensis | Liseron des champs | |
| Bindweed, Hedge | Calystegia sepium | Liseron des haies | |
| Bouncing Bet * | Saponaria officinalis | Saponaire officinale | |
| Bur Cucumber, One-Seeded | Sicyos angulatus | Sicyos anguleux | |
| Burdock, Great * | Arctium lappa | Grande bardane | |
| Butter-And-Eggs * | Linaria vulgaris | Linaire vulgaire | |
| Buttercup, Tall * | Ranuculus acris | Renoncule âcre | |
| Carpenter's Square | Scrophularia marilandica | Scofulaire du maryland | |
| Celandine * | Chelidonium majus | Grande chélidoine | |
| Chamomile | Anthemis arvensis | Anthémis des champs | |
| Chicory * | Cichorium intybus | Chicorée sauvage | |
| Cinquefoil, Dwarf | Potentilla canadensis | Potentille du Canada | |
| Cinquefoil, Rough | Potentilla norvegica | Potentille de Norvège | |
| Clearweed | Pilea pumila | Piléa nain ou petite ortie | |
| Clover, Alsike * | Trifolium hybridum ssp.elegans | Trèfle alsike | |
| Clover, Red * | Trifolium pratense | Trèfle rouge | |
| Clover, White Sweet * | Melilotus alba | Mélilot blanc | |
| Clover, Yellow Sweet * | Melilotus officinalis | Mélilot officinal | |
| Comfrey, Common * | Symphytum officinale | Consoude officinale | |
| Coneflower, Cutleaf (Outhouse Plant) | Rudbeckia laciniata 'Hortensia' | Rudbeckie laciniée 'Hortensia' | |
| Coneflower, Gray-Headed | Ratibida pinnata | Rudbeckie pennée | |
| Coneflower, Purple * | Echinacea purpurea | Echinacée pourpre | |
| Coneflower, Tall | Rudbeckia laciniata | Rudbeckie lacinée | |
| Coneflower, Thin-Leaved * | Rudbeckia triloba | Rudbeckie | |
| Coreopsis, Lance-leaved | Coreopsis lanceolata | Coréopsis lancéolée | |
| N | Coreopsis, Tall | Coreopsis tripteris | Coréopsis Trifoliolé |
| Cucumber, Wild | Echinocystis lobata | Échinocystis lobé | |
| N | Cudweed, Fragrant | Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium | Gnaphale à feuilles obtuses |
| Culver's Root | Veronicastrum virginicum | Véronique de Virgine | |
| Cup Plant | Silphium perfoliatum | Silphe perfolié | |
| Dandelion, Common * | Taraxacum officinale | Pissenlit officinal | |
| Dandelion, Red-Seeded * | Taraxacum erythrospermum | Pissenlit à graines rouges | |
| Dock, Prairie | Silphium terebinthinaceum | Silphe térébenthine | |
| Dodder, Swamp or Common | Cuscuta gronovii | Cuscute de Gronovius | |
| Elecampane * | Inula helenium | Inule aunée | |
| Evening Primrose, Common | Oenothera biennis | Onagre bisannuelle | |
| Everlasting, Sweet | Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium | Gnaphale à feuilles obtuses | |
| Flax, Common * | Linum usitatissimum | Lin cultivé | |
| Fleabane, Daisy | Erigeron annuus | Vergerette annuelle | |
| Fleabane, Lesser Daisy | Erigeron strigosus | Vergette rude | |
| Galinsoga * | Galinsoga quadriradiata | Galinsoga cilié | |
| Globe-thistle, Great * | Echinops sphaerocephalus | Oursin à têtes rondes | |
| Goatsbeard, Yellow * | Tragopogon dubius | Salsifis Majeur | |
| N | Goldenrod, Blue-Stemmed | Solidago caesia | Verge d'or bleuâtre |
| N | Goldenrod, Canada | Solidago canadensis | Verge d`or du Canada |
| Goldenrod, Early | Solidago juncea | Verge d`or jonciforme | |
| N | Goldenrod, Gray | Solidago nemoralis | Verge d`or des bois |
| Goldenrod, Hairy | Solidago hispida | Verge d`or hispide | |
| N | Goldenrod, Lance-Leaved | Euthamia graminifolia | Verge d`or à feuilles de graminée |
| N | Goldenrod, Late | Solidago gigantea | Verge d'or géante |
| Goldenrod, Tall | Solidago altissima | Verge d`or haute | |
| Ground Cherry, Clammy | Physalis heterophylla | Coqueret hétérophylle | |
| Harebell | Campanula rotundifolia | Campanule à feuilles rondes | |
| Hawkweed, Rough | Hieracium scabrum | Épervière scabre | |
| Heal-All | Prunella vulgaris | Prunelle vulgaire | |
| Hedge-Parsley, Upright * | Torilis japonica | Torilis anthrisque | |
| Herb Robert * | Geranium robertianum | Géranium de Robert | |
| N | Hog Peanut | Amphicarpa bracteata | Amphicarpe bractéolée |
| Horehound, Water | Lycopus americanus | Lycope d'Amérique | |
| Horse Balm | Collinsonia canadensis | Collinsonie du Canada | |
| Horseweed | Conyza canadensis | Vergerette du Canada | |
| Hyssop, Yellow Giant | Agastache nepetoides | Agastache faux-népéta | |
| Indian Tobacco | Lobelia inflata | Lobélie gonflée | |
| N | Indian-Pipe | Monotropa uniflora | Monotrope uniflore |
| Joe Pye Weed, Spotted | Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum | Eupatoire maculée | |
| Johnny Jump-Up * | Viola tricolor | Violette tricolore | |
| Knapweed, Brown * | Centaurea jacea | Centaurée jacée | |
| Knotgrass, Common * | Polygonum aviculare | Renouée des oiseaux | |
| Knotweed, Virginia | Polygonum virginianum | Renouée de virginie | |
| Lady's Thumb * | Polygonum persicaria | Renouée persicaire | |
| Lemon-balm | Melissa officinalis | Mélisse officinale | |
| Lettuce, Wild | Lactuca canadensis | Laitue du Canada | |
| Lily, Day * | Hemerocallis fulva | Hémérocalle fauve | |
| Live-Forever * | Hylotelephium telephium | Orpin pourpre | |
| Lobelia, Great | Lobelia siphilitica | Lobélie des marais bleu | |
| Loosestrife, Fringed | Lysimachia ciliata | Lysimaque ciliée | |
| Loosestrife, Purple * | Lythrum salicaria | Lythrum salicaire | |
| Lopseed | Phryma leptostachya | Phryma à épis grêles | |
| Mayweed * | Anthemis cotula | Camomille puante | |
| Medick, Black * | Medicago lupulina | Luzerne lupuline | |
| Motherwort * | Leonurus cardiaca | Agripaume cardiaque | |
| Mountain Mint, Virginia | Pycnanthemum virginianum | Pycnanthème de Virginie | |
| Mullein, Moth * | Verbascum blattaria | Molène blattaire | |
| Nettle, Tall | Urtica dioica ssp.gracilis | Ortie dioïque d'Europe | |
| Nightshade, Bittersweet * | Solanum dulcamara | Morelle douce-amère | |
| Nightshade, Eastern Black | Solanum ptychanthum | Morelle noire de l’est | |
| Nipplewort * | Lapsana communis | Lapsane commune | |
| Parsnip, Water | Sium suave | Berle douce | |
| Pea, Everlasting * | Lathyrus latifolius | Gesse à feuilles larges | |
| Phlox, Garden * | Phlox paniculata | Phlox paniculé | |
| Pickerelweed | Pontederia cordata | Pontédérie cordée | |
| Pigweed * | Chenopodium album | Chénopode blanc | |
| Pineapple Weed * | Matricaria discoidea | Matricaire odorante | |
| Pink, Deptford * | Dianthus armeria | Oeillet arméria | |
| Plantain, Common * | Plantago major | Plantain majeur | |
| Plantain, English * | Plantago lanceolata | Plantain lancéolé | |
| Pokeweed | Phytolacca americana | Phytolaque d'Amérique | |
| Queen Anne's Lace * | Daucus carota | Carotte sauvage | |
| Ragweed, Common | Ambrosia artemisiifolia | Petite herbe à poux | |
| Ragweed, Great | Ambrosia trifida | Grande herbe à poux | |
| Raspberry, Purple-Flowering | Rubus odoratus | Ronce odorante | |
| Rocket, Dame's * | Hesperis matronalis | Julienne des dames | |
| Saint Johnswort, Common * | Hypericum commun | Millepertuis perforé | |
| Scorpion-Grass, Blue * | Myosotis stricta | Myosotis à tiges dressées | |
| Smartweed, Pale or Nodding | Persicaria lapathifolia | Renouée à feuilles de patience | |
| Smartweed, Water | Persicaria amphibia | Renouée amphibie | |
| Snakeroot, White | Ageratina altissima | Eupatoire rugueuse | |
| Sow Thistle, Common * | Sonchus oleraceus | Laiteron potager | |
| Sow Thistle, Field * | Sonchus arvensis | Laiteron des champs | |
| Spiderwort * | Tradescantia virginiana | Tradescantie de Virginie | |
| Stickseed, Virginia | Hackelia virginiana | Hackélia de virginie | |
| Sunflower, Common * | Helianthus annuus | Tournesol | |
| Sunflower, Pale Leaved | Helianthus strumosus | Hélianthe scrofuleux | |
| Sunflower, Woodland | Helianthus divaricatus | Hélianthe à feuilles étalées | |
| Tea, New Jersey | Ceanothus americanus | Céanonthe d`amérique | |
| Tea, Oswego | Monarda didyma | Thé d'Oswego | |
| Teasel * | Dipsacus fullonum | Cardère des bois | |
| Thistle, Bull * | Cirsium vulgare | Chardon vulgaire | |
| Thistle, Canada * | Cirsium arvense | Chardon des champs | |
| Tick-Trefoil, Pointed-Leaved | Desmodium glutinosum | Desmodie glutineuse | |
| Tick-Trefoil, Showy | Desmodium canadense | Desmodie du Canada | |
| Touch-Me-Not, Pale | Impatiens pallida | Impatiente pâle | |
| Touch-Me-Not, Spotted | Impatiens capensis | Impatiente biflore | |
| Trefoil, Birdsfoot * | Lotus corniculatus | Lotier corniculé | |
| Trumpet Creeper | Campsis radicans | Jasmine de Virginie | |
| Vervain, Blue | Verbena hastata | Verveine hastée | |
| Vervain, White | Verbena urticifolia | Verveine à feuilles d`ortie | |
| Vetch, Cow * | Vicia cracca | Vesce jargeau | |
| Water Lily, Sweet Scented | Nymphaea odorata | Le Lis d'eau | |
| Willow Herb, Purple-Veined | Epilobium coloratum | Épilobe coloré | |
| Wood Sorrel, Creeping | Oxalis corniculata | Oxalide cornue | |
| Wood Sorrel, Yellow | Oxalis stricta | Oxalide d'Europe | |
| Yarrow, Common * | Achillea millefolium | Achillée millefeuille |
NOTE: Changing to EVERY OTHER Monday Wild Flower Walks.
Monday - September 9 - Waterfront Trail from Bayfront Park
Monday, September 23 - Waterfront Trail from Princess Point
Dean walks every Friday afternoon on RBG grounds
and/or the Hamilton Waterfront Trail.
Contact him at least 24 hours in advance for meeting points and times.
Photos from Fleur-Ange Lamothe
Some other Photos from Fleur-Ange
Photos and Information from Ron Hepworth
Ron passed away on Tuesday, September 4th, 2012. Because he kept records of early and peak blooming times for nearly 30 years and then passed along his summaries to me for this site, I plan on leaving his last summary here. Below is a small sample of what the whole summary looks like:
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ANNUAL FLOWERING RECORDS FOR YEAR 2010 LEGEND
(observed at Brantford, Ont.) FF = First Flower/Pollen 43.10'N--80.12'W PB = Peak/Mid Bloom Date ( )= Interpolated Date E = Estimated Date SPECIES OBSERVED NO. FF FF PB PB LAG YRS 2010 MEAN 2010 MEAN IN DAYS willow buds (sprout/green) 15 Mar 9 Mar 15 Mar 17 Mar 27 -8.0 (Salix alba vitellina) Euro. hazelnut (FF/Pollen) 13 Mar 19 Mar 21 Mar 21 Mar 30 -5.5 (Corylus avellana) skunk cabbage (pollen/PB) 13 (Mar 18)Mar 25(Mar 31)Apr 2 -4.5 (Symplocarpus foetidus) --------------------------------------------------------------------- The link for the rest of the records is below:
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A link to a new portfolio, under construction, of flowers from Dean, Fleur-Ange and Ron is below:
Links to Wild Flower Page Home, etc.
Index & Home of the Wild Flower Page
| January Blooms - Updated to January 31, 2017 | February Blooms - Updated to February 28, 2017 |
| March Blooms -Updated to March 31, 2017 | April Blooms -Updated to April 30, 2016 |
| May Blooms -Updated to May 31, 2016 |
June Blooms -Updated to May 31, 2019 |
| July Blooms -Updated to July 31, 2016 | August Blooms - Updated to August 31, 2016 |
| September Blooms - Updated to Sept. 30, 2016 | October Blooms - Updated to October 31, 2016 |
| November Blooms - Updated to Nov. 30, 2016 | December Blooms - Updated to Dec. 30, 2016 |
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