Wild Flower Watch

 
White Trillium
(Trillium grandiflorum)
[TRIL-ee-um   gran-dih-FLOR-um]
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Last Update
August 25, 2010
 

Periods of Observation:
August 19 -25, 2010
 

Places of Observation:
  RBG Hendrie Valley & Arboretum areas,
Brantford Rail Trail,
 and a property just west of the Hamilton Border

Comments:

                      One hundred forty-one species were found in bloom this past week including eight that were new for the season. More and more aster and goldenrod species are showing up now.
                 
              Wild and naturalized flowers blooming during the last week:
 
English Names
* = Not Native   N = New This Week
 		 Latin Names
 
  Alyssum, Hoary * Berteroa incana
  Apple-Of-Peru * Nicandra physalodes
  Aster, Arrow-Leaved Symphyotrichum urophyllum
  Aster, Flat-Topped Doellingeria umbellata
  Aster, Large-Leaved Eurybia macrophylla
  Aster, New England Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
  Aster, Panicled Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
  Avens, Catling's * Geum x catlingii
  Avens, Wood * Geum urbanum
  Balsam, Himalayan * Impatiens glandulifera
  Basil, Wild Clinopodium vulgare
  Beggar Tick, Tall Bidens vulgata
  Bergamot, Wild Monarda fistulosa
  Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
  Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum
  Bouncing Bet * Saponaria officinalis
  Bugleweed, Northern Lycopus uniflorus
  Bugloss, Viper's * Echium vulgare
N Bur Cucumber, One-Seeded Sicyos angulatus
  Burdock, Common * Arctium minus
  Burdock, Great * Arctium lappa
  Butter-And-Eggs * Linaria vulgaris
  Buttercup, Tall * Ranuculus acris
  Campion, Bladder * Silene vulgaris
  Campion, White (Evening Lychis) * Silene latifolia
  Carpenter's Square (Figwort) Scrophularia marilandica
  Carpetweed * Mollugo verticillata
  Celandine * Chelidonium majus
  Chicory * Cichorium intybus
  Cinquefoil, Rough Potentilla norvegica ssp.monspeliensis
  Clearweed Pilea pumila
N Clotbur, Common Xanthium strumarium
  Clover, Red * Trifolium pratense
  Clover, White * Trifolium repens
  Comfrey, Common * Symphytum officinale ssp.officinale
  Coneflower, Purple * Echinacea purpurea
  Coneflower, Tall Rudbeckia laciniata
  Coneflower, Thin-Leaved * Rudbeckia triloba
  Coreopsis, Lance-leaved Coreopsis lanceolata
  Cucumber, Wild Echinocystis lobata
  Cup Plant Silphium perfoliatum var.perfoliatum
  Dandelion, Common * Taraxacum officinale
  Dandelion, Red-Seeded * Taraxacum erythrospermum
  Dead-Nettle, Spotted * Lamium maculatum
  Dock, Prairie Silphium terebinthinaceum
  Dogbane, Spreading Apocynum androsaemifolium
  Dogwood, Red-Osier (Shrub) Cornus  sericea ssp. sericea
  Elecampane * Inula helenium
  Evening Primrose, Common Oenothera biennis
  Feverfew * Tanacetum parthenium
  Fleabane, Daisy Erigeron annuus
  Flower-Of-An-Hour * Hibiscus trionum
  Foxtail, Meadow * (Grass) Alopecurus pratensis
  Galinsoga * Galinsoga quadriradiata
  Goatsbeard, Meadow * Tragopogon pratensis ssp.pratensis
N Goldenrod, Blue-Stemmed Solidago caesia
  Goldenrod, Canada Solidago canadensis
  Goldenrod, Early Solidago juncea
  Goldenrod, Gray Solidago nemoralis
  Goldenrod, Lance-Leaved Euthamia graminifolia
  Goldenrod, Late Solidago gigantea
  Goldenrod, Tall Solidago canadensis var. scabra
N Goldenrod, Zigzag Solidago flexicaulis
  Ground Cherry, Clammy Physalis heterophylla
  Groundnut Apios americana
  Hawkweed, Field * Hieracium caespitosum
  Hawkweed, Orange * Hieracium aurantiacum
  Heal-All Prunella vulgaris
  Herb Robert * Geranium robertianum
  Hog Peanut Amphicarpa bracteata
N Horehound, Water Lycopus americanus
  Horse Balm Collinsonia canadensis
  Horseweed Conyza canadensis
  Hyssop, Yellow Giant (Catnip, G.H.) Agastache nepetoides
  Indian Tobacco Lobelia inflata
  Jimsonweed * Datura stramonium
  Joe-Pye Weed, Spotted Eupatorium maculatum
  Knapweed, Spotted * Centaurea maculosa
  Knotgrass, Common * Polygonum aviculare
  Knotweed, Virginia (Jumpseed) Polygonum virginianum
  Lady's Thumb * Polygonum persicaria
  Lettuce, White Prenanthes alba
  Lettuce, Wild Lactuca canadensis
N Live-Forever * Hylotelephium telephium ssp.fabaria
  Lobelia, Great Lobelia siphilitica
  Loosestrife, Purple * Lythrum salicaria
  Loosestrife, Swamp Decodon verticillatus
  Mallow, Common(Cheeses) * Malva neglecta
  Marjoram, Wild * Origanum vulgare
  Medick, Black * Medicago lupulina
  Motherwort * Leonurus cardiaca ssp. Cardiaca
  Mullein, Common * Verbascum thapsus
  Mustard, Wormseed * Erysimum cheiranthoides ssp. cheiranthoides
N Nettle, Stinging * Urtica dioica ssp dioica
  Nightshade, Bittersweet * Solanum dulcamara
  Nightshade, Eastern Black Solanum ptychanthum
  Nipplewort * Lapsana communis
  Outhouse Plant Rudbeckia laciniata 'Hortensia'
  Pea, Everlasting * Lathyrus latifolius
  Periwinkle * Vinca minor
  Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata
  Pigweed * Chenopodium album var. album
  Pink, Deptford * Dianthus armeria
  Plantain, Common * Plantago major
  Plantain, English * Plantago lanceolata
  Plantain, Red-Stemmed (Pale) Plantago rugelii
  Pokeweed Phytolacca americana
  Queen Anne's Lace * Daucus carota
  Ragweed, Common Ambrosia artemisiifolia
N Ragweed, Great Ambrosia trifida
  Rocket, Dame's * Hesperis matronalis
  Saint Johnswort, Common * Hypericum perforatum
  Smartweed, Water (P.amphibium) Polygonum amphibium
  Snakeroot, White Ageratina altissima
  Sow Thistle, Common * Sonchus oleraceus
  Sow Thistle, Field * Sonchus arvensis
  Sow Thistle, Spiny-Leaved * Sonchus asper
  Spurge, Spotted* Chamaesyce maculata
  Sunflower, Common * Helianthus annuus
  Sunflower, Pale Leaved Helianthus strumosus
  Sunflower, Woodland Helianthus divaricatus
  Thistle, Bull * Cirsium vulgare
  Thistle, Canada * Cirsium arvense
  Thistle, Globe * Echinops sphaerocephalus
  Thistle, Nodding * Carduus nutans
  Tick-Trefoil, Showy Desmodium canadense
  Touch-Me-Not, Pale Impatiens pallida
  Touch-Me-Not, Spotted Impatiens capensis
  Trefoil, Birdsfoot * Lotus corniculatus
  Vervain, White Verbena urticifolia
  Vetch, Cow * Vicia cracca
  Vetch, Crown * Coronilla varia
  Virgin's Bower Clematis virginiana
  Water Lily, Sweet Scented Nymphaea odorata
  Willow Herb, Purple-Veined (P-leaved) Epilobium coloratum
  Willow Herb, Sparse-Flowered * Epilobium parviflorum
  Wood Sorrel, Yellow Oxalis stricta

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                          Monday, August 30 - RBG from York Road
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                   FLOWERING DATES UPDATED TO AUG 23/10
                   (observed at Brantford, Ont.)
                          43.10'N--80.12'W

      SPECIES OBSERVED      NO.   FF     FF     PB     PB      LAG
                            YRS  2010   MEAN   2010   MEAN      IN
                                                            (DAYS)

  fringed loosestrife        11 June   June  (July 4)July     -7.0
  (Lysimachia ciliata)          23     29            12
  catnip                     18 June   June  (July 6)July     -4.0
  (Nepeta cataria)              27     29            12
  Dillen's tick-trefoil       9(Jun 26)June    ---- (July 7)  -4.0
  (Gle(Desmodium dillenii)             30
  Michigan lily              14 June   June  (July 2)July 8   -7.0
  (Lilium michiganense)         22     30
  enchanter's nightshade     20 June   June   July 2 July 9   -8.5
  (Circaea quadrisulcata)       20     30
  spotted cowbane             9 June  (Jun 30) ---- (Jul 15)  -8.0
  (Cicuta maculata)             22
  Canada lily (garden)        7 June   July 1  ----   ----    -6.0
  (Lilium canadense)            25
  creeping bellflower        19(Jun 21)July 1(July 6)July    -11.0
  (Campanula rapunculoides)                          18
  white vervain              12(Jun 26)July 2  ----   ----    -6.0
  (Verbena urticifolia)
  carpenter's square          6(Jun25)(July 3) ----   ----    -8.0
  (Scrophularia marilandica)
  black raspberry (fruit)    21 June   July 3  ---- (Jul 21) -11.0
  (Rubus occidentalis)          22 
  evening-primrose           17 July 5 July 4(Aug 17) ----    +1.0
  (Oenothera parviflora)
  oxeye (false sunflower)    12 June   July 4  ----  July    -13.0
  (Heliopsis helianthoides)     21                   30
  pale jewelweed             10 June   July 4  ---- (Aug 14)  -8.0
  (Impatiens pallida)           26
  Virginia stickseed          4(Jun 29) ----   ----   ----    ----
  (Hackelia virginiana)
  blue vervain                8(Jun 26)July 5  ----  July     -9.0
  (Verbena hastata)                                  20
  bouncing bet               10 June   July 5  ----  July     -7.0
  (Saponaria officinalis)       28                   20
  American basswood           7(Jun 26)July 6  ----  July 9  -10.0
  (Tilia americana)
  showy tick-trefoil (Glenh.)14(Jun26)(July 7) ----   ----   -11.0
  (Desmodium canadense)
  wild lettuce                8 June  (July 7) ----   ----   -13.0
  (Lactuca canadensis)          24
  wild leek (garden)         10 June   July 8  ----  July     -9.0
  (Allium tricoccum)            29                   18
  lopseed (Hardy Rd)          4 July 4(July 8) ---- (Jul 19)  -4.0
  (Phryma leptostachya)
  Oswego tea (garden)        21 June   July 8 July 6 July    -14.0
  (Monarda didyma)              24                   20
  wild bergamot              18 June   July 9(Jul 16)July     -7.0
  (Monarda fistulosa)           27                   18
  prickly lettuce             3(Jul17)(July 9) ----   ----    +8.0
  (Lactuca scariola)
  Virg. Mt. mint (garden)    18 June   July   July   Aug 3   -10.5
  (Pycanthemum virginianum)     30     10     23
  tansy                      19 June   July    ---- (Aug 10) -10.0
  (Tanacetum vulgare)           30     10
  wild hydrangea (garden)    13 July   July    ---- (Jul 18)  -3.5
  (Hydrangea arborescens)       7/8    11
  marshmallow (garden)        8 July 3(Jul 11) ---- (Jul 27)  -8.0
  (Althea officinalis)
  elecampane                  4  ----  July  (Jul 20) ----    ----
  (Inula helenium)                     11
  European speedwell          8  ---- (Jul 12)July    ----    ----
  (Veronica)                                  20
  spikenard (garden)         12 July 4 July    ---- (Jul 21)  -9.0
  (Aralia racemosa)                    13
  tall cinquefoil (garden)    7 July  (Jul 14) ----   ----     0.0
  (Potentilla arguta)           14E
  virgin's bower             10 July   July   Aug 20 Aug 14   +0.5
  (Clematis virginiana)         9E     14
  teasel                     16 July 7 July    ----  Aug 6    -8.0
  (Dipsacus fullonum)                  15
  helleborine orchid          9 July   July  (Jul 11)July    -14.8
  (Epipactis helleborine)       3/4    16            28
  Culver's root (garden)     12 July 7 July  (Jul 18)July    -11.5
  (Veronicastrum virginivum)           17            31
  buttonbush (garden)         9 July 4 July    ---- (Jul 24) -14.0
  (Cephalanthus occidentalis)          18
  black cohosh (garden)      17 July   July  (Jul18)(Aug 2)  -13.8
  (Cimicifuga racemosa)         5/6    18
  gray-head coneflower (gdn) 18 July 8 July   July   Aug 3   -10.0
  (Ratibida pinnata)                   18     24
  spearmint (garden)         10(Jul 20)July    ---- (Aug 5)   +2.0
  (Mentha spicata)                     18
  large-leaved aster         18(Jul 14)July    ----  Aug 14   -4.0
  (Aster macrophyllus)                 18
  common burdock             19(Jul 15)July    ---- (Aug 8)   -4.0
  (Arctium minus)                      19
  big bluestem (prairie)     11(Jul 16)July    ----  Aug 7    -4.0
  (Andropogon gerardii)                20
  boneset                    10  ----  July  (Aug 20)Aug 13   +7.0
  (Eupatorium perfoliatum)             20
  cup-plant (garden)         14 July   July  (Aug 18)Aug 18   -3.5
  (Silphium perfoliatum)        17     24
  great ragweed (pollen)     12 July   July  (Aug14)(Aug 18)  -5.0
  (Ambrosia trifida)            19     26
  wild cucumber               9  ----  July   Aug 17 Aug 17    0.0
  (Echinocystis lobata)                28
  horseweed                   8 July  (Jul 29) ----   ----   -10.0
  (Erigeron canadensis)         19
  wild senna (garden)        14 Aug 6  July   Aug 16 Aug 10   +6.0
  (Cassia hebecarpa)                   31
  tiger lily (garden)        13(Jul 16)Aug 1   ---- (Aug 7)  -16.0
  (Lilium tiginum)
  prairie-dock (garden)      10 Aug 2  Aug 2   ----  Aug 24    0.0
  (Silphium terebinthinaceum)
  grass-leaved goldenrod     16 Aug 9  Aug 4   ----  Sept 4   +5.0
  (Solidago graminifolia)
  rigid goldenrod (garden)   13 Aug 6  Aug 8   ----  Aug 30   -2.0
  (Solidago rigida)
  green-headed coneflower    10 July  (Aug 9)  ---- (Aug 15) -11.0
  (Rudbeckia laciniata)         29
  southern ironweed (garden) 13 Aug 7  Aug 11  ----  Aug 17   -4.0
  (Veronia crinita)
  largeflower gaura (garden) 10 July   Aug 11  ----  Aug 29  -20.0
  (Gaura longiflora)            22
  zig-zag goldenrod          14(Aug 8) Aug 11  ----  Sept 9   -3.0
  (Solidago flexicaulis)
  tall coreopsis (garden)    11(Jul 31)Aug 13  ----  Aug 31  -13.0
  (Coreopsis tripteris)
  switch grass (garden)      10(Aug 10)Aug 14  ----   ----    -4.0
  (Panicum virgatum)
  false dragonhead (garden)  15(Aug 15)Aug 15  ----   ----     0.0
  (Physostegia virginiana)
  gray goldenrod             14(Aug 15)Aug 17  ----  Sept 9   -2.0
  (Solidago nemoralis)
  arrow-leaved aster         12(Aug 20)Aug 17  ----  Sept     +3.0
  (Aster sagittifolius)                              14
  New England aster          17(Aug 20)Aug 17  ----  Sept     +3.0
  (Aster novae-angliae)                              19
  white lettuce               9 Aug 16 Aug 19  ---- (Sept 3)  -3.0
  (Prenanthes alba)
  calico aster               12 Aug 23 Aug 19  ----  Sept     +4.0
  (Aster lateriflorus)                               13
  frost aster                12 Aug 23 Aug 21  ---- (Sep 20)  +2.0
  (Aster pilosus)
  sky-blue aster (prairie)   10 Aug 20 Aug 23  ---- (Sept 20) -3.0
  (Aster oolentangiensis)
  strawberry bush (fruit)     6 Aug 23(Aug 28) ----   ----    -5.0
  (Euonymus obvatus)

  PROGRESS OF SEASONAL BLOOM COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE:  (DAYS)

  May31-Jun4    -12.0   Jun30-July4    -7.6   Jul30-Aug3   N/A
  June 5-9      -13.0   July 5-9       -7.5   Aug 4-8      N/A
  June 10-14     -7.8   July 10-14     -7.0   Aug 9-13     N/A
  June 15-19     -5.6   July 15-19     -5.9   Aug 14-18   -0.4
  June 20-24     -8.4   July 20-24     -9.7   Aug 19-23   +2.1
  June 25-29     -6.9   July 25-29      N/A
                                            
  NOTE:FF = First Flowers/Pollen;PB = Peak/Mid Bloom;E = Estimate

 

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