Last Update:
December 6, 2020
Times Covered:
November 8 - 30, 2020 & December 1 - 6, 2020
Locations:
A property just west of the Hamilton border,
road edges within 5 k of that property,
and some neighbourhood ravines.
Comments:
The flower lists continue be very limited. I am staying on our property except for walks and runs on our very local roads.
Just a quick note re December as we are already into it. The only flowers still blooming in the last few December days are on the Hairy Bittercress and one or two flowers on our Witch Hazel shrub. I will attempt to put up another note before the end of the year but do not expect to see much of anything here. Usual December flowers were in Hamilton on RBG Properties or on the Waterfront Trail and I have not been to either place since last March.
Wild & Naturalized Flowers Blooming
November 1 - 8, 2020
(N = "New" for the year * = Not native to our area)
| New | English Name | Latin Name | French Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aster, Frost | Symphyotrichum pilosum | aster poilu | |
| Aster, Heart-Leaved | Symphyotrichum cordifolium | aster à feuilles cordées | |
| Aster, Smooth | Symphyotrichum laeve | aster lisse | |
| Bittercress, Hairy * | Cardamine hirsuta | cardamine hérissée | |
| Black-Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | rudbeckie hérissée | |
| Butter-And-Eggs * | Linaria vulgaris | linaire vulgaire | |
| Buttercup, Tall * | Ranuculus acris | renoncule âcre | |
| Chickweed, Common * | Stellaria media | stellaire moyenne | |
| Clover, Red * | Trifolium pratense | trèfle rouge | |
| Daisy, Oxeye * | Leucanthemum vulgare | marguerite blanche | |
| Dandelion, Common * | Taraxacum officinale | pissenlit officinal | |
| Fleabane, Daisy | Erigeron annuus | vergerette annuelle | |
| Goldenrod, Tall | Solidago altissima | verge d`or haute | |
| Goldenrod, Zigzag | Solidago flexicaulis | verge d'or zigzag | |
| Groundsel, Common * | Senecio vulgaris | séneçon vulgaire | |
| Motherwort * | Leonurus cardiaca | agripaume cardiaque | |
| Spurge, Petty * | Euphorbia peplus | euphorbe des jardins | |
| Witch-hazel, American | Hamamelis virginiana | hamamélis de Virginie |
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:
A link to a new portfolio, under very slow 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, 2020 | 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. 1, 2019 | December Blooms - Updated to Dec. 30, 2016 |
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