| Rough Bedstraw, Gallium asprellum
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| There was a whole thicket of this bedstraw. I had some trouble
getting a clear picture of it, but this one shows some of the hard round
burrs slightly below center, as well as the four petalled white flowers.
It's very very scratchy, and the fact that the leaves are mostly in
sixes distinguishes it from cleavers which have leaves in eights.
| | Common Name :
| Rough Bedstraw
| | Latin Name :
| Gallium asprellum
| | Location :
| Where the train tracks cross Broadway Street, near Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA
| | Date :
| 2002-06-08
| | Event :
| A Walk along the train tracks, Cambridge MA
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| Ladybug
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| Incidentally, macro mode on the camera works well, when I get it to
focus on the right thing. The plant the ladybug's sitting on is one
I don't recognise; I'll try to figure out what it is when it flowers,
since I'm sure it's common.
| | Location :
| Where the train tracks cross Broadway Street, near Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA
| | Date :
| 2002-06-08
| | Event :
| A Walk along the train tracks, Cambridge MA
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| |
| Storksbill, Erodium cicutarium
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| In the mowed area on the other side of Broadway, we found these.
They're really quite tiny and fuzzy.
| | Common Name :
| Storksbill
| | Latin Name :
| Erodium cicutarium
| | Location :
| Where the train tracks cross Broadway Street, near Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA
| | Date :
| 2002-06-08
| | Event :
| A Walk along the train tracks, Cambridge MA
|
| |  |
| |
| Storksbill, Erodium cicutarium
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| Here's a closeup view.
| | Common Name :
| Storksbill
| | Latin Name :
| Erodium cicutarium
| | Location :
| Where the train tracks cross Broadway Street, near Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA
| | Date :
| 2002-06-08
| | Event :
| A Walk along the train tracks, Cambridge MA
|
| |  |
| |
| Storksbill, Erodium cicutarium
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| Here's a closeup view.
| | Common Name :
| Storksbill
| | Latin Name :
| Erodium cicutarium
| | Location :
| Where the train tracks cross Broadway Street, near Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA
| | Event :
| A Walk along the train tracks, Cambridge MA
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| |
| Stonecrop, Sedum sarmentosum
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| I'm not quite sure of my identification here, so suggest something
closer, if you disagree. There's lots and lots of this in the roughly
mowed grass, and it's quite springy.
That it's a lot more green than it is yellow makes me think I might
have mis-identified it.
| | Common Name :
| Stonecrop
| | Latin Name :
| Sedum sarmentosum
| | Location :
| Where the train tracks cross Broadway Street, near Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA
| | Date :
| 2002-06-08
| | Event :
| A Walk along the train tracks, Cambridge MA
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| |
| Nightshade, Solanum dulcamara
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| This is familiar to most people, but I want my collection to be
complete.
| | Common Name :
| Nightshade
| | Latin Name :
| Solanum dulcamara
| | Location :
| The train tracks near Fort Washington Park, Cambridge, MA
| | Date :
| 2002-06-08 15:46
| | Event :
| A Walk along the train tracks, Cambridge MA
|
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| |
| Sulpher Cinquefoil, Potentilla recta
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| This is common enough; I've been biking past more than one clump
every day, but this picture came out well enough that I wanted it here.
| | Common Name :
| Sulpher Cinquefoil
| | Latin Name :
| Potentilla recta
| | Location :
| The train tracks near Fort Washington Park, Cambridge, MA
| | Date :
| 2002-06-08 15:48
| | Event :
| A Walk along the train tracks, Cambridge MA
|
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| |
| Common St. Johnswort, Hypericum perforatum
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| This specimen looks a little ragged; I also don't see the spots that
Peterson's claims should be there, but otherwise it fits.
I'll try to get another look and some better photos of it, later.
| | Common Name :
| Common St. Johnswort
| | Latin Name :
| Hypericum perforatum
| | Location :
| The train tracks near Fort Washington Park, Cambridge, MA
| | Date :
| 2002-06-08 15:50
| | Event :
| A Walk along the train tracks, Cambridge MA
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| |
| Curled Dock, Rumex crispus
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Common Name :
| Curled Dock
| | Latin Name :
| Rumex crispus
| | Location :
| The train tracks near Fort Washington Park, Cambridge, MA
| | Date :
| 2002-06-08
| | Event :
| A Walk along the train tracks, Cambridge MA
|
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| |
| Curled Dock, Rumex crispus
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| Detail of seeds.
| | Common Name :
| Curled Dock
| | Latin Name :
| Rumex crispus
| | Location :
| The train tracks near Fort Washington Park, Cambridge, MA
| | Date :
| 2002-06-08
| | Event :
| A Walk along the train tracks, Cambridge MA
|
| |  |
| |
| Wild Pansy, Viola tricolor
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| When the flowers are fresher, they've got a purple shading to their top
edges, and they've always got a yellow throat. This specimen is fairly
bushy, but it seems to get by among grass that's mowed. The flowers are
small, less than half an inch.
Thanks to M. K. Ramm for identifying this, since both Peterson's
guide and the Audubon one let me down here. As best I can tell from
the web, there's considerably showier variants that are cultivated,
which may be why I had so much trouble.
| | Common Name :
| Wild Pansy
| | Latin Name :
| Viola tricolor
| | Location :
| The train tracks near Fort Washington Park, Cambridge MA
| | Date :
| 2002-06-08
| | Event :
| A Walk along the train tracks, Cambridge MA
|
| |  |
| |
| King Devil, Hieracium pratense
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| There's leaves at the bottom of the very long stem (the whole thing
is a bit taller than knee high), which are smooth edged, but have the same
kind of long dark bristles that the stem has.
Maybe I'll catch it with flowers open, one of these days.
| | Common Name :
| King Devil
| | Latin Name :
| Hieracium pratense
| | Location :
| The train tracks near Fort Washington Park, Cambridge, MA
| | Date :
| 2002-06-08
| | Event :
| A Walk along the train tracks, Cambridge MA
|
| |  |
| |
| Common Cinquefoil, Potentilla simplex
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| These grow everywhere, but this time the picture came out, so I
figured I'd include it. It's sprawly and not upright like the sulpher
cinquefoil is.
A cinquefoil in the mowed area across Vassar Street from here got me
interested in the local wildflowers, after I had trouble identifying it.
Of course, the answer to "what has leaves in threes like a strawberry and
little yellow flowers?" turned out to be "a cinquefoil that got run over
by a lawnmower" but I now greet these like old friends when I see them.
| | Common Name :
| Common Cinquefoil
| | Latin Name :
| Potentilla simplex
| | Location :
| The train tracks near Fort Washington Park, Cambridge, MA
| | Date :
| 2002-06-08
| | Event :
| A Walk along the train tracks, Cambridge MA
|
| |  |
| |
| Common Mullein, Verbascum thapsus
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| At least, I think that's what that is. I'll be more sure when
it flowers. Pete stopped to pet it.
| | Common Name :
| Common Mullein
| | Latin Name :
| Verbascum thapsus
| | Location :
| The train tracks near Fort Washington Park, Cambridge, MA
| | Date :
| 2002-06-08
| | Event :
| A Walk along the train tracks, Cambridge MA
|
| |  |
| |
| Great Burdock, Arctium lappa
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| The bugs seem really into this. The groove along the top of
the stem distinguishes it from the common burdock.
| | Common Name :
| Great Burdock
| | Latin Name :
| Arctium lappa
| | Location :
| The train tracks near Fort Washington Park, Cambridge, MA
| | Date :
| 2002-06-08
| | Event :
| A Walk along the train tracks, Cambridge MA
|
| |  |
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