Thursday, 1 March 2018

Research

Great Lakes Alvars Flora



Cooper's milk vetch (Astragalus neglectus)
sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
juniper sedge (Carex juniperorum)
Hill's thistle (Cirsium hillii)
Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri)
ram's-head ladyslipper
(Cypripedium arietinum)
lakeside daisy (Hymenoxys herbacea)
dwarf lake iris (Iris lacustris)
Houghton's goldenrod (Solidago houghtonii)
northern dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)


I think I will select the Cooper's milk vetch, ram's-head ladyslipper, dwarf lake iris as these plants are among the rarer species that grow in the Alvars, as well as having very bright and beautiful blooms that are a source of food for the insects of the area.

The images below are in order







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