6-12 Pineapple WeedJapanese Pearlwort

6-12
Pineapple Weed, Yellow Iris and Japanese Pearlwort - all introduced species - are now flowering.
John

Pineapple Weed

Yellow Iris

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6-11 Daisy Fleabane

6-11
Daisy Fleabane, Common Wood Sorrel and Spatterdock, AKA Yellow Pond Lily, are among the day's flowerings.
John

Daisy Fleabane

Common Wood Sorrel

Spatterdock

6-8 Blue Toadflax

6-8
Blue Toadflax, Small Sundrops and True Forget-me-nots are among the species starting to flower.
John

Blue Toadflax

Small Sundrops

True Forget-me-nots

6-10 False Blue Indigo

6-10
False Blue Indigo, which is a garden escape, Frostweed and Maiden Pink are all in flower.
John

False Blue Indigo

Frostweed

Maiden Pink

6-9 Carrion Flower

6-9
Carrion flower, named for its odor, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil and the beautiful but very invasive Multiflora Rose are all in flower.
John

Carrion Flower

Rough-fruited Cinquefoil

Multiflora Rose

6-7 Chokeberry

6-7
Chokeberry and Black Huckleberry are in flower.
Viceroy butterflies are airborne.
John

Chokeberry

Black Huckleberry

Viceroy

6-6 Orange Hawkweed

6-6
Orange Hawkweed and Common Speedwell are among the day's flowering.
On a gravel road, a squadron of Tiger Swallowtails "puddled" seeking vital minerals.
John

Orange Hawkweed

Common Speedwell

Tiger Swallowtails

6-5 Bristly Locust

6-5
The large pea-like flowers of Bristly Locust are opening.
John

6-4 Indian Cucumber Root

6-4
The odd little flowers of Indian Cucumber Root dangle beneath whorls of leaves.
John

6-3 White Mulberry

6-3
Both White Mulberry and the rare Lance-leaved Violets are in flower.
John

White Mulberry

Lance-leaved Violets

6-2 Highbush Cranberry

6-2 The somewhat maple-like leaves of Highbush Cranberry make it easy to identify.
There are at least 30 varieties of Hawthorn in Vermont making them next to impossible for the amateur to name.
Marsh Blue Violets sport deeper blue throat shading - a good clue to their identity.
John

Highbush Cranberry

Hawthorn

Marsh Blue Violets

6-1 Birdsfoot Trefoil

6-1
Birdsfoot Trefoil brightens fields and roadsides.
Virginia Waterleaf is at its flowering peak and the namesake flowers of the aggressively invasive Black Swallowwort are starting to open.
John

Birdsfoot Trefoil

Black Swallowwort

Virginia Waterleaf

5-31 White Campion

5-31
White Campion, English Plantain and Silvery Cinquefoil are all starting to flower.
John

White Campion

English Plantain

Silvery Cinquefoil

5-30 Stitchwort

5-30
Stitchwort slouches against any nearby grasses and weeds, and in cool swampy areas the little, almost skeletal flowers of Mountain Holly are open.
John

Stitchwort

Mountain Holly

5-29 Hairy False Solomon's Seal

5-29
Hairy False Solomon's Seal and Yellow Hawkweed are among the day's flowerings.
A raft of brick red Springtails (AKA Snow Fleas) formed atop a mud puddle this morning.
John

Hairy False Solomon's Seal

Yellow Hawkweed

Springtails

5-28 Goat's Beard

5-28

Goat's Beard and Ox-eye Daisy are in flower.

John

Goat's Beard

Ox-eye Daisy

5-27 Blue-eyed Grass

5-27
Blue-eyed Grass is cropping up in old fields.
Parasitic One-flowered Cancerroot favors the edges of those same fields.
John

Blue-eyed Grass

One-flowered Cancerroot

5-26 White Clover

5-26
White Clover is in the process of opening florettes.
The four petals of Dame's Rocket mark it as a member of the mustard family.
Tall cinquefoil has opened a few of its uncharacteristic white flowers.
John

White Clover

Dame's Rocket

Tall Cinquefoil

5-25 Round-leaved Ragwort

5-25
Round-leaved Ragwort, Common Flax and Dwarf Dandelion are all flowering.
John

Round-leaved Ragwort

Common Flax

Dwarf Dandelion

5-24 Painted Turtle

5-24
A Painted Turtle was crossing Quarry Rd this morning.
Tall Buttercups and Herb Robert are in flower.
John

Painted Turtle

Tall Buttercup

Herb Robert