6-19 Field Mustard

6-19
Field Mustard, Maple-leaved Viburnum and Witherod, AKA Wild Raisin, are all flowering.
John

Field Mustard

Witherod

Maple-leaved Viburnum

6-18 Motherwort

6-18
Motherwort and Indian Hemp are both starting to flower.
Wild Radish is at its peak.
John

Motherwort

Indian Hemp

Wild Radish

6-17 Dogbane

6-17
Spreading Dogbane and Tall Meadow Rue are both in flower.
John

Spreading Dogbane

Tall Meadow Rue

6-16 Fringed Bindweed

6-16
Fringed Bindweed, Sheep Laurel and Whorled Loosestrife are in flower. The foliage of sheep laurel is poisonous to livestock.
John

Fringed Bindwees

Sheep Laurel

Whorled Loosestrife

6-15 Harebells

6-15
Harebells can be found in ledgy areas, parasitic Oak Drops are coming up under the oak trees they parasitize. The one pictured are at or past peak flowering.
Atop a Helleborine orchid which is not yet flowering spiderlings linger in a nursery web.
John

Harebell

Oak Drops

Spiderlings in nursery web

6-14 Clammy Ground Cherry

6-14
Clammy Ground Cherry and Sweet White Clover are flowering.
John

Clammy Ground Cherry

Sweet White Clover

6-13 Wild Rose

6-13
One of the Wild Roses and Bristly Hawksbeard are in flower.
There was an insect hatch along the West River which was a boon to spiders. I have never before seen so many insects in a web, with the exception of webs near artificial lights !
John

Wild Rose

Bristly Hawksbeard

Web full of insect hatch

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