Cut leaved Coneflower, Aleghenny Monkeyflower, Water Crowfoot, Eastern Lileaopsis. Photos Jeff White, Michael Oldham, Bob Kennedy
Avid field botanist and NSWFS member Jeff White has suggested two locations in Cumberland County for a field trip on Saturday July 25. We will meet at 10:30 in the parking lot at Shinimicas Provincial Park, just off Highway 6 about halfway between Pugwash and Amherst. This is a small, easily accessable park used for picnicing, with a lot of native vegetation growing about. We hope to see plants like blue vervain, groundnut, watercrowfoot, lance leaved cone-flower and Allegheny monkey flower in bloom. Later, we will head down to Riverview on the River Philip Estuary, near Oxford. Here we will likely see the northernmost known colony of Eastern Lileaopsis – which is an Atlantic Coastal Plains species, ragged fringed orchid and other plants typical of estuaries. Bring some bug spray in case of salt marsh mosquitoes.
If you plan to attend, please register at novascotiawildflora@gmail.com. Let us know if you would like to car pool either by offering a ride or accepting a ride.
Please monitor the website in case of last minute changes due to weather.
