[NatureNS] Autumn Flora - Point Pleasant Park (16 November)

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:32:35 -0400
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         I have been housebound for the last couple of months, but 
now that I am recovering I make an effort to get out and walk every 
day.  Despite the threatening rain I went to Point Pleasant Park late 
this morning and spent two hours in leisurely walking along the 
trails and near the shore.  I haven't done any botanizing lately, so 
I focussed on discovering what plants were still in bloom on this 
mild mid-November day.  I found at least a few specimens of the 
following, though only the Panicled Hawkweed and the Wild Radish 
still had abundant blooms:

Achillea millefolium*           Yarrow
Aster lateriflorus              Calico Aster
Aster novi-belgii               New York Aster
Centaurea nigra*                Black Knapweed
Cerastium vulgatum*             Mouse-ear Chickweed
Hieracium paniculatum           Panicled Hawkweed
Leontodon autumnalis*           Fall Dandelion
Matricaria matricarioides*      Pineapple Weed
Matricaria maritima*            Mayweed
Raphanus raphanistrum*  Wild Radish
Solidago puberula               Downy Goldenrod
Sonchus arvensis*               Perennial Sow Thistle
Taraxacum officinale*           Common Dandelion
Trifolium pratense*             Red Clover

         The majority of these flowers, marked with an asterisk *, 
are identified as aliens in Zinck's edition of Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia.

         Cheers,

         Patricia L. Chalmers
         Halifax



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<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>I have
been housebound for the last couple of months, but now that I am
recovering I make an effort to get out and walk every day.&nbsp; Despite
the threatening rain I went to Point Pleasant Park late this morning and
spent two hours in leisurely walking along the trails and near the
shore.&nbsp; I haven't done any botanizing lately, so I focussed on
discovering what plants were still in bloom on this mild mid-November
day.&nbsp; I found at least a few specimens of the following, though only
the Panicled Hawkweed and the Wild Radish still had abundant
blooms:<br><br>
Achillea
millefolium*<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Yarrow<br>
Aster
lateriflorus<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Calico Aster<br>
Aster
novi-belgii<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>New York
Aster<br>
Centaurea nigra*&nbsp;&nbsp;
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Black
Knapweed<br>
Cerastium
vulgatum*<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Mouse-ear
Chickweed<br>
Hieracium
paniculatum<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Panicled Hawkweed
<br>
Leontodon
autumnalis*<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Fall
Dandelion<br>
Matricaria
matricarioides*<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>
Pineapple Weed<br>
Matricaria
maritima*<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Mayweed<br>
Raphanus raphanistrum*<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Wild Radish<br>
Solidago
puberula<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Downy
Goldenrod<br>
Sonchus
arvensis*<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Perennial Sow
Thistle<br>
Taraxacum
officinale*<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Common
Dandelion<br>
Trifolium
pratense*<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Red Clover<br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>The
majority of these flowers, marked with an asterisk *, are identified as
aliens in Zinck's edition of <u>Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia</u>.&nbsp;
<br><br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Cheers,<br>
<br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Patricia
L. Chalmers<br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Halifax<br>
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