03 September 2023 - Great Meadows NWR

Great Meadows NWR/Concord Unit in the A.M. Quiet morning for birds. See species accounts and other detail in:

www.ebird.org/checklist/S148879648

Red Maples at the edge of the impoundments are now showing lots of red/orange color in leaves. List of plant species in flower as follows:

Common Jewelweed
Arrow-leaved Tearthumb Persicaria sagittata/Polygonaceae
American Lotus
Pickerelweed Pontedaria cordata/Pontedariaceae
Swamp Smartweed Persicaria hydropiperoides/Polygonaceae
Water Smartweed Persicaria amphibia/Polygonaceae
Common Evening Primrose
Smartweed sp.
Devils’ Beggar-Ticks Bidens frondosa/Asteraceae
White Meadowsweet
Joe-Pye Weed sp.
Small White Aster Symphyotricum racemosum/Asteraceae
Climbing Hemp Vine
Goldenrod sp.
Wild Cucumber
White Wood Aster
Ghost Pipe

Posted on 25 de setembro de 2023, 04:43 PM by mpgooley