Field report: April 24, 2009
I took a couple hours off yesterday to take advantage of the good weather and trekked around part of Battle Creek Park, mostly to get photos of skunk cabbage while I still could, and to see how far along the kittentails were.
Not much is blooming yet. Lots of bloodroot scattered around the woods, and wild ginger is just starting to flower. The kittentails are budding, but not yet in bloom.
This afternoon I took a quick look around the prairie at Long Lake Regional Park and found the prairie smoke already blooming. Pussytoes aren’t quite there yet, but should be blooming next week. The stalks are only about an inch or so tall now, but there are buds on them.
Tags: Battle Creek, Long Lake Park, nature, spring, Wildflowers
