We have discussed white snakeroot before, its toxicity and role in milk sickness. It seems to be the main plant blooming at this time of year. It will be interesting to see how much variation there is from year to year. There has been no attempt to put error bars around the dates as plants are mentioned. They very from location to location. This year two weeks ago the snakeroot was not blooming, it may go another two weeks. This seems to be a rare plant with actual deaths related to secondary ingestion, the meat or milk of cows which ate the plant.
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| white snakeroot,one of few flowering plants this week. |
Cucumber vines are growing with their unusual fruit, seen on the north side of Rolandvue near the Cloverlea entrance. The keys or samaras on the asian elms are becoming more obvious this week. The samaras are edible in the green stage but I am not sure of the exact species here on Wagner(two trees on the south side). The tall American fireweed at the corner of Wagner and Rolandvue is going to seed. This clump raises the possibility of rhizome spread. What would be the effect of constant light from the overhead street light? These plants get no dark period although the street light is minimal compared to the sun.
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| small notched samaras of the siberian elm?edible |
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| tall American fireweed going to seed |
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