Flowers |
Flowering trees, shrubs, vines |
Berries
Flowers
*Flowers are whitish or have a hint of yellow, pink or green.
**Flower color changes from yellow to orange with age.
***Non-native or exotic species.
Flowers are Protected. Please do not pick in state parks.
| Flower color
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Bloom time
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| White
|
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| Strawberry, Common & Wood
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May-mid July
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| Wood Anemone
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May-mid June
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| Pussy Toes
|
May-mid June
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| Canada Violet
|
May-mid June
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| Dewberry
|
May-mid June
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| Canada Mayflower
|
May-June
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| Star Flower
|
May-June
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| Bunchberry
|
May-July
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| Wild Sarsaparilla
|
June
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| Baneberry, White & Red
|
June
|
| Nodding Trillium
|
June
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| False Rue Anemone*
|
June-July
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| Tall Meadow Rue*
|
June-July
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| Canada Anemone
|
June-July
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| Three-toothed Cinquefoil
|
June-July
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| White Clover***
|
June-August
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| Pale Vetchling*
|
June-July
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| Cow Parsnip
|
June-July
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| One-sided Pyrola (Shinleaf)
|
June-July
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| Shinleaf (Waxflower)
|
June-July
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| Bedstraw (Cleavers)
|
June-July
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| One-flowered Wintergreen
|
June-July
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| Water Hemlock
|
June-August
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| Daisy Fleabane*
|
June-Sept.
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| Ox-eye Daisy***
|
June-Sept.
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| Common Yarrow***
|
June-Sept.
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| Spurred Gentian
|
July-August
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| Pearly Everlasting
|
July-Sept.
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| Indian Pipe
|
July-August
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| Aster, various species
|
July-Sept.
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| Turtlehead
|
July-August
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| White Lettuce*
|
July-August
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| Yellow
|
|
| Downy Yellow Violet
|
May-June
|
| Marsh Marigold
|
May-July
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| Clintonia (Bluebead Lily)
|
May-July
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| Yellow Lady's-Slipper
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June
|
| Winter Cress
|
June-July
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| Pale Vetchling
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June-July
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| Buttercup, Swamp & Tall
|
June-August
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| Bird's-foot Trefoil***
|
June-Sept.
|
| Evening Primrose**
|
June-Sept.
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| Yellow Avens
|
June-July
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| Fringed Loosestrife
|
June-July
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| Swamp Candles
|
June-July
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| Agrimony
|
June-July
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| Common Hawkweed
|
June-August
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| Black or Brown-eyed Susan
|
July-October
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| Sunflower, various species
|
July-October
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| Tansy***
|
July-Sept.
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| Goldenrod, various species
|
July-Sept.
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| Orange
|
|
| Orange Hawkweed***
|
June-August
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| Michigan Lily
|
July
|
| Jewelweed
|
August
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| Red/Pink
|
|
| Bird's-eye Primrose
|
May-June
|
| Wild Columbine
|
June-July
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| Rose Twisted Stalk
|
June-July
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| Twin Flower
|
June-July
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| Deptford Pink***
|
June-July
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| Red Clover***
|
June-Sept.
|
| Daisy Fleabane*
|
June-July
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| Spotted Coralroot
|
June-July
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| Pink Shinleaf (Waxflower)
|
June-July
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| Showy Lady's-Slipper
|
early-mid July
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| Valerian* ***
|
July-August
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| Fireweed
|
July-August
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| Blue/Purple
|
|
| Violet, various species
|
May-June
|
| Tall Lungwort (Bluebells)
|
June
|
| Moss Phlox*
|
June
|
| Blue-eyed Grass
|
June
|
| Vetch, American & Crown***
|
June-August
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| Blue Flag (Wild Iris)
|
June-July
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| Wild Geranium
|
June
|
| Butterwort
|
June
|
| Long-leaved Bluets*
|
June-July
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| Self-heal (Heal-all)***
|
June-July
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| Lupine
|
June-July
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| Harebell
|
June-August
|
| Blue Vervain
|
June-Sept.
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| Brook's Lobelia
|
July
|
| Purple Fringed Orchis
|
end July
|
| Hedge Nettle
|
July-Sept.
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| Thistle, various species***
|
July-Sept.
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| Bittersweet Nightshade***
|
July-Sept.
|
| Joe Pye Weed
|
July-August
|
| Large Leaf Aster
|
July-Sept.
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| Wild Bergamot
|
August-Sept.
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| Green
|
|
| Jack-in-the-Pulpit
|
June
|
| Northern Green Orchis
|
June
|
| Common Hop***
|
July
|
Flowering trees, shrubs & vines
S=shrub, V=vine, T=tree
| Flower color
|
Bloom time
|
| White
|
|
| Wild Current* (S)
|
May-June
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| Thimbleberry(S)
|
June-July
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| Juneberry* (S)
|
June
|
| Cherry, Pin (T) & Choke* (S)
|
May-June
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| Mountain Ash (T)
|
June
|
| Red Osier Dogwood (S)
|
June-August
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| Red-berried Elder (S)
|
June
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| Raspberry (S)
|
June
|
| High-bush Cranberry (S)
|
June-July
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| Ninebark (S)
|
June-July
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| Meadowsweet (S)
|
July-August
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| Virgin's Bower (S)
|
July-August
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| Yellow
|
|
| Fly Honeysuckle (S)
|
|
| Gooseberry* (S)
|
May-June
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| Hairy Honeysuckle** (V)
|
June-July
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| Bush Honeysuckle** (S)
|
June-August
|
| Shrubby Cinquefoil (S)
|
June-Sept.
|
| Pink/Red
|
|
| Wild Rose (S)
|
June-July
|
| Spreading Dogbane* (S)
|
|
| Purple
|
|
| Purple Clematis (V)
|
early June
|
Berries
P=poisonous, N=non-edible
| Berry color
|
Ripen time
|
| White
|
|
| White Baneberry (P)
|
July-Sept.
|
| Red Osier Dogwood (P)
|
July-Sept.
|
| Red/Orange
|
|
| Fly Honeysuckle
|
June
|
| Strawberry
|
July-August
|
| Dewberry
|
July-August
|
| Red-berried Elder (P)
|
July_August
|
| Thimbleberry
|
July-August
|
| Raspberry
|
July-August
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| Bunchberry
|
July-August
|
| Twisted Stalk (N)
|
July-August
|
| Red Baneberry (P)
|
July-Sept.
|
| Wild Rose Hips
|
August-Sept.
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| High-bush Cranberry
|
August-Sept.
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| Pin Cherry
|
August-Sept.
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| Choke Cherry
|
August-Sept.
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| Bittersweet Nightshade (P)
|
August-Sept.
|
| Mountain Ash (N)
|
August-Sept.
|
| Blue/Purple
|
|
| Juneberry
|
July-August
|
| Blue-bead Lily (P)
|
July-August
|
| Blueberry
|
July-August
|
| Wild Sarsaparilla (N)
|
July-August
|
| Gooseberry
|
July-August
|
| Speckled
|
|
| Canada Mayflower (N)
|
August
|
Flower identification tips
When you see a flower make at least 3 observations, such as:
Location:where exactly did you see the flower
(water, forest, field, along path, in sunny or shady place, on a tree, along the shoreline, on rock outcrop, etc.)
Flower color & size: does flower color vary from plant to plant
Flower shape & number of petals: is flower regular
(radially symmetrical), irregular or parts indistinguishable; is the flower part of a cluster or a single bloom; if a cluster, how are blooms attached to the stem
Leaf arrangement: how are leaves attached to stem (alternate, opposite, basal, or whorl)
Leaf shape, size & edge: is the leaf edge toothed, smooth, lobed, or divided
Stem: what is the texture
(woody, non-woody, smooth, semi-hairy, fuzzy) and shape
(square, round, triangular, zig-zag)
Bloom time: flowers have a regular bloom time, is it early, mid, or late spring, summer, or fall
