Curvepod or Western Yellow Cress (Rorippa curvisiliqua), Brassicaceae
Curvepod or Western Yellow Cress (Rorippa curvisiliqua), Brassicaceae
Winter Cress (Barbarea orthoceras), Brassicaceae
Winter Cress (Barbarea orthoceras), Brassicaceae
Winter Cress (Barbarea orthoceras), Brassicaceae
Winter Cress (Barbarea orthoceras), Brassicaceae
Lake elevation of 6224.29, almost five feet below high water, but still over a foot above low water (natural rim), exposing lots of disturbed shore for weeds to pioneer, both native weedy plants which are part of this healthy ecosystem, and non-native invaders which the Park botanists and knowledgeable concerned citizens properly remove.
first Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) of the season. Pulled a couple few dozen on the shore here, also a couple dozen Verbascum thapsus, a few Cirsium vulgare, a couple Lactuca serriola, a dozen Tragopogon dubious, a dozen Taraxacum officinale
This is the primary grass which grows here on the shore (presumably native? certainly preferable), amongst which the invasive Cheatgrass appears. So it becomes an exercise in ‘picking the flyshit out of the pepper’. I personally prefer my pepper without flyshit. And against all odds, it’s working.
Sticky Cinquefoil (Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa) Rosecaseae, has pinnate leaves but is variable (as opposed to it’s lookalike non-native cousin Potentilla Norvegica which just has ternate leaves)
Sticky Cinquefoil (Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa) Rosecaseae
These leaves look more like Potentilla Norvegica, than Drymocallis glandulosa but will have to wait and see if it becomes pinnate as the leaf stems grow
Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora), Scropulariaceae
non-native Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) Asteraceae. I didn’t used to bother even pulling these, figuring they were a lost cause, naturalized as they say, and in most cases it is true, but after having seen such success with the other non-natives in the Park after a few years, I started going after these as well, and it is definitely working, on the margins, though requires extra diligence, due to their quite rapid blooming turnaround. Weeding in my mind is not so much about eradication as it is about pushing back, providing some check against spreading, knowing full well it will return when I stop. It’s more about the process and mindset, than it is about accomplishing some absolute goal. It’s like mortality itself.
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) Asteraceae
Snow Plant (Sarcodes sanguinea), Ericaceae
Choker cable, cinched on logs for skidding behind a cat. There was some selective logging here in the 1940’s which is probably when this dates from.