Day 18.206: Kennebunk Plains plants

Here are some of the plants that caught my eye on Saturday. Although it started as a bird-oriented group, our nature group (now more than a year old) had always had a strand of plant watching. It has made us much more aware of the plants we see - trees, wildflowers and vines 

This is the plant that was host to the aphids and the aspen serpentine leafminer moth is in the aspen family although its common names are eastern cottonwood and necklace poplar

Plants (and people)

We were pleased to identify this leaf pattern as “whorled” - more than two leaves originating at a single point on the stem…

…the plant is whorled loosestrife 

The most famous plants here are these New England blazing stars 

Fruits forming on an American hazelnut

A view over the plains

These distinctive flowers with their very simple but elegant shape are called - appropriately enough - blue curls