Elderberry
Elderberry is among the tangle of plants growing near the river, visible from the 157 bridge (near Big Falls parking lot). And photobombing this shot: perhaps a mating pair of stoneflies? Look fo...
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Giant Laurel in bloom
This tree is the matriarch of the park, aging and a bit hobbled, but holding her dignity. This year's blossoming season has begun!
wild iris
These irises claim their place below Big Falls, in a flat moist area surely subject to high water and fast currents every spring. I don't believe I've seen irises in the wild like this. What tenaci...
columbine from below
What's remarkable about this image is where I was standing. I'm standing beneath an overhang, with a red speck barely visible above… Below is the same flower (at center top), from the same angle an...
lady slipper (cheat!)
These are not from Wadsworth, alas, but from Canfield Woods (Deep River, CT) this weekend. Still, I must post here. The season has arrived!
pinecone willow gall-midge
There are so many of these dried cone-like structures on this particular willow tree that I was sure it was some kind of samara or seed pod, despite recalling nothing like it in any description of ...
Heart-leaved willow
The "heart" shape of the leaves is barely discernible, but unlike the other willows, this one has leaves that spread outward and back a bit before curving into a long, typical, willow shape.
False buckthorn
There's just one specimen of this plant, as far as I can tell, but it's a very dense shrub near the pond. I don't know what this strange orange-red growth might be.
Flowering dogwood
In the interior of the park, I haven't seen the showy blossoms (actually bracts) of the flowering dogwood; either they're other dogwood species, or not in flower. But in the public area of the park...
