Roger Latour sent what he describes as “a couple of pictures showing the spring flora on mount Royal in Montreal. A must-see when in Montreal!” Roger’s notes are indented.
On the left: Erythronium americanum (yellow trout lily) and on the right Acer saccharum (sugar maple):
Podophyllum peltatum, a sequence showing emergence of the very rare (here anyway…) May-apple. The plant was most likely introduced by Amerindian natives as medicinal plant well before the arrival of the French. A few fenced off colonies here and there on the mountain, all doing fine!
Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot, in the Poppy family Papaveraceae):
And a token animal—one hard to photograph—by Stephen Barnard. It’s a Wilson’s snipe (Gallinago delicata). As he says,
This is craziness. The bird was no more than 20 ft. from me. My Idaho birding friends are telling me it’s my totem, but I was thinking more along the lines of a wolf, or a bear, or an eagle. 🙂
Very nice!
I’ve found a lot of enjoyment from maple – it’s funny to say, but …
Also thought “snipe” was an imaginary creature.
Are you perhaps thinking of the Snark?
Cheers,
Haggis.
Very good. I found some May- apples in our local woods at the stage where the fruit was ready for picking. It had the most amazing smell, like super-intense lemons. I did not attempt to eat it though — it can be done, but it’s tricky I hear.
Very nice photos! Roger must be near the northern limit of the May-apple range…they are extremely common in south central Pennsylvania woodlands.
Beautiful!
Nice to see some photos from Mount Royal. Merci, Roger!
Beautiful photos!