July 28, 2002
Study Group: Plants
(Photos and report by Walter Muma)

Four people met in the morning amidst doubtful weather Sunday morning at 10:00am. Major thunderstorms had passed through the area overnight, and the last one departed east from our walk area just minutes before we were scheduled to start. Unfortunately, the doubtful weather caused some other people to cancel, including two who were going to share their extensive plant knowledge with us.

However, we carried on nevertheless. It was a hot and humid, though clear, day.

Forging our way gently across a dry marsh, rich in plants to examine and identify.

Here is a montage of some of the many plants we encountered (L-R, top to bottom): blue vervain, helleborine orchid, a mallow, maidenhair fern, trillium in seed, bulb-bearing water hemlock, wood nettle,  yellow goatsbeard, and swamp milkweed.

Later we stopped for a break and wrote down everything of what we had seen that we could eat during our walk. We also included various animals that we could see signs of, even if we hadn't actually seen them.

An excellent day was had by all who participated, and we learned a lot. Thanks to everyone who came out!