Jan. 6, 2019
early meadow-rue, Thalictrum dioicum
Meadow-rues are wind pollinated. Seems like it might be a chancy and inefficient process where these grow deep in the woods. Other species are taller, and grow more in the open - more out in the wind. But clearly it works. One technique that helps is that the pollen producing plants are taller than the pistillate ones at the time it's all happening. Did I succeed in making this look like anemophily is in progress in this shot? Early meadow-rue flowers in the spring, before wind-blocking leaves are out, in AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV, MB, ON, QC, and on SPM. Ingham Co MI, 4/12/12.
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Hi Denise
Just thinking it's almost time to come look for Platanthera flava. Bob
Hi Bob:
I found it on Eber Rd, about 1.5 mi S. of Kitty Todd Preserve 1/4 mi from Metroparks land. I’m guessing it came in on the RR. (NwOhio)
Apparently so, but not on all plants. The brown only shows a little in this image.
Regarding umber pussytoes, one reference calls it brown-brackted pussytoes. Are it's bracts browner than other pussytoes?