Blooming in the Bog

Visit this page often as we keep it updated all spring and summer with the weekly bloomers at Cedar Bog. This page is was updated September 4, 2009.

Blooming

 

Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa Family: Mint Location: Northern Meadows Fact: Northern Meadows Fact: Similar to Bee-Balm. The flowers are pinkish or lilac, however, we have had mutant white flowers at the Bog. Once used to treat respiratory ailments because of its scent. Native. Blooms:  June-September.

 

Shrubby Cinquefoil Potentilla fruticosa Family: Rose Location: Sedge Meadows Fact: This is one of the plants that is an indicator of a fen. Native. Blooms:  June-October.

 

Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica Family: Nettle Location: Throughout Fact: Do not touch this plant causes severe itching. Not Native. Blooms:  June-September.

 

Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium maculatum Family: Aster Location: Boardwalk into Bog and Northern Meadow Areas Fact: Native Americans used this plant to treat fevers and American colonists used it to treat typhus. Native. Blooms:  July-September.

 

Prairie Dock Silphium terebinthinaceum Family: Aster Location: Throughout Fact: Native. Blooms:  August-October.

 

Tall Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata Family: Aster Location: Upper Meadow Near Chip Path Fact: Native. Blooms:  August-October.

 

Yellow Rocket Barbarea vulgaris Family: Mustard Location: Parking and first boardwalk section Fact: Yellow Rocket AKA Winter Cress. Not Native. Blooms:  April-August.