vernal pool

Mittineague

Upper Terrace (C) to (F)

There are 42 plants in blossom on May the 20th.
Blue Toadflax Linaria canadensis blossoms between May 23 and Jun 17
Bluets Houstonia caerulea Apr 18 to Jun 18
Canada Mayflower Maianthemum canadense May 15 to Jun 03
Celandine Chelidonium majus May 07 to Sep 11
Cleavers Galium aparine May 15 to May 27
Common Chickweed Stellaria media Mar 26 to Jun 09
Common Cinquefoil Potentilla simplex Apr 30 to Aug 19
Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Apr 03 to May 21
Common Winter Cress Barbarea vulgaris Apr 25 to May 30
Cow Vetch Vicia cracca May 23 to Aug 29
Dame's Violet Hesperis matronalis May 15 to Jun 18
Dwarf Cinquefoil Potentilla canadensis Apr 18 to May 30
False Solomon's Seal Smilacina racemosa May 15 to May 30
Field Hawkweed Hieracium pratense May 23 to Sep 07
Field Sorrel Rumex acetosella Apr 28 to May 18
Garlic Mustard Alliaria officinalis Apr 29 to Jun 17
Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea May 15 to May 30
Great Chickweed Stellaria pubera May 07 to Jun 19
Ground Ivy Glechoma hederacea Apr 20 to Jun 18
Hooked Crowfoot Ranunculus recurvatus May 18 to May 23
Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema atrorubens May 18 to May 23
Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica May 21 to May 30
Larger Blueflag Iris versicolor May 21 to Jun 05
Moss Phlox Phlox subulata Apr 16 to Jun 01
Mouse-ear Chickweed Cerastium vulgatum Apr 24 to May 27
Myrtle Vinca minor Apr 11 to Jun 01
Northern White Violet Viola pallens Apr 21 to May 21
Oxeye Daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum May 15 to Aug 02
Pink Lady Slipper Cypripedium acaule May 15 to May 28
Red Clover Trifolium pratense May 23 to Oct 24
Small-flowered Crowfoot Ranunculus abortivus May 12 to May 18
Small Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema triphyllum May 18 to May 23
Tall Buttercup Ranunculus acris May 15 to Jul 16
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia May 10 to Aug 02
True Forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides May 02 to Jun 07
Water Hemlock Cicuta maculata May 15 to....
This series of 10 photos were taken on Feb 27 2000. They go atop the Upper Terrace, and end at the beginning of the Fill. Many years ago the Westfield river was much higher. Of course so was the land. (And this after being beneath glacial lake Hitchcock!) The river once flowed around the upper terrace such as it does today around the park's southern tip.
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Choices from (F)
To (D) from (F), the Fill 21 photos Feb 27 2000.
Looking north along the fill are many Vernal Pools 14 photos Mar 23 2000.
For a geological depiction of the upper terrace check out the Surficial Geology page.
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