Michigan Lily

Michigan Lilies in the floodplain of Sixteen Mile Creek

New Jersey Tea

New Jersey Tea is a shrub considered rare in this portion of the GTA. 

Painted Trillium

Note the long petioles on the leafy bracts which would suggest that these are Painted Trilliums.....

Virginia Bluebells - a special wildflower



False Mermaid - a Rare Vascular Plant

False Mermaid  (Floerkea proserpinacoides) 

Of note:

        "A flower of F. proserpinacoides is the logo for the Flora of North America project."

Find out more about this species at DiscoverLife

Spring in Glenorchy - May 7

A beautiful morning in Glenorchy.   Most of the following pictures were taken in the Sixteen Mile Creek Valley in the vicinity of the proposed James Snow Parkway.

A picture is worth a thousand words.....