Gunflint Trail - Grand Marais - Minnesota
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Wildflowers
Spring comes to the Gunflint Trail in tiny, wild bursts of colorful wildflowers. Marsh marigolds proliferate, as do blood root, tiny azure violets, and several varieties of wild orchids. Other early-appearing flowers include trailing arbutus, spring beauty, violets, linnea borealis(twin flower), Virginia bluebells, and star flower. For those who hunt with a camera or a paintbrush, there is a wealth of vibrant flora waiting to be captured on film or canvas. Wildflowers and berries flourish in the summer woods and along the shorelines, a feast for the eyes, and some, for the palette. In June, the wild strawberries peak; pink (or stemless) moccasin flower, fairy slipper orchids, bunchberry, clintonia (blue bead lily), lacy ferns and nodding trillium all come into bloom. August brings the purple wild iris, Indian pipe, purple vetch, asters, Joe Pye weed, daisies, buttercups, hawkweed, and Queen Anne's Lace, as well as highbush cranberries, red raspberries, wild currants, rose hips and blueberries. Most all the resorts have field guides in their libraries (or in the rooms at some) to help you identify what you see in the woods. To learn more about north woods wildflowers, visit these web sites: Minnesota Wildflowers Wildflowers of Minnesota's Northwoods |
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