Parker Mill

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I'm helping as a volunteer to take care of the riverbank natural area at Parker Mill park on Geddes Road. I'd like to document what I find - and for the moment, that will happen here. This is totally in progres this morning, not done yet - I'd like to find reference photos for the plantings, and I need to post my own photos .

Plants planted in fall 2008, and where planted (wet/dry/both):
Grasses:
Canada Wild Rye (Elymus canadensis) - dry - photo
Riverbank Wild Rye (Elymus riparius) - both - photo
Bottlebrush Grass (Hystrix patula) - dry - photo

 Forbs:
Aster laevis - Smooth Aster - Dry - photo
Aster saggitifolius - Arrow-leaved Aster - dry - photo
 Dioscorea villosa  - Wild Yam - both - photo
Geranium maculatum - Wild Geranium - both - photo
Eupatorium purpureum - Purple Joe Pye Weed - dry - photo
Heracleum maximum - Cow Parsnip - wet - photo
Heliopsis helianthoides - False Sunflower - dry  - photo
Hydrophyllum virginianum - Virginia Waterleaf - wet -  photo
Lobelia siphilitica - Blue Lobelia - wet - photo
Monarda fistulosa - Bee-Balm - both - photo
Rudbeckia laciniata - Green-headed Coneflower - wet  - photo
Solidago juncea - Early Goldenrod - dry  - photo

Invasives and weeds to remove:
Garlic mustard
Sweet clover
Queen Anne's Lace
Thistle
Burdock
Dandelions
Multiflora rose
Lambs quarters
Dames Rocket (petals of 4)

Visit May 19, 2009
What's blooming here: nothing today
What's blooming in adjacent natural areas: _______________
Stewardship work: Removed garlic mustard

Visit May 31, 2009
What's blooming here:
Virginia waterleaf
Wild geranium
Forget-me-not
Strawberry ??
Buttercup - ??
Blue flag Iris 
What's blooming in adjacent areas:
Need id _________
Stewardship work: Removed garlic mustard and dames rocket, dead-headed last-year's growth.
Other notes: Holy swarming bees, batman! Along the boardwalk. 

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