Sunday, June 28, 2020

New Northern Minnesota Iris flower find!!! - glorious purple and yellow swamp flower!

There are more flowers - different kind - yellow. I identified most of these flowers - last year. So I can look up the previous blog posts.

But I found this new one...

I took several photos


Some kind of an orchid. I will ID it after I upload photos.

Ok a couple more photos?

OK what other photos?

I found a few small wild strawberries - I could definitely taste strong Strawberry flavor!

Oops - back to the EcoEcho Forest Cultivation!

https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/harlequin-blueflag

OK it's new for ME. haha. new find in my EcoEcho mini-forest!!
Minnesota has almost 50 native orchids.
OK so it's NOT an Orchid - it's an Iris!!

Here we go!

Minnesota has two native irises appropriately named "northern" and "southern" Blueflag with their respective continental ranges overlapping in the southern half of the state. Iris versicolor is the northern and predominant species from the Twin Cities up into Canada.

 There are many species of blue flag iris and native plants are found along the edges of swamps, wet meadows, stream banks or in forested wetlands. ..
 Many species?
Flag iris typically refers to several species of iris plant: Iris pseudacorus, the yellow flag iris. Iris versicolor, the larger blue flag iris.
ok...

Video youtube on Northern Blueflag Iris - beautiful plant!

Oh the Yellow flag iris is Invasive - interesting. It's not native I don't think?

Nope - it's not native.

Yellow flag (Iris pseudacorus): Also known as the yellow iris and water flag, yellow flag grows wild across North America, with the exception of the Rocky Mountains. But the plant is actually native to Europe, northwest Africa, and western Asia. In fact, yellow flag is seen as an ecological threat in North America because its prolific growth can out-compete native species. Still, many gardeners prefer to use it as an ornamental pond plant due to its bright yellow flowers.
https://www.friendsofthewildflowergarden.org/pages/plants/blueflag.html

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