Flowers |
Flowering trees, shrubs, vines |
BerriesFlowers
*Flowers are whitish or have a hint of yellow, pink or green.
**Flower color changes from yellow to orange with age.
***Non-native or exotic species.
Flowers are Protected. Please do not pick in state parks.| Flower color | Bloom time |
|---|
| White | |
| Strawberry, Common & Wood | May-mid July |
| Wood Anemone | May-mid June |
| Pussy Toes | May-mid June |
| Canada Violet | May-mid June |
| Dewberry | May-mid June |
| Canada Mayflower | May-June |
| Star Flower | May-June |
| Bunchberry | May-July |
| Wild Sarsaparilla | June |
| Baneberry, White & Red | June |
| Nodding Trillium | June |
| False Rue Anemone* | June-July |
| Tall Meadow Rue* | June-July |
| Canada Anemone | June-July |
| Three-toothed Cinquefoil | June-July |
| White Clover*** | June-August |
| Pale Vetchling* | June-July |
| Cow Parsnip | June-July |
| One-sided Pyrola (Shinleaf) | June-July |
| Shinleaf (Waxflower) | June-July |
| Bedstraw (Cleavers) | June-July |
| One-flowered Wintergreen | June-July |
| Water Hemlock | June-August |
| Daisy Fleabane* | June-Sept. |
| Ox-eye Daisy*** | June-Sept. |
| Common Yarrow*** | June-Sept. |
| Spurred Gentian | July-August |
| Pearly Everlasting | July-Sept. |
| Indian Pipe | July-August |
| Aster, various species | July-Sept. |
| Turtlehead | July-August |
| White Lettuce* | July-August |
| Yellow | |
| Downy Yellow Violet | May-June |
| Marsh Marigold | May-July |
| Clintonia (Bluebead Lily) | May-July |
| Yellow Lady's-Slipper | June |
| Winter Cress | June-July |
| Pale Vetchling | June-July |
| Buttercup, Swamp & Tall | June-August |
| Bird's-foot Trefoil*** | June-Sept. |
| Evening Primrose** | June-Sept. |
| Yellow Avens | June-July |
| Fringed Loosestrife | June-July |
| Swamp Candles | June-July |
| Agrimony | June-July |
| Common Hawkweed | June-August |
| Black or Brown-eyed Susan | July-October |
| Sunflower, various species | July-October |
| Tansy*** | July-Sept. |
| Goldenrod, various species | July-Sept. |
| Orange | |
| Orange Hawkweed*** | June-August |
| Michigan Lily | July |
| Jewelweed | August |
| Red/Pink | |
| Bird's-eye Primrose | May-June |
| Wild Columbine | June-July |
| Rose Twisted Stalk | June-July |
| Twin Flower | June-July |
| Deptford Pink*** | June-July |
| Red Clover*** | June-Sept. |
| Daisy Fleabane* | June-July |
| Spotted Coralroot | June-July |
| Pink Shinleaf (Waxflower) | June-July |
| Showy Lady's-Slipper | early-mid July |
| Valerian* *** | July-August |
| Fireweed | July-August |
| Blue/Purple | |
| Violet, various species | May-June |
| Tall Lungwort (Bluebells) | June |
| Moss Phlox* | June |
| Blue-eyed Grass | June |
| Vetch, American & Crown*** | June-August |
| Blue Flag (Wild Iris) | June-July |
| Wild Geranium | June |
| Butterwort | June |
| Long-leaved Bluets* | June-July |
| Self-heal (Heal-all)*** | June-July |
| Lupine | June-July |
| Harebell | June-August |
| Blue Vervain | June-Sept. |
| Brook's Lobelia | July |
| Purple Fringed Orchis | end July |
| Hedge Nettle | July-Sept. |
| Thistle, various species*** | July-Sept. |
| Bittersweet Nightshade*** | July-Sept. |
| Joe Pye Weed | July-August |
| Large Leaf Aster | July-Sept. |
| Wild Bergamot | August-Sept. |
| Green | |
| Jack-in-the-Pulpit | June |
| Northern Green Orchis | June |
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| Common Hop*** | July |
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Flowering trees, shrubs & vines
S=shrub, V=vine, T=tree
| Flower color | Bloom time |
|---|
| White | |
| Wild Current* (S) | May-June |
| Thimbleberry(S) | June-July |
| Juneberry* (S) | June |
| Cherry, Pin (T) & Choke* (S) | May-June |
| Mountain Ash (T) | June |
| Red Osier Dogwood (S) | June-August |
| Red-berried Elder (S) | June |
| Raspberry (S) | June |
| High-bush Cranberry (S) | June-July |
| Ninebark (S) | June-July |
| Meadowsweet (S) | July-August |
| Virgin's Bower (S) | July-August |
| Yellow | |
| Fly Honeysuckle (S) | |
| Gooseberry* (S) | May-June |
| Hairy Honeysuckle** (V) | June-July |
| Bush Honeysuckle** (S) | June-August |
| Shrubby Cinquefoil (S) | June-Sept. |
| Pink/Red | |
| Wild Rose (S) | June-July |
| Spreading Dogbane* (S) | |
| Purple | |
| Purple Clematis (V) | early June |
Berries
P=poisonous, N=non-edible
| Berry color | Ripen time |
|---|
| White | |
| White Baneberry (P) | July-Sept. |
| Red Osier Dogwood (P) | July-Sept. |
| Red/Orange | |
| Fly Honeysuckle | June |
| Strawberry | July-August |
| Dewberry | July-August |
| Red-berried Elder (P) | July_August |
| Thimbleberry | July-August |
| Raspberry | July-August |
| Bunchberry | July-August |
| Twisted Stalk (N) | July-August |
| Red Baneberry (P) | July-Sept. |
| Wild Rose Hips | August-Sept. |
| High-bush Cranberry | August-Sept. |
| Pin Cherry | August-Sept. |
| Choke Cherry | August-Sept. |
| Bittersweet Nightshade (P) | August-Sept. |
| Mountain Ash (N) | August-Sept. |
| Blue/Purple | |
| Juneberry | July-August |
| Blue-bead Lily (P) | July-August |
| Blueberry | July-August |
| Wild Sarsaparilla (N) | July-August |
| Gooseberry | July-August |
| Speckled | |
| Canada Mayflower (N) | August |
Flower identification tips
When you see a flower make at least 3 observations, such as:
Location:where exactly did you see the flower
(water, forest, field, along path, in sunny or shady place, on a tree, along the shoreline, on rock outcrop, etc.)Flower color & size: does flower color vary from plant to plant
Flower shape & number of petals: is flower regular
(radially symmetrical), irregular or parts indistinguishable; is the flower part of a cluster or a single bloom; if a cluster, how are blooms attached to the stem
Leaf arrangement: how are leaves attached to stem (alternate, opposite, basal, or whorl)
Leaf shape, size & edge: is the leaf edge toothed, smooth, lobed, or divided
Stem: what is the texture
(woody, non-woody, smooth, semi-hairy, fuzzy) and shape
(square, round, triangular, zig-zag)Bloom time: flowers have a regular bloom time, is it early, mid, or late spring, summer, or fall
