On Sunday, botanist Boot Boutwell led fourteen enthusiastic participants through field, forest, and bog to explore late spring wildflowers. It was a picture perfect day and we all learned new natural history and identification techniques while observing myriad beautiful species! Below is just a sampling.

1. Bladder Campion, Silene cucubalus
2. Dragon's Mouth, Arethusa bulbosa
3. Grass-Pink, Calopogon puchellus
4. Blue-eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium angustifolium
5. Common Milkweed with Monarch caterpillar, Asclepias syriaca
6. Eileen Willard observes Dragon's Mouth closely in the bog
7. A Milk Snake crosses our path
8. Boot Boutwell with the group, including several photographers