Tag: goldenrod

I called this Woodland Goldenrod in my tweets but that’s actually the wrong common name for this species (though I was correct for its habitat preference); they’re in fact Zigzag/broadleaf goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis).

Short stature, broad toothy leaves, and small clusters of yellow flowers, it is almost a day-and-night comparison to the field goldenrods that thrive away from the forests.

This is actually the first time I’ve seen this species in the local woodlands, but at the same time I am almost never in the woodlands in the autumn season, so that’s likely in play. Granted, I only saw 2 different clumps of it in my entire forest walk.

The sunnier side of the creek (as well as the untouched large meadow which I tragically did not photograph) had a lot of the standard wildflowers; New England Aster, Poison Hemlock (? I was gonna ID as wild carrot but then went “wait a minute wild carrots don’t like wet habitats”), Goldenrod, and white wild aster.