What: Inspired by the overwhelming abundance of life this time of year, I decided to spend some time in the lawn adjacent to my yard and catalog the flowers. The lawn gets mowed quite frequently and never gets much about 7-8″ high, so it limits the types of species that can thrive there. I also included some of the taller species that grow along the perimeter. I tallied quite a few, including: Creeping Buttercup, Dandelion, English plantain, Common plantain, White clover, Black medic, Mouse-ear chickweed, Ground ivy (aka robin run around, creeping charlie, or gill over the ground), Common sorrel, Garlic mustard, Dwarf cinquefoil, Celandine poppy (like all members of the poppy family – including bloodroot – celandine has colorful sap, in this case yellow). Those were just the flowering ones.Those not yet in flower included evening primrose, violet, Queen Anne’s lace, shepherds sorrel, red clover, making it a total of ### species (and that doesn’t include any of the grasses!).
What is particularly noticeable in these lawns is the abundance of members of the pea family, particularly the clovers. Over the next few weeks, I’ll highlight some of the different clovers around.
Where: Lawns everywhere.
