Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary, Minneapolis, MN < http://www.minneapolisparks.com/default.asp?PageID=4&parkid=340 >
Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary
, the oldest public wildflower garden in the nation, celebrates its 100th birthday in 2007.

Wildlife   Groundhogs (Woodchucks), Eastern Cottontail (Bunny)

Plants
Spring
*
"Spring Ephemerals"
     Snow Trilliums   April 9, 2006
     Pasque flowers (Pasqueflowers) 西洋オキナグサ (Arboretum, Chanhassen, MN, April 27, 2006)
    
Hepaticas 雪割草  April 15, 2007
     Bloodroots
     Virginia bluebells
     Trout lilies
     Dutchman's breeches

Prairie Smoke (Prairie) May 28, 2010  プレイリー スモーク

Marsh Marigold  (Wetland) April 10, 2010

Eastern Skunk Cabbage flowers (Wetland) April 16, 2011  この花は、発熱し、近くの雪を融かし、開花します

Pussy Willow with Catkins  ネコヤナギ


Showy Ladyslipper (Lady Slipper, or Lady's Slipper: Minnesota's State Flower*)   ミネソタ州花(ランの一種)June 14, 2011
    
   Yellow Ladyslipper (Lady Slipper, or Lady's Slipper)  May 21, 2006

Summer
Oak Acorns  August 6 - August 7, 2011  ナラのドングリ

Late Summer Boneset


Fall (Virginia Creeper, New England Aster, Goldenrod, etc.)
Oak Leaves on a sunny fall day   秋びよりのこの日、太陽の光により、紅葉や緑から赤に変わりつつあるナラの葉が、生き生きと綺麗です    October 8, 2011
Frost on Oak Leaves 1   |  2   (Up-close)     October 29, 2011    ネーチャーウォーク:ナラの葉に霜が降りる

Prairie Dock: Fall 1    背の高いPrairie Dockの茎のトップに咲く花の種

Tamarack: Fall 1    カラマツ属(秋に落葉する針葉樹)

Ash Tree (Seeds) with a male Northern Cardinal  October 29, 2011

Late Fall
High Bush Cranberry fruits    High Bush Cranberry フルーツ    We learned High Bush Cranberry fruits here at the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden & Bird Sanctuary for the first time.

Bittersweet fruits     Bittersweetの実    We also learned Bittersweet fruits here at the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden & Bird Sanctuary for the first time.

Moss  苔

Witch Hazel    Witch Hazel flowers bloom in late fall.  晩秋に咲くユニークな形をした花 We saw our first Witch Hazel flowers here at the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden & Bird Sanctuary a few years ago.
 

Burdock Seeds
vs. "Velcro"    ゴボウの穂と
"Velcro"

Controlled Prairie Burning (野焼き)

Note: Eloise Butler Wildflower and bird Sanctuary is one of the best places to find the wildflowers and to learn about wildflowers. For more info, click here.

* Showy Ladyslipper < http://www.state.mn.us/portal/mn/jsp/content.do?id=-8542&subchannel=null&sc2=null&sc3=null&contentid=536879483&contenttype=EDITORIAL&programid=9227&agency=NorthStar  >

FYI: On Saturdays (From April through October), Eloise Butler Wildflower & Bird Sanctuary gives two naturalist guided birding tours. Naturalist Tammy leads Birding II while Naturalist Christine, Birding I.  The birding tours are awesome!  ---  Joe, a novice birder.      Tips for English: bird-watching = birding, bird-watcher = birder
 
modified: November 28, 2011
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