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New population discovered about last week. Likely occurs in other nearby areas, especially off-trail.

Was visited by some sort of gnat (see #2, #6). In a large population of >30 individuals, but was the only one flowering.

keeping details private on this, message with credentials if interested. Location obscured - not outside of known range.

White pine seems be the common companion plant more than most others

Thanks to @natemarchessault for this great discovery.

Boechera laevigata (smooth rockcress), Middlefield, CT

Linnaea borealis (American twinflower), Acadia National Park, ME

Heliopsis helianthoides flowers

Absolutely gorgeous wall of these growing here.

Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue), Kent, CT

Mitella diphylla (two-leaf mitrewort, two-leaved bishop's-cap), Kent, CT

Spiranthes vernalis (spring ladies'-tresses), Cooks Cemetery, Woonsocket, RI

Carex crinita var. brevicrinis (fringed sedge), Noank Ledyard Rd, Groton, CT. Achenes without a dent.

Vaccinium macrocarpon (large cranberry), Pawaget, Charlestown, RI

Hemileuca maia (buck moth), Exeter, RI

Lipocarpha micrantha (small-flowered dwarf-bulrush), Great Quittacas Pond, Lakeville, MA

Sabatia kennedyana (Plymouth rose-gentian), Barnstable, MA

Platanthera clavellata (little club-spur bog-orchid), Phillips Brook, West Greenwich, RI

Leaves, trigs and fruits covered with fine speckles. Leaves silvery underneath.

In a rich mesic woods, mid to upper slope, with lots of Erythronium and Trillium. A known site monitored by a great group of volunteers.

Liparis loeselii (Loesel's wide-lipped orchid), West Greenwich, RI

Trail Edge path with many sandplain species and a seep; deer trail through patch.

On granite.

Small trailside patch with 35 plants, older stand Nyssa sylvatica, mesic to wet, moderate density Clethra understory and Gaultheria procumbens, Pyrola americana, Mitchella repens nearby.

Large population in old cranberry bog at Windswept, west side of Bog complex.

This is the localized population of Calopogon at Windswept.

Looking like these will be the last pre-flower photos. Fun to watch them develop from winter rosettes.

Fruits developing while flower persists

Easily 500 on this pond but this is a rough estimate as I was doing a bird survey. Yellowish uprights in second and third photos are this species and included to show scale

Sabatia kennedyana (Plymouth rose-gentian), Yarmouth, MA

Minuartia michauxii (Michaux's sandplant), Greenfield, MA

Sabatia kennedyana (Plymouth rose-gentian), on the exposed shore of a coastal plain pond, Cape Cod, MA. Special Concern.

Feasting upon Ilex x attenuata berries.

Generally gynaecandrous, but some terminal spikes male or tipped with male flowers