Filipendula rubra
Siting Information
- Date:
June 10, 2021
- Time:
11:00 a.m.
- Location:
Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area (100 Museum Road, Stevens, PA 17578)
- Habitat: pollinator wildflower garden area in front of visitor's center
- Weather: approximately
75 degrees Fahrenheit, some clouds, humid
This flower was difficult to identify because it hadn't quite bloomed yet. Some individuals were almost four feet tall! Other clues that stood out were the clustered flowers, the large and deeply lobed toothed leaves, and the heart-shaped clasping leaves lower down on the plant. I was able to ask a woman maintaining the garden what the flowers looked like when they bloomed but told her that I didn't want to know the name of the plant because I was working on identification. She described it enough that while I had to flip through a good portion of the book, I could exclude choices easily to determine this plant's species.
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