Chippewa National Forest

Here are some of the plants and lichens that I have been lucky enough to check out at work:

Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)

The furry leaves of the Wild Ginger. 

The Northern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) swamps that I get to tromp around in to look for rare orchids and lichens!

Throughout the swamps there are these half fallen trees that make a really cool landscape. 

Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)

The rare lichen Usnea angulata

This plant is called Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

This is why it is called Bloodroot. 

Dicentra cucullaria

Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema atrorubens)

This spring is beautiful here!

Nodding Trillium (Trillium cernuum)

Mitrewort (Mitella diphylla)

Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)

Peltigera apthosa

Sticta beauvosii is another lichen species that we survey for. 

The striking leaves of the Rattlesnake Orchid (Goodyera repens)

My first detection of the Calypso orchid!

Calypso bulbosa

Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)

The only known sighting of the Yellow Speckle Belly Lichen (Psuedocyphellaria crocata) in Chippewa National Forest. So pretty!

The very rare Ramshead Lady Slipper (Cypripedium arietinum)

The Coral Root Orchid (Corallorhiza striata var. striata)

Corallorhiza trifida

Bog Laurel (Kalmia polifolia)

Labrador Tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum) smells so good and it covers the sunny patches in the swamps!

Blue Bead Lily (Clintonia borealis)

The Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)

The Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) looks just like our California Columbine.  

Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin

Gorgeous!

Wild Calla (Calla palustris)