Monday, May 20, 2024

Five of everything


Common Cinquefoil, New Jersey, 19 May 2024.  Five-parted leaves and flowers with five petals.  In a pleasant surprise, I learned this is not considered a noxious weed.  The Wikipedia entry says "Pollinators include mason bees, small carpenter bees, cuckoo bees, halictid bees, syrphid flies, tachinid flies, blow flies, and others. Less common pollinators are wasps and butterflies. Rabbits and groundhogs eat the foliage."  While I saw no pollinators at all in the few minutes I was observing the wildflower section behind Tabby's Place, as far as I'm concerned, if it's good for the bunnies, say no more.
 

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