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Hi there,
I spent an hour or so this morning looking for birds at the
North City Yard along the shore of Bedford Basin in Halifax. I hoped
to find some of the recently-reported rarities. The wind was high,
there were white-caps on the Basin and conditions were not good for
birding. However, birds are usually very active right before
snowstorms, so I thought I might find it the same before the onset of
Noel. It was also the first time that I could get over there this
week. I didn't have the good fortune to run into either Don MacNeill
or Dave Currie, who must have been there earlier than I was, and I
missed seeing my objectives. A persistent Park Patrol man who told
me I wasn't allowed on city property (no, there were no signs) didn't
make my search easier.
However, I couldn't help but notice how many plants were
still in bloom, and decided to record them on this early November
day. The following were seen along the roadside, beside the railway
tracks, in the ditches, and near the dump-piles of debris down by the shore :
Achillea millefolium* Yarrow
Aster puniceus Purple-stemmed Aster
Bidens frondosa* Common Beggar Ticks
Centaurea nigra* Black Knapweed
Cornus sericea Red-osier Dogwood (this was a real surprise)
Daucus carota* Queen Anne's Lace
Erigeron sp. Fleabane
Euthamia graminifolia Lance-leaved Goldenrod
Hesperis matronalis* Dame's Rocket
Hieracium lachenalii* Common Hawkweed
Hieracium sp. Hawkweed (another species)
Hypericum perforatum* Common St. John's-wort
Lepidium densiflorum* Pepper Grass
Linaria canadensis* Blue Toadflax
Linaria vulgaris* Butter-and-eggs
Matricaria maritima* May Weed
Medicago lupulina* Black Medick
Oenothera biennis Common Evening Primrose
Polygonum cuspidatum* Japanese Knotweed
Polygonum persicaria* Lady's Thumb
Rosa rugosa* Rugose Rose
Senecio jacobaea* Tansy Ragwort
Senecio vulgaris* Common Groundsel
Sinapis arvensis* Charlock
Solanum nigrum* Black Nightshade
Solidago puberula Downy Goldenrod
Solidago rugosa Rough-stemmed Goldenrod
Sonchus arvensis* Perennial Sow Thistle
Tanacetum vulgare* Tansy
Taraxacum officinale* Common Dandelion
Trifolium pratense* Red Clover
Trifolium repens* White Clover
Vicia cracca* Tufted Vetch
The majority of these flowers, marked with an asterisk *,
are identified as aliens in Zinck's edition of Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia.
Cheers,
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
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Hi there,<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>I spent an
hour or so this morning looking for birds at the North City Yard along
the shore of Bedford Basin in Halifax. I hoped to find some of the
recently-reported rarities. The wind was high, there were white-caps on
the Basin and conditions were not good for birding. However, birds are
usually very active right before snowstorms, so I thought I might find it
the same before the onset of Noel. It was also the first time that
I could get over there this week. I didn't have the good fortune to
run into either Don MacNeill or Dave Currie, who must have been there
earlier than I was, and I missed seeing my objectives. A persistent
Park Patrol man who told me I wasn't allowed on city property (no, there
were no signs) didn't make my search easier. <br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>However, I
couldn't help but notice how many plants were still in bloom, and decided
to record them on this early November day. The following were seen
along the roadside, beside the railway tracks, in the ditches, and near
the dump-piles of debris down by the shore :<br><br>
Achillea
millefolium*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Yarrow<br>
Aster
puniceus<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Purple-stemmed
Aster<br>
Bidens
frondosa*
<x-tab> </x-tab>Common Beggar Ticks<br>
Centaurea nigra*
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Black
Knapweed<br>
Cornus
sericea<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Red-osier Dogwood
(this was a real surprise)<br>
Daucus
carota*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Queen Anne’s
Lace<br>
Erigeron
sp.<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Fleabane<br>
Euthamia graminifolia
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Lance-leaved
Goldenrod<br>
Hesperis
matronalis*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Dame's
Rocket<br>
Hieracium
lachenalii*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Common Hawkweed
<br>
Hieracium
sp.<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Hawkweed (another
species)<br>
Hypericum perforatum* <x-tab> </x-tab>Common St.
John’s-wort<br>
Lepidium densiflorum*
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Pepper Grass<br>
Linaria
canadensis*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Blue
Toadflax<br>
Linaria
vulgaris*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>
Butter-and-eggs<br>
Matricaria
maritima*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>May Weed<br>
Medicago
lupulina*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Black Medick<br>
Oenothera
biennis<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Common Evening
Primrose<br>
Polygonum cuspidatum*<x-tab> </x-tab>Japanese
Knotweed<br>
Polygonum
persicaria*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Lady's Thumb<br>
Rosa
rugosa*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Rugose Rose<br>
Senecio
jacobaea*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Tansy
Ragwort<br>
Senecio
vulgaris*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Common
Groundsel<br>
Sinapis
arvensis*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Charlock<br>
Solanum
nigrum*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Black
Nightshade<br>
Solidago
puberula<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Downy
Goldenrod<br>
Solidago
rugosa<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Rough-stemmed
Goldenrod<br>
Sonchus
arvensis*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Perennial Sow
Thistle<br>
Tanacetum vulgare*
<x-tab> </x-tab>Tansy<br>
Taraxacum
officinale*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Common
Dandelion<br>
Trifolium
pratense*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Red Clover<br>
Trifolium repens*
<x-tab> </x-tab>White Clover <br>
Vicia
cracca*<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Tufted Vetch<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>The
majority of these flowers, marked with an asterisk *, are identified as
aliens in Zinck's edition of <u>Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia</u>.
<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Cheers,<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Patricia
L. Chalmers<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Halifax<br>
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