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Orchid</strong> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_sN1WkZAh209Hsmo519Bq7g) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Laura recalls that this ancient moss was once used as a Christmas decoration, so the type must be fairly common. Our best guess which we should have mentioned initially is one of the Club-Mosses, refer to page 108 Common Wild Flowers & Plants of Nova Scotia. Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia lists 15 species of club-mosses so if someone has this book it may provide the answer as to this plants identification. Hans ----- Original Message ----- From: Hans Toom To: Naturens@Chebucto.Ns.Ca Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 12:57 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Nature Photos I hiked the coastal barren yesterday between Duncan's Cove and Ketch Harbour and return, mostly inland away from the foggy cliffs. I wore my hiking boots, always a bad move out here, and arrived back at the car with soaking feet and pant legs. Many of the nesting birds have already fledged and left, including the Lincoln's Sparrows. How quickly it all happens, after our birds arrive from the south they begin a frantic race against time to prepare strong migration ready offspring poised to head south in the late summer and fall. The highlight of my hike was the first Grass Pink Orchid of the season, about a week or two early according to my information. I only saw the one on the three hour hike. Laura and I found what we believe is a common ancient moss at Chebucto Head. It's the first photo in this set so any help in identifying it is appreciated. Patricia Chalmers alerted us all to the Golden Heather at Chebucto Head. We found and photographed it on Thursday evening, a magnificent plant, as are all flowering heaths and heathers. During my trek yesterday I found more of this plant although never in large bunches. Blue Flag Iris is in bloom everywhere but the best display of all is in our backyard bog. Our property extends back 650 feet from the road into the middle of this bog. You can get in serious trouble if you walk out too far. But there were at least 50 of the iris in one group and lots of Dragon's Mouth Orchids. Hans http://www.pbase.com/snahmoot/image/114322571 _________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada Website: http://hanstoom.com _________________________________ --Boundary_(ID_sN1WkZAh209Hsmo519Bq7g) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16850" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Laura recalls that this ancient moss was once used as a Christmas decoration, so the type must be fairly common. Our best guess which we should have mentioned initially is one of the <STRONG>Club-Mosses</STRONG>, refer to page 108 <STRONG>Common Wild Flowers & Plants of Nova Scotia</STRONG>. <STRONG>Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia</STRONG> lists 15 species of club-mosses so if someone has this book it may provide the answer as to this plants identification.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hans</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca href="mailto:Htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca">Hans Toom</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca href="mailto:Naturens@Chebucto.Ns.Ca">Naturens@Chebucto.Ns.Ca</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 27, 2009 12:57 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Nature Photos</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hiked the coastal barren yesterday between Duncan's Cove and Ketch Harbour and return, mostly inland away from the foggy cliffs. I wore my hiking boots, always a bad move out here, and arrived back at the car with soaking feet and pant legs. Many of the nesting birds have already fledged and left, including the <STRONG>Lincoln's Sparrows.</STRONG> How quickly it all happens, after our birds arrive from the south they begin a frantic race against time to prepare strong migration ready offspring poised to head south in the late summer and fall.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The highlight of my hike was the first <STRONG>Grass Pink Orchid</STRONG> of the season, about a week or two early according to my information. I only saw the one on the three hour hike.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Laura and I found what we believe is a common ancient moss at Chebucto Head. It's the first photo in this set so any help in identifying it is appreciated. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Patricia Chalmers alerted us all to the <STRONG>Golden Heather</STRONG> at Chebucto Head. We found and photographed it on Thursday evening, a magnificent plant, as are all flowering heaths and heathers. During my trek yesterday I found more of this plant although never in large bunches.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Blue Flag Iris</STRONG> is in bloom everywhere but the best display of all is in our backyard bog. Our property extends back 650 feet from the road into the middle of this bog. You can get in serious trouble if you walk out too far. But there were at least 50 of the iris in one group and lots of <STRONG>Dragon's Mouth Orchids.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hans</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>&