The wintergreen plant adds some early green color in the woods and its leaves are the original source of wintergreen flavoring.
Wintergreen
Picture of the Day for February 4, 2024
The mile and half walk back from the waterfall always seems longer than getting there and probably a little slower since it seemed like more up hills than down. The slower pace does allow you to spot more things along the trail and I was surprised to see different green patches poking up through the snow.
Green in Snow
Picture of the Day for April 3, 2015
I still haven’t spotted any wildflowers but when it is below freezing this morning again, the flowers are wise not to poke their heads up yet. The only green and growing plant that I have spotted so far is moss. The tall, stalk-like sporophytes were waving in the strong winds above the low, leaf-like gametophytes of the moss. But moss might end up in a chickadee nest as moss is a favorite material for the nest foundation and I did see a chickadee going into a birdhouse this spring already.
Moss Sporophytes
