Birdsfoot Trefoil

Birdsfoot trefoil is a lovely little plant.

It blooms in lawns most of the summer, staying green even in the near drought conditions of August.

This cluster of blossoms has someone hiding inside!

I don't think I have ever seen a grasshopper so tiny!!

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QAL and...

QAL makes such a lovely background

for other flowers.

 

Birdsfoot Trefoil

A couple of the nice things about walking first thing in the morning are the dew, and the low angle of the sun, shining through the petals of the flowers.

Of course, you have to get right down low, to get the sun shining through the birdsfoot trefoil blossoms...

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Birdsfoot Trefoil

The birdsfoot trefoil is still blooming,

 although a lot of it is going to seed as well.

 The pods burst open and fling the seeds away.

 

Birdsfoot Trefoil

Some people call it a weed,

 but it brightens up the lawns

 in the dry days of summer.

Reflection

Sweet clover and birdsfoot trefoil reflected in the still water of the pond.

Watery Wednesday

One of the nice things

 okay, the only nice thing

 about all this heat and humidity is the dew every morning.

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Watery Wednesday

The geese have moved on, and the pond is quiet without them.

 All that's left are the reflections of the cattails and the birdsfoot trefoil.

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Watery Wednesday

Walking beside the Carp River, I noticed the birdsfoot trefoil lining the ramp down to the water.

It is a cheerful little flower that is often found in lawns in the parks around here.

Dewdrops

There was not a lot of dew left on the vipers bugloss or the red clover by the time we got to them,

but the dandelions

and daisies were covered with it.

Even the birdsfoot trefoil had dewdrops!

Today's Flowers

I am learning about the wild flowers found in the area. This is meadow salsify, which looks a lot like goatsbeard, but does not have the enlarged stem behind the flower.

And daisies are one of the flowers that everyone knows.

How about sweet clover? Very different from the spherical flower heads of the red or white clover.

This is birdsfoot trefoil. There is a lot of it growing in the lawns in the parks, now that the city is not spraying so much.

And vipers bugloss grows in the waste ground, before much else can get a toehold there.