Wet Woods

No, I haven't traveled to a distant lake, this is the field across the road.

The front yard, under water

(no threat to the house, though)

The path to the Point and Little Frog Creek, impassable

It will be scorching hot in the coming days and the river should finally recede.

We've found more ticks this spring than the last 5 years combined, and some nearby suburbs are talking about spraying for mosquitoes 2 months earlier than usual. Yeesh, at least it's a good year for bugs.

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We transplanted a few Green Dragons (Arisaema dracontium) from the Woods to the yard a few years ago. A fine pioneer has seeded itself in the yard far from the original transplants.

The plant is related to Jack-in-the-Pulpit and has a unusual solitary leaf divided into 5 to 21 leaflets, arranged in a C-shape. Populations extend over most of eastern North America, in wet woods and along stream banks. The plant is threatened and endangered in the northeastern U.S.

The Dragon gets its name from the long spadix that extends far beyond the spathe. Click to enlarge to see the flowers at the base of the main stem.