By Charlie Frisk Correspondent If you have been outdoors recently you have probably noticed monarch butterflies heading south. The monarchs are traveling to the Sierra Madre Mountains of Central Mexico. Monarchs starting out in Canada will travel up to 3,000 miles one-way, and our Wisconsin monarchs travel more than 2,000 miles. I’m filled with awe …
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By Charlie Frisk Correspondent By mid-June, all but a few of the woodland spring ephemeral plants are done blooming. As the canopy fills in there just isn’t enough sunlight to fuel their growth. But, as the days become longer and the sunlight more intense, the prairie and savanna plants start their show. The flower show …
By Charlie Frisk Correspondent Trilliums, jack-in-the-pulpits, marsh marigolds, trout lilies and a host of others are blooming as May is the peak season for Wisconsin wildflowers. Blooming is timed for the brief period when there is ample sunlight, but before deciduous trees are fully leafed out. In another few weeks the best of the wildflower …
By Charlie Frisk Correspondent We are about to move into the season of spring wildflowers, a fleeting scene of beauty, constantly changing, and over all too soon. Spring woodland wildflowers are described as ephemerals, which means lasting a very short time. Ephemeral plants adapted to take advantage of when there is adequate sunlight and warmth …
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