We've been seeing a lot of new bloomers in the past week. Many of the agronomic or introduced plants in Fabaceae family are flowering. These include yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinale), alfalfa ( Medicago sativa), black medic (Medicago lupulina), red clover (Trifolium pretense), and Dutch clover (Trifolium repens).

Grasses that are showing their heads are timothy (Phleum pretense), orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata), crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum), foxtail (Setaria  sp.), and smooth bromegrass (Bromopsis inermis).

Wood's rose (Rosa woodsii), poison ivy (Toxicodenderon rydbergii), poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), and bush sunflower (Helianthus pumilus) are also in bloom now.

bush sunflower (Helianthus pumilus)

poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)



Poison ivy (Toxicodenderon rydbergii)



Wood's rose (Rosa woodsii)

black medic (Medicago lupulina)



yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinale)

orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata)







foxtail (Setaria  sp.)