365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Snowdrop Surprise
Day 117: A detour onto an overgrown and muddy side trail turned up an interesting find today: a patch of snowdrops covering approximately ten square feet, densely packed in a central area and otherwise randomly dispersed amid moss and normal forest debris. My guess is that they are "volunteers," transported to their present location when a local homeowner cleared them out of a garden. Daffodils and narcissi are often dispersed in this fashion, so why not snowdrops? Since they are a non-native plant and are growing in what should be a "natural" area, I will feel no pangs of conscience when I return to the site with a trowel and a bag next autumn.
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Bud Blancher Trail,
snowdrops
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