Summer Flowers along the Charles

Photos taken along the Charles River in Cambridge, MA, on July 7, 2008.

There was a lot of pretty chicory growing along the river.

Not all the chicory was blue -- here and there, I found some plants with flowers that were a very pale lilac instead, like this one.

These yellow flowers are sweet-clover. This is a non-native weed.

Closeup of the sweet-clover flowers. These don't look especially clover-like to me....

I passed by a big patch of daisy fleabane.

I saw lots of morning glories clinging to the other plants along the river.

There were white morning glories as well as pink ones.

This is smartweed, a member of the buckwheat family. These were growing quite tall, two feet or so.

This flower, not yet fully open, is a Queen Anne's Lace. It's a member of the carrot family, like the yarrow.

Here's a Queen Anne's Lace that's fully open.

Closeup of the Queen Anne's Lace. Note the bug.

I walked from Western Avenue past Harvard and the Mount Auburn Hospital. Here's a general view at about the halfway point, looking upstream just past the JFK Street bridge.

I'm more used to seeing milkweed with pink- or purple-tinted flowers in this area, but these were pale yellow.

This looks like a garden phlox. I found one small patch of them growing by the river as I approached the hospital.

Here's another phlox.

Here's some white avens, with a visiting bug. Note the long sepals that are the distinguishing feature of this flower.

Avens without the bug.

I also found a patch of day lilies.

Here's a view with a large group of geese swimming upstream.

I caught up with the geese in front of the hospital. Note the half-grown goslings in the foreground.

I returned to Harvard Square by way of Brattle Street, a very tony neighborhood. One of the fancy houses I passed by there had these cute froggy lights installed along the front walkway. Ribbit, ribbit.

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	There was a lot of pretty chicory growing along the river.
	Not all the chicory was blue -- here and there, I found some plants with flowers that were a very pale lilac instead, like this one.
	These yellow flowers are sweet-clover. This is a non-native weed.
	Closeup of the sweet-clover flowers. These don't look especially clover-like to me....
	I passed by a big patch of daisy fleabane.
	I saw lots of morning glories clinging to the other plants along the river.
	There were white morning glories as well as pink ones.
	This is smartweed, a member of the buckwheat family. These were growing quite tall, two feet or so.
	This flower, not yet fully open, is a Queen Anne's Lace. It's a member of the carrot family, like the yarrow.
	Here's a Queen Anne's Lace that's fully open.
	Closeup of the Queen Anne's Lace. Note the bug.
	I walked from Western Avenue past Harvard and the Mount Auburn Hospital. Here's a general view at about the halfway point, looking upstream just past the JFK Street bridge.
	I'm more used to seeing milkweed with pink- or purple-tinted flowers in this area, but these were pale yellow.
	This looks like a garden phlox. I found one small patch of them growing by the river as I approached the hospital.
	Here's another phlox.
	Here's some white avens, with a visiting bug. Note the long sepals that are the distinguishing feature of this flower.
	Avens without the bug.
	I also found a patch of day lilies.
	Here's a view with a large group of geese swimming upstream.
	I caught up with the geese in front of the hospital. Note the half-grown goslings in the foreground.
	I returned to Harvard Square by way of Brattle Street, a very tony neighborhood. One of the fancy houses I passed by there had these cute froggy lights installed along the front walkway. Ribbit, ribbit.