![trail blazes](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwpJJwDGS0gbCMrlCVX6KUHMGr1AyF6DQiui6Ex1yczhegwUjYh7cf8-Mzqc6__lFdcwP4jOLSyR-PNxTKAGKf5DIiv3Fw3SgSm0j3NrMGzwj9sq4Fzgq5njFXgA28OBrIZvgr2upaHQ/s500/TrailWork-Blazing12.jpg)
You'll have to trust me that you can see it when you are out there. I marked it for you. When I zoomed the picture enough, I could see it.
![trail blazes](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI9dsOQlhcbp4GZQGYy8tJCRyJl085Hrp3K8Y7m5CVMPEiqYHbAOyKxdZTfUBBpXWbcQxUIblSahQX_l84IeuKgnStIni9YGyAqZDzW6SBV5QIi37_bUbjP2gClwXL5yEXmCo9QbmwHUw/s500/TrailWork-Blazing13.jpg)
I took quite a few pictures of plants, but a lot of them are not in focus. I'll have to try again. I got a few. This is downy yellow violet, Viola pubescens. It has tiny soft hairs and stipules, neither of which you can see in this picture.
![downy yellow violet](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_FRz3uoWAMTokClPDEs8ZLstyQLDmbFGcgninSeqaVaaDcaH32RvVDkdCobGyALEzyWYgZ6e1fMLjGe2LLcOgB3UjJBzNQ1r6bNNutnDFT5GAH9ZD-FSGBqD64p0t4wVRMs7OJhmhlM/s500/Violets10-DownyYellow.jpg)
And growing with it was long-spurred violet, Viola rostrata. This one is fun, because I don't see it too often. Will try to get better pictures of the key features. But one is that none of the petals have a "beard." I blew the picture way up, and all these petals are smooth.
![long-spurred violet](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Qvo4ilvVra6Uwb8gG7EcXgfhnrZhyF1bVQ3Wu5ijcp7GdBwSWf1kDRAcEf4WtoWmoZ7ASQPOkCF3YA6iT1m3HtS7AooavxGeLHgZNvc_YaMdez_3Ps13W1-qWKN3RptLtsF00CDlCgc/s668/Violets09-LongSpurred.jpg)
There are lots of bedstraws. They are pretty easy to identify as a group because they have whorls of leaves growing around a long stalk. This one is fragrant bedstraw, Galium triflorum. Generally this one has 6 leaves in a whorl, but the key thing is that they creep along the ground and they are soft to the touch. Several others are rough. I saw another interesting one, but didn't take its picture. Tried to spot it walking back but didn't see it. Hopefully, I'll find it another day.
![fragrant bedstraw](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7g0SAz7YDKxdtQq_8hBmoKlj8syxdnKodZ49ecs6K70LS-C92c_eAog9xsUzPWUdNsiE2HpmZBmGjMOoTSajlxK5efGLf4UoOEtibmkQfyif_HiuDb0UDhFbRqKxCp2tuK3oUnJKeJLQ/s500/Bedstraw01-Fragrant.jpg)
In other news: I edited in the morning, and I hope to work on the Newaygo County Data Book some more this evening.
North Country Trail, Lake County, MI, 5 Mile road out and back doing trail work- 3 miles total
North Country Trail miles so far in 2021 is at 266.
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1 comment:
I can just barely make out the second blaze with the arrow pointing at it.
Those violets are both pretty.
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