A Website about Urban Environmental Restoration in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
A beautiful pond near the intersection of Route 67 and Route 9. Amazing how beavers create own infrastructure.
There were many interesting plants here as well. Unfortunately I did not get a beaver picture today.
on this last picture you can easily see the two beaver constructions on either side of the picture.
Today I saw the first bloom of the Mayapple here in West Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park, near the Recycling Center on the bike trail leading to the Strawberry Mansion Bridge.
It is a bit later this year than years in the recent past. The Trout Lilies that were in full bloom last week on the Boxers Trail? Just like that in a flash: Boom! Totally not blooming anymore. Spring is moving along at a fast clip!
Mayapples emerging in West Fairmount Park
A freshly emerged Mayapple
Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)
After visiting the large patches of Spring beauty, I then went across the river to East Park and visited the trout lilies along the Boxer’s Trail in East Fairmount Park
