A low growing shrub has produced a lovely cluster of deep pink flowers, set off against green foliage in the background. This is Sheep Laurel. It’s a low evergreen shrub which grows in bogs, swamps, other wetlands, and alpine summits in the Adirondack region of upstate New York. This plant bears a cluster of deep pink flowers in late spring and early summer.

What could be pinker than the flowers of #sheeplaurel in June? On the John Brown Farm Trails, near Lake Placid in upstate New York. 27 June 2020. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-s...

#PinkMon #ColorADay #eastcoastkin #ECK #Adirondacks #AdirondackMountains #wetlands #wetlandplants #nature

The third plant we're highlighting this week is the Common Reed. These problematic plants spread quickly and far. Have you spotted any recently?

#CommonReed #InvasivePlants #WetlandPlants #InvasiveSpeciesWeek #EcoEducation

A pair of colorful orange, yellow, and black delta flower scarab beetles are mating on a large white petalled duck potato blossom.

Amorous delta flower scarab beetles (Trigonopeltastes delta) on a duck potato blossom (Sagittaria latifolia). #photography #scarabs #beetles #insects #floridainsect #nature #wildlife #coleoptera #arthopoda #wetlands #wetlandplants #naturephotography #insectphotography

Yi-Fan Liu et al. explored the #EcologicalStrategies of wetland clonal species in northern China.

#ClonalGrowth | #ClonalArchitecture | #RhizomatousPlants | #WetlandPlants

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Marsh Cinquefoil, with its rich burgundy star-like flowers, is one of the quiet botanical highlights of the Old River Bed—home to our beaver family. The shallow pools and soft, wet soils created by beavers provide ideal habitat for this wetland specialist to thrive.

#WetlandPlants #PlantLife

Principal component analysis of above- and belowground traits across all plant species.

💻Cloning Plant Strategy for Marsh Wetlands in Northern China

Results:
Clonal plants display a guerrilla architecture and acquisitive in high-moisture areas.

#ClonalGrowth | #ClonalArchitecture | #EcologicalStrategy | #WetlandPlants

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A web is bending over some Persicaria sagittata (Arrow-leaved tearthumb) on the edge of a pond. The web is filled with tiny spiders

Close up of the small white flower of Arrow-leaved tearthumb shows the web pulling it over and a better view of many baby spiders in it

Another closer crop of the original photo shows another white flower of the Arrow-leaved tearthumb and one of its leaves, as well as the spiky stem that gives the plant its name--and more baby spiders!

There were tiny surprises for us in this casually arty photograph of Arrow-leaved tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) on a local hike #wetlands #wetlandplants #pond #hiking #naturephotography #persicaria #spiders #babyspiders

A tall flower spike with hundreds of tiny (1-2 mm. petals) pink flowers in clusters along the stem. Near the top, a bumblebee approaches. It has a yellow rear end, and a yellow face, plus yellow saddlebags full of pollen. Wings brown, rest of body black. Background, blurred: more hardhack spikes, green leaves.

Yellow-face bumblebee busy pollinating the hardhack. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2025/07/busy... #VancouverIsland #Bloomscrolling #WetlandPlants #Bees #Insects #Invertebrates #Wildlife #Nature

Two yellow flowers side by side atop green stems. The two-lobed flowers have red streaks in the centre of the lower lobe. Beside the stems of this plant, there's a stalk of aquatic horsetail; a green stalk with black rings. Background; blurry muddy water.

Carnivorous Bladderwort in a beaver pond. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2025/07/anot... #VancouverIsland #CarnivorousPlants #Plants #AquaticPlants #WetlandPlants #Nature

Bladder Sedge, Water-pepper, Water-plantain, Lesser Marshwort and Cyperus Sedge: #AquaticPlants at Lough Allen, Co Leitrim this evening @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #LoveLeitrim #wetlandplants @communitywetlands.bsky.social

A flower cluster atop a plant with narrow leaves. The eight bright pink flowers, still closed at this stage, are round, with peaks where the "lid" joins the "box"; the "lids" have 10 raised rays going from the centre to these peaks. The plant has narrow leaves, showing green from the top, reddish from the lower side. Background; bog shrubbery.

Bog-laurel buds; they look like tiny jewellery boxes. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2025/06/thes... #VancouverIsland #WetlandPlants #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Nature

The latest video in our fern playlist has dropped, and we had a lot of soggy-footed fun putting this together. In less than three minutes, anyone can feel confident identifying it!
#ferns #livingfossil #cinnamonferns #wetlandplants #frondfriends #fernfans

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Marsh ragwort #marshragwort #wildflowers #wetlandplants #naturephotography #yellowflowers #bloomscrolling Photo of pretty yellow daisy like yellow wildflowers in and out of focus shallow depth of field

Marsh ragwort

#marshragwort #wildflowers #wetlandplants #naturephotography #yellowflowers #bloomscrolling

A close-up of a yellow Lysichiton plant with a prominent golden spadix, surrounded by large green leaves and white flowers.

Lush and Vibrant. #lysichiton #wetlandplants #yellowflowers #greenleaves #naturephotography #smartphonephotography #photography

🇫🇷 Les fougères - Gardiennes des écosystèmes humides
#Thelypteris #FougèreDesMarais #PlantesDesZonesHumides #StabilisationDesSols #BiodiversitéDesMares

🇬🇧 Ferns, Guardians of Wetland Ecosystems
#Thelypteris #MarshFern #WetlandPlants #SoilStabilization #PondBiodiversity

The #Biomass of #WetlandPlants is highly responsive to #EnvironmentalFactors. Based on the analysis of #GlobalWetlandPlantBiomassData, Yueyan Pan found that the #below-groundBiomass contributes more to wetland soil carbon pools than the #Above-groundBiomass.
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Lobelia siphilitica or great blue lobelia or blue cardinal flower. Spotted in wet prairies, forests, floodplains, and lake margins. Pollinated by bumblebees. #nativeplants #wetlandplants #greatlakesplants

Comprehensive Chloroplast Genome Analysis of Four Callitriche (Plantaginaceae) Species for Phylogenetic and Conservation Insights Callitriche species are capable of purifying water, promoting wetland restoration, and providing natural shelters. Moreover, they can be utilized as horticultural plants for landscape greening. Howeve...

Callitriche species are vital for water purification and wetland restoration 💧. A new chloroplast genome study offers insights for their conservation and phylogeny.
#PlantGenomics #ConservationBiology #WetlandPlants www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/11...

Seems like a good day for Parnassia glauca or grass of Parnassus or bog star. Found in a bog at Indiana Dunes NP. #wetlandplants #greatlakes #nativeplants #bogplants #fenplants

Gaaaah late again #wetlandplants
I'm so used to the time in Sweden when I should post so stupidly I forgot that I was in the UK 🙄😂 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Great Willowherb, Epilobium hirsutum, growing in a ditch next to the carpark at Coalhouse Fort. #WetlandPlants #WildflowerHour

What a wonderful #wildflowerhour!!!! So fantastic to see your finds & huge thanks to those of you who took part in this week’s #wetlandplants challenge. Have a great week & see you again next Sunday!

Last #WetlandPlants for #WildFlowerHour - all three British sundews on the same sphagnum hummock, Haining Head Moss Northumberland @wildflower_hour @BSBIbotany @NENature_

With apologies for those of a sensitive disposition… a sundew doing what sundews do in Northumberland this week #WetlandPlants #WildFlowerHour @wildflower_hour @BSBIbotany @NENature_

Hemp agrimony at Lakeside Country Park, Hampshire on Wednesday and great willowherb at Egleton, Rutland Water on Friday. #WetlandPlants #WildflowerHour

Lesser Spearwort, Water-cress and Water Forget-me-not.

Marsh Stitchwort

@bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social Flowery drains and Marsh Stitchwort in north Hampshire this week. #wetlandplants #wildflowerhour

Chuffed to find the first Great Sundew I’ve seen in Northumberland, on Lampert Moss this week #WetlandPlants #WildFlowerHour @wildflower_hour @BSBIbotany @NENature_

Two photos showing a mass of rushes and a close-up of a single plant.

#WildflowerHour #WetlandPlants Hard Rush, Juncus inflexus, in a boggy area of Coton Countryside Reserve #Cambridge.

For this week's #WildFlowerHour here are some lovely #WetlandPlants...
Marsh Helleborine, Cambridge Milk-parsley, and possibly the largest Marsh Fragrant orchid I've ever seen!
@BSBIbotany @wildflower_hour @ukorchids