Wildflower viewing

Just in time for spring, the National Forest Service has issued its wildflower map, including sites in MN.

April 3, 2012 at 9:24PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Looking for and photographign wildflowers is one of the fastest growing outdoor activities, according to the National Forest Service. So, to make it easier, the agency has issued an interactive national wildflower map showing the way to some of the best wildlfower spots in the country.It lists six places in Minnesota's national forests. Here is a sampling:

The Pennington Bog near Bemidji:

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Lady slipper

Stony Point on Leech Lake:

The Fall River Patterned Fen near Grand Marais:

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Flower and friend

The Magnetic Rock Trail near Grand Marais:

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Josephine Marcotty

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Josephine Marcotty has covered the environment in Minnesota for eight years, with expertise in water quality, agriculture, critters and mining. Prior to that she was a medical reporter, with an emphasis on mental illness, transplant medicine and reproductive health care.

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