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Spring ephemerals give way to June-blooming wildflowers

A tube-shaped flower flanked by two wing-like petals blooms at Peninsula State Park, Wisconsin, on June 21, 2010.
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A gaywings flower blooms in Peninsula State Park, Wisconsin, on June 21, 2010.

During the Phenology Report for the week of June 10, 2025, Staff Phenologist John Latimer discusses wildflowers, fruit trees and life in the bog.

Spring ephemerals are on the decline as they finish their flowering season, but there are plenty of summer wildflowers to replace them, Here are a few common June-blooming plants; see if you can spot them this month!

Topics

  • Introduction (0:00-0:25) 
  • A transition from spring to summer (0:25-1:30) 
  • A pollinator paradox (1:30-2:23) 
  • Juneberries (2:23-4:15) 
  • Shrubs (2:23-6:33) 
  • Trees (6:33-8:36)
  • Birds (8:36-10:29) 
  • Insects (10:29-12:19) 
  • Life in the bog (12:19-14:05) 
  • Ferns (14:05-15:11) 
  • Wildflowers (15:11-20:11) 
  • Conclusion (20:11-21:17) 

What have you seen out there? Let us know: email us at comments@kaxe.org or text us at 218-326-1234.

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That does it for this week! For more phenology, <b>subscribe</b> to our Season Watch Newsletter or visit the Season Watch Facebook page.

Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).

Charlie Mitchell (she/they) joined KAXE in February of 2022. Charlie creates the Season Watch Newsletter, produces the Phenology Talkbacks show, coordinates the Phenology in the Classroom program, and writes nature-related stories for KAXE's website. Essentailly, Charlie is John Latimer's faithful sidekick and makes sure all of KAXE's nature/phenology programs find a second life online and in podcast form.


With a background in ecology and evolutionary biology, Charlie enjoys learning a little bit about everything, whether it's plants, mushrooms, or the star-nosed mole. (Fun fact: Moles store fat in their tails, so they don't outgrow their tunnels every time conditions are good.)