Wildwood Park – A Taste of Home
May 24, 2007 at 12:05 am 6 comments
Today my colleagues and I stopped by Wildwood Park in Marshfield, Wisconsin. We parked and decided to talk a walk on the Ecology Trail. Right at the trailhead I spied some familiar friends– Trillium and Virginia Creeper.
A trillium bloom and Virginia Creeper
Just like our group hike last week in Southwest Virginia, the trillium almost 1000 miles northwest are in full bloom. That wasn’t the only familiar faces. I also saw some Mayapple and Wild Geraniums in bloom as well.
Wild geranium blooming
Trillium blooming
Forest floor full of blooms
Wildwood Park also contains a free zoo of wild animals- elk, deer, buffalo, wolves, turkeys. Our favorite was a completely white whitetail deer.
A shedding male elk with beautiful antlers
Whitetail deer
Buffalo
A completely white deer
More pictures from Wisconsin and Wildwood Park can be found on my Flickr site.
Entry filed under: Buffalo, Deer, Elk, Hiking, Mayapple, Trillium, Virginia Creeper, Wild Geranium, Wildflowers, Wildwood Park, Wisconsin.
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Katie | May 24, 2007 at 4:44 pm
The elks is magnificent!
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asilgreen | May 28, 2007 at 8:22 pm
i’m originally from marshfield, and found your post on blogsurfer.. it’s nice to see bits and pieces of one of my favorite parts of home 🙂
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tgaw | May 29, 2007 at 12:39 am
Thanks! That is quite a nice park your hometown has there!
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Rodger | April 27, 2008 at 9:01 am
I have managed to get just one Trillium to establish in my garden, to see so many is fantastic! What I do manage to grow and have many of is geraniums. They give so much value in the garden and I also see many when walking country lanes. Thanks for the pictures.
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