06/10/2026
June might mean bugs, but it also means thatthe fish are biting and the wildflowers are blooming! 🌼 How many of these wildflowers have you spotted on your Boundary Waters camping trips?
Here some recent wildflower finds by Tuscarora staff. These flowers run the gamut from very common to extremely common. Here’s where to look for each one:
Ram’s Head: This very rare orchid is found in mossy, low-conifer forests (cedar, spruce, and tamarack bogs) or dry jack pine and red pine woodlands
Violets: they flourish in moist, shaded areas along stream banks and dappled shade
False Lily of the Valley: Search in moist, shaded woods and around the edges of bogs or swamps
Red Columbine: They thrive in partial shade but this adaptable plant can live in various soil and light along woodland edges, on rocky outcrops, and along riverbanks.
Rose Hip: Search along areas where forests meet open fields, along trails, and in sunny, disturbed areas like roadsides or ditches. Great for tea!
Northern Starflower: Found in shaded, cool, and somewhat damp woods.
Canadian Bunchberry: Thrive particularly near to decaying wood, mosses, and peat swamps.
Dragon’s Mouth Orchid: This orchid is found in bogs, swamps, and wetlands.
Calypso Orchid: Found on the floors of cool, undisturbed coniferous forests and cedar bogs.
Coralroot Orchid: Thrive in rich decaying leaf litter and moist to dry woodland habitats
