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𝑂𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝐼 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛…
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Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
April 24, 2017
Monday Morning Mystery 042417
This mystery is courtesy of eight-year-old Elizabeth, who walked round the Celery Farm with her grandparents and me last week.
Why is a Trout Lily called a Trout Lily? (Insert fish joke here.)
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Trout lily leaves are mottled like a trout fish skin.They have only one leaf until it matures, then it has two. The leaves are stiff, waxy, upright, 7-20cm long.
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Growing up we knew this as Adder’s Tongue….however this flower has several other names. It derives it’s name from the green leaves that suggest a trout…it blooms at trout fishing time…is found in moist woods and along streams.
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Ginny
Trout lily leaves are mottled like a trout fish skin.They have only one leaf until it matures, then it has two. The leaves are stiff, waxy, upright, 7-20cm long.
joanne
Growing up we knew this as Adder’s Tongue….however this flower has several other names. It derives it’s name from the green leaves that suggest a trout…it blooms at trout fishing time…is found in moist woods and along streams.