On a warm summer morning, I drove away from the smoke (I used firesmoke.ca to see which areas would be smoky) out to Scuitto Lake.    I paddled around the lake, then explored the marshy shoreline.       There was a few aquatic and shoreline-flowering plants – marsh skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata), arumleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria cuneata), silverweed (Potentilla anserina), forget-me-nots (Myosotis palustris), water smartweed (Persicaria amphibia), and Canada mint (Mentha arvenis sp.).

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marsh skullcap

Canada mint

arumleaf arrowroot

monarch on thistle

forget-me-nots

marsh skullcap

The butterflies and bees were enjoying the thistles too.

smartweed

fritillary on thistle

arumleaf arrowroot

silverweed

marsh skullcap

arumleaf arrowroot

arumleaf arrowroot

monarch on a thistle

More information on some of these species:

• Marsh skullcap
• Arumleaf arrowhead
• Forget-me-not