![]() ![]() He even has a blog post all about rhodora on his photography workshop Web site, entitled “Meet Rhodora”. Local photographer Vincent Lawrence captures the mass of rhodora pink along Great Meadow, with the spring green of Huguenot Head and Champlain as backdrop. Not only have scientists like Weber been inspired by the purple and pink rhodora, so have writers, photographers, Rusticators of the late 1800s and early 1900s, and even the first park superintendent, George B. “The rhodora in the middle of the peatland forms a mosaic of colors with the unfurling leaves of each tree species providing a unique signature. “Its bloom time demands a hike up Dorr Mountain for a view of Great Meadow,” said Weber by e-mail, when asked by Acadia on My Mind to name the flowers that most mean spring for her. Of all the spring blossoms of Acadia, perhaps none are as adored as the rhodora. It’s late May, early June and the mountaintops and lowlands of Acadia National Park are brimming with spring flowers. ![]() ![]() Then there’s the rhodora, the occasional mountain sandwort, carpets of bluets, violets both white and blue, starflowers and pink Lady’s-slipper, to name just some. Rhodora along the Dorr North Ridge Trail. ![]()
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