Volume IV·Chapter Three·Botanical Census
Hogsmill Riverbank · Surveyed at Three-Mile Reach, Summer Anno MDCCCLII

The Vermilion Poppy thrives
where the Willow has fallen.

A five-summer botanical census of the Hogsmill, plate by plate, leaf by leaf.

Wildflower Stems per Square Yard, May through September

stems / yd2, daylight hours 5am–8pm
120 90 60 30 0 PEAK · 116 STEMS 5 August, after the August storm MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER first rains solstice long heat storm + flood first frost Vermilion Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) Willow stems (Salix alba)
Folio III · Plate XVII After the August storm the willow fell; the poppies surged into the cleared bank within a fortnight. N = 4,728 · σ = 6.4
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