Parc de la Gatineau, just across the river from Ottawa, has so many nature and bike trails that they have numbers instead of names. I spent the morning exploring #13 and #36.

June is a good month for ferns and I found many species here:

#1 Maidenhair Fern

#2 Bracken

#3 Ostrich Fern

#4 Common Polypody

#5 Christmas Fern

#6 Lady Fern

#7 Sensitive Fern

#8 Marginal Fern

#9 Intermediate Wood Fern

#10 Royal fern

Other botany:

NATURE POETRY

It is the month of June,
The month of leaves and roses,
When pleasant sights salute the eyes,
And pleasant scents the noses.    – N.P. Willis (1807–67)

Miles Hearn