Ontario’s only remaining rattlesnake, the Massasauga Rattlesnake, is almost extinct and found only in a few regions of eastern and western Georgian Bay.
At one time, however, it was found in many parts of Ontario. One plant in our area has the name Rattlesnake Root because the root and milk inside were formerly used to cure snakebites.
I found it in flower today in the wet woods near the Guild Inn.
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Lisa Volkov
This is a remarkable place, with its monuments, statuary, woods, bluffs, lake–it has it all! Such beautiful botany, and a wonderful Warbler I couldn’t identify. Thanks, Miles!
This is a remarkable place, with its monuments, statuary, woods, bluffs, lake–it has it all! Such beautiful botany, and a wonderful Warbler I couldn’t identify. Thanks, Miles!