Prairie Flower Series - Mountain Mint #2
A prairie is a temperate grassland, plains of grass that get hot in the summer and cold in the winter. Before the European settlement of North America, most of the interior was prairie. Due to the settlement, the environment was radically altered by the infusion of agriculture.
Earlier this winter, we learned about animals that live on the prairies (Parks winter caches). This series will teach us about plants that live on the prairies and most are used in flower gardens in warm areas.
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History:
Mountain mint is the commonly accepted name for roughly 20 species of Pycnanthemum native exclusively to North America. French botanist Andre Michaux called the fragrant plant mountain mint after encountering it while exploring for useful plants in Pennsylvania around 1790. The generic name Pynanthemum is from the Greek pyknos, dense, and anthos, flowers, which refers to the plant’s crowded flower heads.
Taken from: www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/cmt_mintx.htm
This cache is located in the Onondaga Park in the village of Liverpool. This is a highly muggle area so please hide as found and beware of the muggles! Hope you enjoy the series.
This cache is hidden on the south side of the trail. It is a camo’d pill container. The trail is an easy flat walk by the lake! Enjoy the hike. Check for parking coords.