Spring Ephemerals

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Yesterday’s plant sightings at Black Rock woods. I should probably post each one separately and disc

Trout lily, Erythronium americanum.

Spring beauty, Claytonia virginica. Yay! Luckily someone up the street had someone her property and

Trout lilies. Sometimes they nestle among the roots and look like specimens. Other times they grow i

Bluets, aka Quaker ladies, looking bright and prim as ever.

Rue anemone, Thalictrum thalictroides. Lots of variation in these, in numbers of petals, color, time

Wild ginger, Asarum canadense, with its funny little flower. In Black Rock woods.

Some full-grown hepaticas are about to get the woodland year started.

Another rue anemone. I could post 15 of them and they could all look like different species, they ar

Pink lady slippers are kind of bizarre when you look at them straight on.

Spent the morning walking around literally acres of wildflowers of many kinds, and as they say, if a

alackofcharacter:More from the walk. From top to bottom:Virginia bluebellWood poppyCutleaf toothwort

Limestone Bittercress aka Purple CressCardamine douglassiiBig Beech Trail, KY9 March 2021

alackofcharacter:A few of my favorites from my walk today. From top to bottom:BloodrootDutchman’s br

columbinellc:Hello there hepatica!  It’s lovely to see you again :)I have to get back in the woods a

One of yesterday’s botanical delights was seeing the interestingly variable rue anemone, Thalictrum

Bloodroot blossoms about to open, with Spitzenberg Hill in the background.

Saw hundreds of bloodroot in bloom, but they were a little wilty due to frost. They should recover w

Hepaticas can be pink or white or pale blue, but sometimes they’re like this. I love when they’re li

That time of year when drifts of bluets are visible in the pastures. <3When I was little, I alway

This hepatica appears to be near the end of its bloom, but I was pleased to find it because I though

Dwarf ginseng blooming amid mosses and leaves of wood anemone and trout lily. 

A tribute to the last hepatica plant in Black Rock woods. This year it did not come up.There used to

Fringed polygala.

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