Thank you, Barbara, for making me “pay up” on my promise to take you on a wildflower walk. And thank you, Kathleen, for joining us. I think we made quite a (digital) haul! I’m listing only the stuff we saw blooming. There were also leaves of things that have already bloomed, and leaves of things that have not yet bloomed!
In no particular order:
- Dandelion
- Colt’s Foot
- Speedwell
- Ground Ivy
- Common Violet
- Another paler violet
- One of the Yellow violets
- Sweet White Violet
- Toothwort
- Cut-leaved Toothwort
- Wild Strawberry
- Myrtle
- Marsh Marigold
- Rosy Bells
- Solomon’s Seal (buds)
- False Solomon’s Seal (nearly open!)
- Wild Oats
- Squirrel Corn
- Dwarf Ginseng
- Goldthread
- Spring Beauty – Caroliniana
- Spring Beauty – Virginica
- Red Trillium, including a white one!
- White Trillium
- Wild Geranium
- Blue Cohosh
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit
- Foam Flower (just starting to break out of the buds)
- Trout Lily
- Barren Strawberry
- American Fly Honeysuckle
- Forget-Me-Not
Here are a few pictures:
I’m not sure of the species. It is paler than the Common Violet.
This doesn’t count because it was berries, not flowers, but we also saw Partridge Berries and Wintergreen.
You can see a slideshow of all the pictures by clicking here. (Well, you can see some of the ones that turned out, anyway.)
Beautiful photos!
I love your photography and admire your knowledge of nature. I’m impressed that you can name all of these wildflowers…maybe that will motivate me to start learning them! Lovely blog all around.
Thank you. My favorite book for learning the wildflowers was Newcomb’s. It took a bit of effort to learn to use it. But once I figured it out, it almost never failed me! http://smile.amazon.com/Newcombs-Wildflower-Guide-Lawrence-Newcomb/dp/0316604429/ref=smi_www_rco2_go_smi_2072681302?ie=UTF8&%252AVersion%252A=1&%252Aentries%252A=0
Thanks so much for the recommendation. Enjoy these lovely May mornings with their flowers. 😊
Your blog is wonderful and inspiring! You have motivated me to get out and start photographing some spring flowers. I have been fixated on birds and need to look a little lower for some inspiration:) Thank you again for sharing your beautiful photos!
Stephanie Rickman
https://inmyeyes.wordpress.com/