Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Wildflowers 2022

11/10, Aman Park, Ottawa Co., MI - 75 degrees!

  • False Rue Anemone (one lone bloom)!

8/19, Aman Park, Ottawa Co., MI

  • Jewelweed

5/28, Millboro Springs, Bath Co., VA

  • Swordleaf Phlox (Phlox buckleyi)
  • Bowman's Root (Gillenia trifoliata)
  • Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum)
  • Flame Azaleas (Rhododendron calendulaceum) - natives, not a cultivar
  • Golden or Roundleaf Ragwort (Senecio aureus or obovatus)
  • Eastern Smooth Beardtongue (Penstemon laevigatas)
5/28, Gaudineer Knob/Scenic Area, Randolph/Pocohontas Co., WV
  • virgin/old growth Red Spruce
  • clubmoss
  • Wood Shamrock

5/24, Grand Ravines, Allendale, Ottawa Co., MI

  • Starry False Solomon's Seal
  • Buttercups
  • Daisy Fleabane
  • Wild strawberries
  • Canada Anemones *
5/23, Aman Park, Ottawa Co., MI
  • False Lily of the Valley
  • Wild Phlox
  • Virginia Bluebells (the tail end of them)

5/15, Blandford Nature Center, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI

  • False Lilies of the Valley
  • Mayapples
  • Wild (Virginia) Strawberries
  • Yellow Rocket / Wintercress
  • Wild Geraniums

5/5, Aman Park, Ottawa Co., MI

  • Hepatica
  • Spring Beauties
  • Spring Cress
  • Trillium
  • False Rue Anemone
  • Wood Anemone
  • Dutchman's Breeches
  • Squirrel Corn
  • Cutleaf Toothwort
  • Blue Cohosh
  • Early Meadow-Rue
  • Wood Betony
  • Trout Lilies
  • Large-flowered Bellwort

4/29, GVSU Arboretum, Allendale, Ottawa Co., MI

  • Trout lilies

4/14, Blandford Nature Center, Walker, Kent Co., MI

  • Common violets
  • Sweet white violets

4/12, Aman Park, Ottawa Co., MI

  • Hepatica
  • (also: 2 Garter snakes, chortling frogs)