6/16 Source Pond Trail, Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
5/26 Wolf Tree Nature Trails, Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Wild Strawberries (Fragaria)
- Wild Black Raspberries
- Columbine
- Wild Phlox
- Golden Ragwort
- Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)
- Celandine? at edge of swampy pond
5/13 Kal-Haven Trail (trailhead to F), Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Mayapples
- Wild Geraniums
- Golden Ragwort
- Solomon's Seal (true) (Polygonatum biflorum)
- Starry False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum stellatum)
5/9 Home, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Wild Ginger
- Honeysuckle
5/3 Learned from Mr. Breyfogle that apples and roses are in the same family, which is why apple blossoms smell as delicious as roses!
5/2 Home, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Red trillium (Trillium erectum)
- Flowering Dogwood
- Lilacs
4/29 Kal-Haven Trail (trailhead to F and 8th), Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Wild geraniums
- Solomon's Seal
- Celandine Wood Poppies (Stylophorum diphyllum) (Donna will share some with me!)
- Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)
- Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea)
4/27 Kalamazoo Nature Center, Maple Beech Trail, Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia verna) (first time I've ever seen these!)
- Yellow Violets (Viola pubescens)
- Trout Lilies (Erythronium americanum)
- Marsh Marigolds (Caltha palustris)
- Swamp Buttercups (Ranunculus hispidus)
- False Rue Anemone (Enemion biternatum)
- Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis)
- Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
- Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)
- Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
- Common Trillium (Grandiflorum)
- Spring Beauties (Claytonia virginica)
4/25 Home, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Serviceberry (Amelanchier)
- Lilacs
- Crabapple tree (Malus prunifolia)
4/22 KalHaven trail to F and 8th, Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Common Trillium (grandiflorum)
- Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)
- Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
- Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis)
- False Rue-Anemone (Enemion biternatum)
- Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
- Canada Violets (Viola canadensis)
- Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)
- Spring Beauties (Claytonia virginica)
- Trout Lilies (Erythronium americanum)
- Marsh Marigolds (Caltha palustris)
- Common Violets (Viola sororia)
- Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divericata)
- Redbud tree
4/19 Home, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- more Bloodroots budded!
4/18 Kleinstuck Nature Preserve, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) budded
4/14 Home, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Bloodroot: 5
- Toadshade (Trillium sessile) plants
4/7 Home, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Toadshade (Trillium sessile) leaves are up
- Dutchman's Breeches (in galvanized tub)
4/7 Kalamazoo Nature Center, Maple Beech Trail, Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Harbinger of Spring (Erigenia bulbosa)
- Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)
- Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
- False Rue-Anemone (Enemion biternatum)
- Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
- Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)
- Spring Beauties (Claytonia virginica)
- Trout lily (Erythronium americanum)
- Common violets (Viola sororia)
- Canada violets (Viola canadensis)
- Marsh Marigolds (Caltha palustris)
- Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
- Scarlet elf cup (Sarcoscypha coccinea) fungi
4/1 KalHaven trail to F and 8th, Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Scarlet elf cup (Sarcoscypha coccinea) fungi
- American Columbo (Frasera caroliniensis) - plant takes 3 years to flower - we saw the 1st year basal leaves and the 3rd year dead stalks
- Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
- Hepatica, sharp lobed (Hepatica acutiloba)
- Dutchmans breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
3/23 Kleinstuck Nature Preserve, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) blooming
3/21 Source Pond Trail, Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Wild Leeks up
3/17 Bishop's Bog Preserve Trail, Portage, Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Purple Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia purpurea), although not blooming yet!
