Wildflowers 2025

4/1/25 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 
• Hepatica, sharp lobed
• Dutchmans breeches

3/23  Kleinstuck Nature Preserve, Kalamazoo, MI:

• Skunk Cabbage 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!