Wildflowers 2026

5/19  Kal-Haven Trail (trailhead to F and 8th), Kalamazoo Co., MI:

• Great Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum appendiculatum)
• Great Waterleaf and Canada (white) Violets grow well under maples; Canada Violets turn pinkish after being fertilized, like Trillium!
• Go to West Lake: on the boardwalk at the back, go past the chain to the "closed" section and look down into the plant foliage for Lady Slippers! Wear boots - it'll be wet.
• Golden Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus citrinopileatus) in 2 places
• American Cancer-root or Bear Corn (Conopholis americana)

5/12  Kal-Haven Trail (trailhead to F and 8th), Kalamazoo Co., MI:

• Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum biflorum)
• Starry False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum stellatum)
• Aniseroot or Sweet Cicely (Osmorhiza longistylis)

5/4  Home, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI:

• Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
• Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
• Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)

5/4  Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo Co., MI:

• Wild Geranium (maculatum)
• Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
• Large-flowered Trillium (grandiflorum)
• False Rue Anemone (Enemion biternatum)
• Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
• Marsh Marigolds (Caltha palustris)
• Swamp Buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus)
• Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea)
• Downy Violets (Viola pubescens)
• Canada violets (Viola canadensis)
• Common violets (Viola sororia)
• Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia verna) 

4/22  Home, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI:

• Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
• Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
• Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virg.) 
• Wood Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum)
• Tall Meadow Rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)
• (Lilacs!)

4/21  Kal-Haven Trail (trailhead to F and 8th), Kalamazoo Co., MI:

• Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
• Wild Geranium (maculatum)
• Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
• Early Meadow Rue (Thalictrum dioicum) - fringed flowers
• Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) - starry yellow-green flowers
• Large-flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
• Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
• Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis)

• Common violets (Viola sororia)
• Canada violets (Viola canadensis)
• Downy Violets (Viola pubescens)
• Celandine Wood Poppies (Stylophorum diphyllum) 
• Marsh Marigolds (Caltha palustris)
• Large-flowered Trillium (grandiflorum)
• Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
• Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)
• False Rue Anemone (Enemion biternatum)
• Spring Beauties (Claytonia virginica)

4/17  Home, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI:

• Serviceberry tree
• Marsh Marigolds (Caltha palustris) in backyard tub
• Large-flowered Trillium (grandiflorum) in SE corner of backyard
• Virginia Bluebell buds in SE corner of backyard

4/14  Kal-Haven Trail (trailhead to F and 8th), Kalamazoo Co., MI:

• Common violets (Viola sororia)
• Canada violets (Viola canadensis)
• Downy Violets (Viola pubescens)
• Celandine Wood Poppies (Stylophorum diphyllum) 
• Marsh Marigolds (Caltha palustris)
• Hepatica
• Large-flowered Trillium (grandiflorum)
• Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
• Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)
• False Rue Anemones (Enemion biternatum)
• Spring Beauties (Claytonia virginica)
• Spring Cress (Cardamine douglassii)

4/13  Home, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI:

• Trout Lilies (Erythronium americanum)

4/7  Home, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI:

• Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) (SE corner of backyard, near border)

3/31  Home, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI:

• Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
• Sharp-lobed Hepatica (acutiloba) - white
• Common violets (Viola sororia)
• Canada violets (Viola canadensis) - white

3/22  Kleinstuck Nature Preserve, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI:

• Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) blooming