2012 Spring Wildflower Thread

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

Excellent!!!!!!

There's been some really great stuff so far, keep it up everyone!

Here's a few more:

Pink Lady's Slipper Cypripedium acaule

Wood Anenome Anenome quinqueifolia

Bloodroot Sanguanaria canadensis

Bloodroot Sanguanaria canadensis

Early Saxifrage Saxifraga virginiensis

Marsh Marigolds Caltha palustris

Northern Watersnake Nerodia sipedon

KDT

 

[nartreb]

Kevin, that can't be a black racer - racers have smooth scales but this one's scales have "keels" down the middle.

I think it's a Water Snake, though I can't be sure it's not a Rat Snake.

 

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

Correct

Yep, you're right. Just corrected it.

KDT

 

[Jason Berard]

I was in Barnet, VT today and came across hepatica, bluets, trailing arbutus, coltsfoot, northern white voilet, and wake robin.
Bad pics in the breezy, sunny weather with the iphone, so I won't post 'em.

 

[J&J]

Here are a few more from north of the notches. Some are not quite blooming yet and others aren't flowers, but what the heck.

Dutchman's Breeches.

Dutchman's Breeches again.

Blue Cohosh.

Spring Beauty.

Red-berried Elder.

Toothwort.

Red Trillium.

Bugs on a new fern.

Wood Frog.

 

[mtruman]

We decided to venture out locally (in Rhode Island) to a new spot we'd been meaning to visit since it opened a couple of years ago - Tillinghast Pond Management Area in West Greenwich. I was hoping to find a few spring flowers but was totally unprepared for the amazing show we found! So great to have this almost in our back yard.

Blog post with all the flowers and the rest of the story here: http://theramblingsblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/tillinghast-pond.html

Apple blossoms on the old farm

Bluets

Wood Anemone

Common Cinquefoil

Bluets

Wild Strawberry

Goldthread

Blueberry blossoms

 

[J&J]

Another day of exploration with many new finds...

Hobblebush.

Foamflower.

Squirrel Corn.

Dutchman's Breeches with leaves.

Squirrel Corn with leaves.

Squirrel Corn with raindrops.

Striped Maple.

Orange Peel.

Honeysuckle.

Thistle covered with this morning's rain.

 

[JCarter]

Off the McCrillis Trail, in the Sandwich Range Wilderness. 4/21/2012

 

[Jason Berard]

Marsh marigolds are in bloom in the Upper Valley.

 

[Jason Berard]

I was walking a property today in VT, and saw: ramps, violets (white, yellow an violet), wild ginger, hepatica, trout lily, spring beauty, wood anemone, toothwort, blue cohosh, foamflower, squirrel corn, and dutchmans' breeches, marsh marigold and hobblebush. Phew. I don't think I left any out.

Oh yeah, garlic mustard.

 

[nartreb]

Here's some garlic mustard very close to Boston today:

 

[Jason Berard]

anyone else missing all of arghman's post to this thread, as in year's past?

arghman, come back! who will we ask our ID question to?

 

[w7xman]

Found some trillium just starting to open up in the Sunapee Region today...


trillium by Jim Salge, on Flickr



Has anyone been up to the trails Starr King / Wambauk area? Really want to catch that area at peak blooms!?

Any info appreciated!

 

[J&J]

Along the Mt. Garfield trail...

Trout Lily close-up.

My first Painted Trillium of 2012.

Wild Oat.

Canada Mayflower.

Really nice coloring on these Spring Beauties.

 

[Jason Berard]

Found some dwarf ginseng and three of the smallest red trillium I've ever seen!

 

[nartreb]

Lady's slippers on Pack Monadnock on Friday:

 

[grouseking]

Took a trip along the Cross Rivendell trail in Fairlee on thursday....

Hobblebush

Wild Strawberry

Shadbush? on the summit of Bald Top

Spring Beauty

Almost trillium!

What am I looking at?

Crappy pic of some bluets

 

[Jason Berard]

Nice pics, Phil! Shadbush is correct. The other one looks like creeping phlox.

 

[J&J]

Some more...

Bloodroot from a favorite patch.

Where Bloodroot gets it's name.

Dwarf Ginseng.

Blue Cohosh.

Leeks. Also known as Ramps. The leaves and bulbs are quite edible and taste like onions.

Leek bulbs.

Seeds/berries from last season's Leeks.

Trout Lily growing in moss.

Haircap Moss.

Marsh Marigold.

Marsh Marigold closeup.

Maidenhair Fern fiddlehead.

 

[Jason Berard]

Wild columbine is blooming on sunny rocky outcrops in the Upper Valley! Cooler, shadier areas are a bit behind, but should begin blooming soon.

jason