Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum) These spring wildflowers live in old growth colonies that may be as much as 300 years old.
Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)
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This tropical hibiscus is one of my houseplants. After a flower opened yesterday, I placed it outdoors for the hummingbirds. As soon as...
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ReplyDeleteGreat spring photographs. I always find trout lilies a challenge to photograph without laying right down on the forest floor. Then I feel bad about crushing other plants when I do it.
The plant in your bottom photo looks like Carolina Spring Beauty (Claytonia caroliniana)instead of Spring Beauty (C. virginica). The wide leaves are the key identifier. C virginica leaves are more grasslike.
Your spring came along about a week to ten days sooner than ours in Mid-Michigan. Our ephemerals have just taken off this week.