5-12 Dwarf Dandelion, Golden Alexander, Wild Sarsaparilla

5-12 Dry, sandy soils host Dwarf Dandelion.

Meadows, shores, open woods and roadsides are home to Golden Alexanders.

Wild Sarsaparilla is a common woodland plant often blanketing shady roadsides. John

5-11 Starflower, English Plantain, Yellow Clintonia, Thyme-leaved Speedwell

5-11 Moist woods are home to Starflower.

English Plantain is a common and troublesome introduction found in lawns and fields.

In moist hilly locations Yellow Clintonia, AKA Bluebead, often forms dense colonies.

Lawns are a favored habitat for Thyme-leaved Speedwell an extremely tiny introduced species. John

5-10 Wild Azalea, Bird's -eye Speedwell, Red Baneberry, White Baneberry

5-10 Ledges, roadsides and rocky riverbanks will soon be brightened by Wild Azalea.

Bird's-eye, AKA Germander, Speedwell - an alien escape - blankets old home sites and roadsides.

Both Red and White Baneberries are in flower. Look for them in woodlands, thickets and along roadsides. John

Red Baneberry

White Baneberry

5-9 Swamp Dewberry, Chervil

5-9 Swamps, open woods and clearings are home to Swamp Dewberry. The berries of this species are quite acidic.

Fields, weedy places and roadsides are home to Wild Chervil, an introduced and troubling invasive European species. John

5-8 Goldthread, Swamp Saxifrage, Pennsylvania Bitter Cress

5-8 Moist woods and bogs are home to Goldthread, a delicate little member of the buttercup family.

Swamp Saxifrage is starting its flowering.

Pennsylvania Bitter Cress can be seen in swamps, wet meadows and ditches often with its feet wet. John

5-7 Common Cinquefoil, Philadelphia Fleabane, White Chokecherry

5-7 Old fields and open woods are home to Common Cinquefoil.

Common or Philadelphia Fleabane is flowering in fields, open woods and lawns.

Thickets and edges are dotted with the dense racemes of white Chokecherry flowers. John

5-6 Forget-me-not, Pussytoes, Yellow Rocket

5-6 In wet places Forget-me-nots are flowering.

One of a dozen or so diffucult to identify Pussytoe species is lightening woods, fields and banks.

Roadsides and meadows are home to Common Winter Cress, AKA Yellow Rocket, a fast growing mustard family member. John

5-5 Celandine, Fringed Polygala

5-5 Damp soil along roadsides and in waste places host Celandine, an alien escape easily identified by its yellow sap.

Moist woods are home to Fringed Polygala, AKA Flowering Wintergreen or Gaywings, a member of the Milkwort family. John

5-4 Foamflower, Skunk Currant

5-4 Rich woods are home to Foamflower, AKA False Miterwort.

Cold, damp woods are home to Skunk Currant so called because when bruised it has a skunklike disagreeable odor.

Also seen: Baltimore Oriole and Lilacs. John

5-3 Red-berried Elder, Corn Speedwell, Painted Trillium

5-3 The creamy white flowers of Red-berried Elder can be seen in rocky woods.

Fields, open woods, rocky places and lawns are home to the tiny blue or white flowers of Corn Speedwell.

Cool moist woods are good habitat for Painted Trillium. John