4-30 Miterwort

4-30 Miterwort, AKA Bishop's Cap, favors rich woods and mossy ledges. John

4-29 Canada Violets

4-29 Canada Violets are flowering in rich woods. This violet often flowers again in the fall.

Dog Violets color meadows and low woods.

And, this morning, a male Hummingbird visited my feeder. Last year my earliest sighting was on 5-2! John

4-28 Long-spurred Violets

4-28 Pale lavender Long-spurred Violets are up in rich wood sites.

And the wavy white flowers of Red-berried Elder dot thickets and edges.

John

4-27 Wood Anemone

4-27 Wood Anemone, AKA Windflowers, may be either white or pale pink.

The flowers of Blue Cohosh may be either yellowish-green or purplish.

Pine Elfin butterfly posed nicely while puddling in damp sand.

John

4-25 Wild Oats

4-25 Sessile-leaved Bellwort, AKA Wild Oats, is flowering. John

4-24 Shadbush

4-24 Field edges, fence rows and river banks are whitened by the flowers of Shadbush. John

4-23 Spicebush

4-23 S

Spicebush is brightening swamps. Another name for this bush is "Horse Sugar." John

4-22 Kidney-leaved Buttercup

 4-22

Kidney-leaved Buttercups are in flower.

John

4-21 Garlic Mustard

 4-21

Both Garlic Mustard and Field Mustard are starting to flower.

John

Field Mustard

Garlic Mustard

4-20 Red Fox

 4-20

A nice healthy Red Fox crossed my lawn this morning and Trout Lilies, AKA dog-tooth Violets, flecked a nearby sunny ditch.

John

Trout Lily

4-19 Common Blue Violets

 4-19

Common Blue Violets, which may be either blue or white, often colonize lawns.

Wild Ginger is opening a few of its carrion-colored, ground-hugging flowers.

And, on my back lawn, an egg, proof that nesting season is getting underway!

John

Wild Ginger

4-18 Wild Columbine

 4-18

Wild Columbine is brightening sunny ledges and Bumblebee queens have been visiting our Andromeda bush! Dutchman's Breeches are up in rich woods sites.

John

Wild Columbine

Bumblebee queen

Dutchman's Breeches

4-17 Round-leaved Yellow Violets

 4-17

Round-leaved Yellow Violets are up in open woodlands. Field Pansies fleck idle cornfields while Blue Mustard mixes with the stubble of last year's corn crop.

John

Field Pansies

Blue Mustard

Round-leaved Yellow Violets

4-16 Trailing Arbutus

 4-16

Trailing Arbutus, AKA Mayflower, is flowering profusely. John

4-15 Marsh Marigolds

 4-15

Marsh Marigolds like to have their feet wet. John

4-14 Trillium

4-14

The red Trillium often referred to as "Stinking Benjamin" is starting to flower. Both Hobblebush and American Fly Honeysuckle are also opening.

In lawns Bluets and Gill-o'er-the Ground can be found.

John

Hobblebush

                                                                                   

Red Trillium

American Fly Honeysuckle

Bluets

Gill-o'er-the-Ground

 

4-13 Wild Strawberries

 4-13

Wild Strawberries, Field Pussytoes and Forsythia are among the flowering species I saw on my short walk today.

John

 4-11

Noreen saw Spring Beauties in the spring woods today!

John