MWC Eco-brief: Spring Ephemeral Flowers
Spring ephemeral flowers, such as bloodroot, quickly emerge and bloom in the spring before tree leaves open and shade the ground. (Sanguinaria canadensis). Native plant Garden, Illinois, USA.
Snow trillium greetings! (Trillium nivale). Lodge Park, Monticello, Illinois, USA
White trout lily (Erythronium albidum), Lodge Park, Monticello, Illinois, USA
Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) and spring beauty (Claytonia virginica), Lodge Park, Monticello, Illinois, USA
Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) in the snow. Homer Lake Forest Preserve, Homer, Illinois, USA
Purple Cress (Cardamine douglassii) with cellophane bees. Middle Fork Woodland Nature Preserve, Oakwood, Illinois, USA
Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica), White Troutlily (Erythronium albidum), and Dutchman's breeches (Dicentra cucullaria). Allerton Park and Retreat Center, Monticello, Illinois, USA.
Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum). Shady Rest Nature Preserve, Monticello, Illinois, USA
Woodland Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata), Shady Rest Nature Preserve, Monticello, Illinois, USA
Dutchman's breeches (Dicentra cucullaria). Shady Rest Nature Preserve, Monticello, Illinois, USA.
Cutleaf toothwork (Cardamine concatenata). Shady Rest Nature Preserve, Monticello, Illinois, USA
Eastern Redbuds bloom along the trail at Shady Rest Nature Preserve, Monticello, Illinois, USA.
Wild geranium (Geranium maculatum). Horseshoe Bend Unit, Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge, Wapello, Iowa, USA.
Midland shooting star (Dodecatheon meadii), wild geranium (Geranium maculatum), and honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis). Rochester Cemetery Prairie Savanna, Rochester, Iowa, USA.
Nodding Trillium (Trillium flexipes), Green Island Wildlife Management Area, Green Island, Iowa, USA.
Amethyst Shooting Star (Dodecatheon amethystinum), Green Island, Illinois, USA.
Rue-anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides), Green Island, Iowa, USA
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