Wildflower report

Wildflowers blooming in the hollow today:

• Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata, formerly known as Dentaria laciniata)
• Harbinger of Spring (Erigenia bulbosa)
• Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)
• Purple Dead Nettle (Lamium purpureum) - mostly in the lawn
• Birdseye Speedwell (Veronica persica) - limited to the lawn

It was fairly cold and windy today, so Toothwort and Spring Beauties had closed petals. Toothwort is very widespread on the west side of the hollow. Pretty soon whole areas of the forest floor will be covered with Toothwort.