Wildflower report

Noticed a few more new wildflowers today up on the ridge beyond the end of the hollow.

Newly in bloom:

• Early Saxifrage (Saxifraga virginiensis)
• Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea)
• Cross Vine (Bignonia capreolata)

Notes on previously noted woodland species:

• Eastern Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus) -- many more in the last few days
• Common Blue Violet (Viola papilionacea)
• Round-leaved Violet (Viola rotundifolia)
• Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) -- large patch in full bloom at the back of the hollow
• Toad Trillium (Trillium sessile)
• Prairie Trillium (Trillium recurvatum) - This species definitely begins blooming a bit later than T. sessile.
• Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
• Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
• Fern-leaved Phacelia (Phacelia bipinnatifida)
• Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema atrorubens) - Many emerging individuals, but not yet blooming. I still have only seen one in bloom this spring.
• Bedstraw (Galium aparine)
• Small-flowered Crowfoot (Ranunculus abortivus)

Showy flowering woodland trees:

• Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
• Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)

Fruiting / no longer in bloom:

• Harbinger of Spring (Erigenia bulbosa)
• Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) -- leaves yellowing and drying up
• Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)
• Yellow Corydalis (Corydalis flavula)
• Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) -- only a few individuals; almost completely gone now

Found in our lawn:

• Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
• Birdseye Speedwell (Veronica persica)
• Star Chickweed (Stellaria pubera)
• Field Pansy (Viola kitaibeliana)
• Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) -- fading quickly
• Purple Dead Nettle (Lamium purpureum) -- nearly all gone
• Bulbous Buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus)
• Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea)