Early Spring & Ephemerals

Bloodroot  (Sanguinaria canadensis)

Bunchberry  (Cornus canadensis)

Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)

Dwarf Ginseng  (Panax trifolium)

Foamflower  (Tiarella cordifolia)

Round-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica americana)

Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)

Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis)

Starflower (Trientalis borealis)

Small White Violet or Smooth White Violet (Viola Macloskeyi)

Wild Oats or Sessile-leaved Bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia)

Wood Anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)

Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)

Yellow Clintonia or Bluebead Lily (Clintonia borealis)

Downy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens)

Roundleaf Violet (Viola rotundifolia)

Yellow Wood Sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

Red Trillium (Trillium erectum)

Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum)

Spring Beauties (Claytonia caroliniana)

Two-leaf Toothwort or Crinkleroot (Cardamine diphylla)

Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)

Blue Violet (Viola sororia and/or Viola cucullata)

Marsh Blue Violet (Viola cucullata)

Ground Ivy or Gill-over-the-ground (Glechoma hederacea)

Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) – toxic to eat

First photo from NPS – locally taken photo welcomed.

False Hellebore (Veratrum viride) – highly toxic

Ramps (Wild Leeks) (Allium tricoccum)

Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)