Sunday, March 25, 2007

Woodland Wildflower Update

At McCormick's Creek - lots of wildflowers are in bloom or on their way. A lot of white flowers are out - among other things there are Rue Anemone, Bloodroot, Spring Beauty, White Trillium (still - I saw them a week ago). Also many Purple (Prairie) trillium (or perhaps Toadshade)-some with buds. Mayapples on their way - starting to open their leaves, and Trout Lily leaves. Violets - one purple one blooming - a yellow one - almost. I saw one fiddle head.

It seemed early for the amount of flowers that are already blooming or well on their way. But then it's about 20 -25 degrees above average.

I had a tick crawling on my head yesterday. Usually we are free of ticks until after the initial wildflowers come out and we are well into mushroom season - like the middle of April.

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