The Week in Flowers

Ah, with this warm sunny weather, the spring ephemerals are coming fast.  In addition to the Carolina Spring Beauties (Claytonia caroliniana) I mentioned in the last post, here's a list of the flowers I found in bloom this past week.

Hepatica (Hepatica nobilus var. acuta); Skidmore Woods

English Violet (Viola odorata var. alba); Skidmore Woods

Leatherwood (Dirca palustris); Skidmore Woods

Round-leaved Violet (Viola rotundifolia): Orra Phelps Nature Preserve

Golden Saxifrage (Chrysosplenium americanum); Orra Phelps Nature Preserve

Common Chickweed (Stellaria media); Yaddo

Pennsylvania Sedge? (Carex pensylvanicum?); Bog Meadow Nature Trail

Field Horsetail Reed (Equisetum arvense); fertile (tan) and sterile (green) stalks; Bog Meadow Nature Trail