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Ephemerals II

April 29, 2021

My girlfriend Helen Boyle sent me this photo of a barred owl. Photo by Richard Boyle.

The trees are budding out. There have been dandelions, and creeping Charlie are everywhere. And we have off-again and on-again sunshine.

My goodness! Where did the overwhelming abundance of ephemerals come from? I guess the warm weather has something to with that. It seems to me it is two weeks ahead of time.

Here in Northeast Wisconsin I have seen: (Click a single photo – then click the photo again for a larger view.)

Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum).
Cutleaf toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) was all over my east yard.
White trout lily (Erythronium albidum), Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria), and wild geranium (Geranium maculatum).
Yellow violet (Viola pubescens).
Wild geranium and large-flowered trilliums (Trillium grandiflorum).
Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) and Virginia waterleaf.
Wild strawberries (Fragaria virginiana) and violet.
Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum).
Giant Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum canaliculatum).
White baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) or doll’s eyes.
Wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis).
Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata). Research shows that garlic mustard is allelopathic, meaning that it releases chemicals that can inhibit the growth of other plant species.
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