Wildflowers There is a tremendous flush of wildflowers early in the season, thus the bulk of these shots come from April and May. AllWildflowers Yellow Lady Slipper (Cypripedium Parviflorum) 2 Yellow Lady Slipper (Cypripedium Parviflorum) Wood Anemone (Anemone Quinquefolia) Wild Pink (Silene Caroliniana): Prefers Shade Banks Canadian Wild Ginger (Asarum Canadense) Wild Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) 5 Wild Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) 4 Wild Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) 3 Wild Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) 2 Wild Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) White Trillium (Trillium Grandiflorium) Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia Virginica) 2 Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia Virginica) Trout Lily (Erythronium Americanum) 2 Trout Lily (Erythronium Americanum) Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea Repens) 2 Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea Repens): Once Prized for its Scent, it was Shipped to the City in Little Boxes for the Ladies Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea Repens) Tall Beardtongue (Penstemon Digitalis) Sweet White Violet (Viola Blanda) Sundial Lupine (Lupinus Perennis) Squirrel Corn (Dicentra Canadensis): Its heart shape differentiates this plant from Dutchman’s Breeches Squaw Root (Conophilis Americana): Parasite Spring Beauty (Claytonia Virginica) Spreading Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium Reptans) Soapwort Gentian (Gentiana Saponaria) Small White Violet (Viola Macloskeyi) Showy Orchis (Galearis Spectabilis) 3 Showy Orchis (Galearis Spectabilis) 2 Short-Spurred Corydalis (Corydalis Flavula) Sharp-Lobed Hepatica (Hepatica Nobilis Var Acuta) Sessile Bellwort (Uvularia Sessilifolia) Rue-Anemone (Thalictrum Thalictroides) 2 Rue-Anemone (Thalictrum Thalictroides) Round-Lobed Hepatica 2 Round-Lobed Hepatica Red Trillium (Trillium Erectum) Purple Fringeless Orchid (Platanthera Peramoena) 3 Purple Fringeless Orchid (Platanthera Peramoena) 2 Purple Fringeless Orchid (Platanthera Peramoena) Polygala Gaywings (Polygala Paucifolia) Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium Acaule) Buds Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium Acaule) 5 Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium Acaule) 4 Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium Acaule) 3 Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium Acaule) 2 Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium Acaule) Perfoliate Bellflower (Uvularia Perfoliata) Pennywort (Obolaria Virginica) Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens Pallida) Pale Common White Violet (Viola Striata) Orange Grass Pineweed (Hypericum Gentianoides) One-Flowered Cancer Root (Orobanche Uniflora): Parasite Marsh Marigold (Caltha Palustris) Marsh Blue Violet (Viola Cucullata) Long-Spurred Violet (Viola Rostrata) Lance-Leaved Violet (Viola Lanceolata) Indian Pipes (Monotropa Uniflora) 2 Indian Pipes (Monotropa Uniflora) Indian Cucumber Root (Medeoloa Virginiana) in Fall Groundnut (Apios Americana) Golden Club (Orontium Aquaticum) 2 Golden Club (Orontium Aquaticum) Fly Poison (Amianthium Muscitoxicum) Flowering Raspberry (Rubus Ordoratus) Fistulous Goat’s Beard (Tragopogon Dubius): Note Asparagus Beetle in Lower Flower Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra Cucullaria) 3 Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra Cucullaria) 2 Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra Cucullaria) Downy Yellow Violet Downy Rattlesnake Plaintain (goodyera Pubescens) Cutleaved Tooth Wort (Cardamine Concatenata) Coltsfoot (Tussilago Farfara): Found on Roadsides in Early April Closed Gentian: Tubular Flower that Never Opens and is Pollinated by Bumblebees who Force Open Tubes Cardinal Flower (Lobelia Cardinalis) Bluebells (Mertensia Virginica) are Found in Floodplains in Late April Bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis) 2 Bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis) Bird’s Foot Violet (viola pedata): Bicolored Form 2 Bird’s Foot Violet (viola pedata): Bicolored Form Beechdrops (Epifagus Virginiana): Parasite on Beech Beechdrops Beardtongue Arrow-Leaved Violet (Viola Sagittata) 2 Arrow-Leaved Violet (Viola Sagittata) Arrow-Leaved Violet
