Well here we are again. Finally! Another east coast spring. This side of the country sure makes you wait for it. But I think we are finally starting to warm up and the flowers are starting to pop out. The spring ephemerals won’t be here long, so enjoy them while you can. Dogwoods are in full bloom and violets cover the forest floor. Mayapple is up but not quite ready for blooms. More to come… Enjoy the start of the show. Spring is finally here!

Cream Violet (Viola striata)

Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)

Bitter Wintercress (Barbarea vulgaris)

Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)

Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)

Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)

Mossy Maze Polypore (Cerrena unicolor)

Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)

Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)

Virginia Saxifrage (Micranthes virginiensis)

Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

Virginia Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)

Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)

Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)

Downy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens)

Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma americana)

American Holly (Llex opaca)

Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)

Large White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)

Mossy Maze Polypore (Cerrena unicolor)

Pennywort (Obolaria virginica)

Witch’s Butter (Tremella mesenterica)

Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)

Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

Round-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica americana)

Finally a day of at least partial sunshine! 36 degrees at approximately 11:00 am. I walked around Woodland Hills Preserve, a golf course that has been transformed into a wildlife habitat with plenty of wetland. I enjoy coming here and taking note of all the different seed pods that create interest and attract wildlife over the winter months..