#spring ephemerals

[geopsych]

Hey Mom, just in case you can see Tumblr from wherever you are in the afterlife, if there is one, I’m still going out to woods in spring looking for bloodroot all these years later thanks to you! ❤️

#pennsylvania #flowers #wildflowers #native wildflowers #bloodroot #spring ephemerals #sanguinaria canadensis #march #springtime

[himekokosu]

 Erythronium japonicum

#wild plants #gardening #nature #片栗 #spring ephemerals

[oliviarosaline]

Bloodroot

Sanguinaria canadensis

March 31st, 2023

Jefferson County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

#nature #botany #forest #forest floor #woods #spring #ephemeral #ephemerals #spring ephemerals #native plants #native flowers #Ozarks #the ozarks #white flower #white flowers #bloodroot #Sanguinaria canadensis #fairycore #fairy core #cottage core #naturecore #flowers #spring flowers #Missouri #nature lovers #exploring the woods #papaveraceae #Missouri nature

[bewitchedbotanist]

Spring hiking around northern Arkansas. I haven't been out hiking much this year yet, but hopefully I'll manage to get out more at the end of April to catch some more spring wildflowers.

#botany #biology #ecology #wildflowers #hiking #arkansas #spring ephemerals #trout lily #moss #lichen #bloodroot #sanguinaria canadensis #micranthes palmeri #palmers saxifrage #erythronium rostratum

[woodlandcore]

trillium sessile & erythronium americanum

#nature #flower #spring #spring ephemerals #naturecore #dirtcore

[vandaliatraveler]

A few more treasures from my hike this past weekend in Core Arboretum. I’ve posted detailed descriptions of these ephemerals in the past. So if you want to learn more about these wildflowers, go to my main blog page and search on the plant's common name.  You’ll also be rewarded with higher resolution photos.  :-)

From top: sessile trillium (Trillium sessile); dwarf larkspur (Delphinium tricorne); twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla); Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica); Virginia spring beauty (Claytonia virginica); harbinger of spring (Erigenia bulbosa); cutleaf toothwort (Cardamine concatenata); Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria); yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum); and great white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum). 

#appalachia #vandalia #west virginia #spring #early april #wildflowers #spring ephemerals #core arboretum #sessile trillium #dwarf larkspur #twinleaf #virginia bluebells #virginia spring beauty #harbinger of spring #cutleaf toothwort #dutchman's breeches #yellow trout lily #great white trillium

[thebashfulbotanist]

Spring has arrived in Western Washington! We're beginning to see spring ephemeral flowers. The term "spring ephemeral" isn't a terribly strict one, but is used to generally refer to plants, usually woodland ones, that devote a lot of energy to flowering in the spring and either go dormant or become far less showy the rest of the year. Common cultivated examples that are nonnative to the US include daffodils, hyacinths, tulips, and crocuses. If you can find native ones at nurseries or native plant society plant sales near you, we heartily suggest them! They do tend to be fragile, so it's best to avoid disturbing them in the wild, though.

Here are some spring ephemerals native to Washington! Clockwise from the top, these are the glacier lily (Erythronium grandiflorum), great camas (Camassia leichtlinii), Pacific bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa), Western trillium (Trillium ovatum), white fawn lily (Erythronium oregonum), Western spring beauty (Claytonia lanceolata), pink fawn lily (Erythronium revolutum), pretty shooting-star (Primula pauciflora), and chocolate lily (Fritillaria lanceolata).

What spring ephemerals are native where you live? Do you grow any yourself?

#Several of these photos are from my garden! #we're lucky enough to have a nursery nearby that sells native plants on occasion #Plants of Washington State #spring ephemerals

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)

Blue flowers are relatively rare. Most incline to violet or else are quite small. But Virginia bluebells are a striking exception. All my photos from my garden, unedited.

I'm not kidding. They really are that blue naturally. They bloom in May. Then they slowly decline and the entire plants are gone above soil by the summer. Only to reappear the following spring! The shoots and flower buds are edible. You don't want to take too much, though. As spring ephemerals, they need the energy they make with their leaves during their short growing period. The short bloom period is also why I don't have more photos of them. They don't even bloom every year.

#photography #my photos #blackswallowtailbutterfly #Virginia bluebells #Mertensia virginica #flowers #blue flowers #wildflowers #gardening #native species #North American native plants #edible wild plants #my garden #native plants of Ontario and the northeastern USA #spring ephemerals

[willbrakeforneature]

starting to see signs of spring 🙂

#March #ides of march #running #nature #personal #me #toad the dog #bluebells #trilliums #lilies #spring #spring ephemerals #yoga #goofin #trail running

[gfdelmar]

Today’s highlight finds in class:

White Trillium, Trillium grandiflorum.

Yellow morel, Morchella esculenta.

Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis.

Wild Geranium, Geranium maculatum.

Grey and Dixie reindeer lichens, Cladonia rangiferina and Cladonia subtenuis, respectively.

Mystery reptile egg, most likely a snake or a turtle’s.

#nature #hike #spring #springtime #spring ephemerals #spring flowers #wildflowers #mycology #mushrooms #mushroomcore #foraging #wild edible plants #yellow morel #morel #edible mushrooms #lichen #reindeer lichen #gfdelmar og

[worm-gar]

Lots of rue anemones on my hike today. They are such lovely native spring flowers.

#spring flowers to cure my seasonal depression #nature photography #phone photography #original photography on tumblr #forest #hiking #wildflowers #spring ephemerals

[geopsych]

Bloodroots! I didn't expect this or I would have visited there yesterday when it was sunny and they would have been open. I thought it was too early . Now I have to wait through a couple days of rain and see how many are still blooming. They call them spring ephemerals for a reason.

#pennsylvania #flowers #wildflowers #sanguinaria canadensis #plants #plantblr #bloodroot #march #spring ephemerals #springtime

[himekokosu]

Adonis ramosa

#flowers #gardening #nature #poisonous plants #spring ephemerals

[oliviarosaline]

Sharp-lobed Hepatica

Hepatica acutiloba

These gorgeous spring ephemerals are usually found in woods with rich, somewhat alkaline, well drained-soils across eastern North America. Their flowers can vary in color and petal count. The hepatica plants pictured were growing on wooded hillsides featuring dolomite rock outcrops.

March 30th, 2023

St. Francois County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

#botany #woods #forest #forest floor #nature #hepatica #sharp lobed hepatica #flowers #native flowers #native plants #the ozarks #ozarks #plants of the ozarks #flower photography #fairy core #fairycore #cottagecore #cottage core #forestcore #naturecore #nature lovers #fairy flowers #Hepatica acutiloba #anemones #anemone #ranunculaceae #exploring #forests #spring ephemerals #Missouri nature

[fishdetective]

it is time to start wildflowerposting again; here are some lovely trout lilies from last week

#evan essence #wildflowers #photography #spring ephemerals

[woodlandcore]

trout lilies and spiderwebs

#flower #nature #naturecore #dirtcore #trout lily #spring #spring ephemerals #springtime