Join Our Winter Wildflower Challenge!

Spend this winter learning to identify the wildflowers of the Forest
Then come spring... you will be a pro at plant ID and ready to join our 2021 Forest Biodiversity Project!

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​Meet the MayApple
Podophyllum peltatum

Meet Jack (in-the-pulpit)
Arisaema triphyllum

​Bloom Time: May (of course!)
Height: 1-2 feet

Native woodland plant of deciduous forests like this one.

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​Meet the Wild Geranium 
​Geranium maculatum

​Bloom Time: April-June 
Height: 1-2 feet

Dry or moist woods, woodland edges and dappled meadows.

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​Meet the Trout Lily
Erythronium americanum

​Bloom Time: March-May
Height: 6-8 inches

Grows in large colonies.
Dry or moist woods,
​woodland edges and dappled shade.

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​Bloom Time: April-May
Height: 1-3 feet

A shade loving native wildflower of
rich, moist, deciduous forests.

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Meet Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis L.

​Bloom Time: March-April
Height: 3-6 inches

Dry to moderate moisture;
woods, forests; in rich soil


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​Meet Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica

​Bloom Time: April-June
Height: 6-8 inches

Grows in patchy colonies,
moderately moist woods, and
​woodland edges with dappled sun.

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