Hepatica is blooming. These photos are from Oak Openings. Spring Beauty is also in bloom. And the May Apple are emerging.
On our 1st Wildflower walk at Oak Openings, we saw plenty of Skunk Cabbage and some Common Chickweed, but few other open flowers. We did see some Spring Beauty and Hepatica which are getting close to opening their flowers. Photos of those, plus some fiddlehead ferns we saw on the Blue Trail are shown below.
PBS has a Nature program out called "What Plants Talk About" . It is very interesting. You can catch it on broadcast or at:
http://video.pbs.org/video/2338524490 One interesting part is at about 34 minutes into it about Wild Lupine. On a walk today at Wildwood I saw a few Hepatica leaves. On looking closer and after moving a few leaves, I saw the beginning sprouts of the flowers. I had never seen the fuzy nature of these. See my photos below. It is neat to explore wildflowers during the times other than when they are in full bloom. I also found a web site with a photo of one a little farther along that shows all the hairs on it http://naturallycuriouswithmaryholland.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/hepatica/
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