What's in Season Spring In spring, wander the woodland trails to see carpets of dazzling spring ephemerals cover the forest floor, especially vivid from mid-April through May. As spring unfolds, flowering shrubs, trees and vines join the display. March Seasonal Highlights MarchAprilMay American hazelnut (Corylus Americana) Photo: Jean Barrell Leatherwood (Dirca palustris) Photo: Jean Barrell Red Elder (Sambucus racemosa) Buds, Photo: Mary Anne Borge Red Maple (Acer rubrum) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Round-Lobed Hepatica (Anemone americana) Photo: Jean Barrell Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) Photo: Jean Barrell Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Smooth Alder (Alnus serrulata) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Snow trillium (Trillium nivale) Photo: Jean Barrell Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) Wood poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla) Trout-lily (Erythronium americanum) Photo: Jean Barrell Toadshade (Trillium sessile) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Squirrel corn (Dicentra canadensis) Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) Photo: Jean Barrell Redbud (Cercis canadensis) Photo: Jean Barrell Red Trillium (Trillium erectum) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Pinxter-flower (Rhododendron periclymenoides) Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) Dwarf Crested Iris (Iris cristata) Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) Photo: Jean Barrell Cut-leaf toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) Photo: Jean Barrell Creeping Jacob’s ladder (Polemonium reptans) Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) Photo: Jean Barrell Blackhaw viburnum (Viburnum prunifolium) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Carolina Allspice (Calycanthus floridus) Photo: Jean Barrell Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Eastern Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) Photo: Jean Barrell False Solomon’s Seal (Maianthemum racemosum) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Firepink (Silene virginica) Flame azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) Photo: Jean Barrell Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Large-flowered Bellwort or Merrybells (Uvularia grandiflora) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum sp.) Maple-leaf Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) Photo: Sandra Escala Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) with Red Admiral, Photo: Mary Anne Borge Shooting Star (Primula meadia) Photo: Jean Barrell Virginia Goldenstar aka Gold-and-Green (Chrysogonum virginianum) Photo: Jean Barrell Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica) Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata) Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum) Photo: Jean Barrell Yellow Lady’s-Slipper (Cypripedium calceolus) Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading...