While pulling garlic mustard every spring our stewardship crew visits nearly every corner of our parks. Along the way we find some native plants. Check out the cool plants we found this week! What have you seen?
Horse-gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum) at Bear Creek Nature Park is getting ready to flower.
Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) in moist woodland
Starry False Solomon-Seal (Maianthemum stellatum)
Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) in moist woodland
Spring beauty flowers at Stony Creek Ravine Nature Park
Pollinator visits spring beauty (Claytonia virginica)
Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) in rich, moist woods.
Natural Areas Notebook 