On 3/16/2012 11:11 PM, steve harley wrote:
on 2012-03-16 19:08 Mark C wrote
I took a day off today and went down to the Dowagiac Woods in Cass
County, MI,
to see if the wildflowers were out. Usually there is nothing but
harbinger of
spring at this time of year, but I found a few sprigs of hepatica,
much earlier
than usual.
So here is a handful of very early woodland wildflowers:
http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php
those are interesting flowers that i don't see in Colorado (and that i
don't recall from childhood in Maine or Kansas); while the context is
part of what makes these interesting, the simplicity and nice bokeh is
attractive, and it makes me want to traipse down to some wetlands
along the South Platte River to see what's up
here in urban Denver (in the non-wild, my yard) i saw gazania and
mallow in flower on 2 Jan, then we had the snowiest February on
record, and now everything's a-burstin', bulbs especially, but all the
shrubs are budding, phlox & violets & vinca are showing color, and
townsendia are open, though the petals aren't fully developed; cats
have found the first green on the catnip as well
Thanks, Steve. These are woodland wildflowers. They are found in wooded
areas and bloom in the period of early spring when the soil has warmed
but the trees are still leafless and direct sun hits the ground. In
MIchigan you don't see them much in re-forested areas that were once
farmed, but they are really abundant in areas that were never plowed up.
The range map I looked at shows hepatica only in the eastern US.
Thanks for looking!
Mark
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