SPRING WILDFLOWERS: IN THE WILD AND IN THE GARDEN by Bob Freckmann 10 March 2016
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Swamps, bogs, and wet woodlands; wet peaty soil.
Symplocarpus foetidus, skunk-cabbage. Caltha palustris, marsh-marigold. Ribes triste, swamp currant. Ribes glandulosum, skunk currant. Packera (Senecio) aurea, golden ragwort. Arisaema triphyllum, jack-in-the-pulpit. Ranunculus (septentrionalis) hispidus, swamp buttercup. Geum rivale, purple avens. Cypripedium reginae, showy lady's-slipper. Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum, small yellow lady's-slipper. Chamaedaphne calyculata, leatherleaf.
Sand, rocks, and dry prairies.
Anemone patens, pasque flower. Geum triflorum, prairie smoke. Ranunculus rhomboideus, prairie buttercup. Viola pedata, birds-foot violet, wild pansy.
Northern conifer woodland, with layer of needles over sand or peat; acidic and with partial shade all year.
Epigaea repens, trailing arbutus. Polygala paucifolia, bird-on-a-wing, gay-wings, fringed polygala. Clintonia borealis, bluebead-lily. Trientalis borealis, northern starflower. Viola (conspersa) labridorica, dog violet. Viola macloskeyi, smooth white violet. Cypripedium acaule, moccasin flower.
Plants of sugar maple woods, needing rich neutral to alkaline soil, good spring light, and summer shade.
Hepatica (Anemone) acutiloba, sharp-lobed hepatica. Hepatica (Anemone) americana, blunt-lobed hepatica. Anemone quinquefolia, wood anemone. Sanguinaria canadensis, bloodroot. Asarum canadense, wild-ginger. Allium tricoccum (A. burdickii), wild leek. Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's-breeches. Dicentra canadensis, squirrel-corn. Erythronium americanum, yellow fawnlily, yellow troutlily. Erythronium albidum, white fawnlily, white troutlily. Claytonia virginica, spring-beauty. Claytonia caroliniana, Carolina spring-beauty. Cardamine concatenata (Dentaria laciniata), cutleaved toothwort. Cardamine diphylla (Dentaria diphylla), twinleaved toothwort. Cardamine douglasii, pink spring-cress. Caulophyllum thalictroides, blue-cohosh. Thalictrum dioicum, early meadow-rue. Thalictrum (Anemonella) thalictroides, rue-anemone. Enemion (Isopyrum) biternatum, false rue-anemone. Jeffersonia diphylla, twinleaf. Viola canadensis, Canada violet. Viola pubescens, downy yellow violet. Viola sororia, woodland violet. Mitella diphylla, bishop's-cap, miterwort, snowflake flower. Geranium maculatum, wild geranium, spotted crane's-bill. Phlox divaricata, woodland phlox. Polemonium reptans, Jacob's-ladder. Galearis spectabilis, showy orchis. Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens, large-flowered yellow lady’s-slipper. Trillium grandiflorum, large-flowered trillium. Trillium cernuum, nodding trillium. Polygonatum biflorum, large solomonseal. Polygonatum pubescens, small solomonseal. Maianthemum canadense, Canada mayflower. Maianthemum (Smilacina) racemosum, solomon's-plume, false solomonseal. Maianthemum (Smilacina) stellata, starry solomonseal. Streptopus roseus, twisted-stalk. Uvularia sessilifolia, sessile-leaved bellwort. Uvularia grandiflora, large-flowered bellwort. Podophyllum peltatum, mayapple. Hydrophyllum virginianum, Virginia waterleaf.