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North Caarolina Wildlife Federation Bloom Calendar Updated:Year 2020

Plant Name January February March April May June July August September October November December Perennials Aquilegia canadensis "Eastern Columbine" Sanguinaria canadensis "Bloodroot" Mertensia virginica " Bluebells" Dicentra exima "Bleeding Heart" pedata "Bird's Foot Viola" Polygonatum biflorum "Solomon's seal" Podophyllum peltatum "Mayapples" Salvia lyrata "Lyreleaf Sage" Tiarella cordifolia L. var. collina "Foamflower" Gaura lindheimeri "Lindheimer's beeblossom" Trillium ssp. Asarum canadense "Wild Ginger" Erythronium americanum "Trout lily" Dicentra cucullaria "Dutchman's Breeches" cristata "Dward Crested Iris" Antennaria neglecta "Field Pussytoes" Phlox divaricata "Wild Sweet William" Opuntia humifusa "Eastern Prickly Pear" Penstemon digitalis "Beardtongue Penstemon" Anemone nemorosa "Wood Anemone" Polemonium reptans "Jacob's laddar" Baptisia australis "Blue False Indigo" Baptisia alba "False Indigo" Lobelia cardinalis "Cardinal " amplexicaulis "Clasping Milkweed" Asclepias purpurascens "Purple Milkweed" lanceolata "Tickseed" Meehania cordata "Meehan's Mint" North Caarolina Wildlife Federation Bloom Calendar Updated:Year 2020

Plant Name January February March April May June July August September October November December Tradescantia virginiana "Virginia Spiderwort" Stokesia laevis "Stoke's Aster" Gaillardia aestivalis "Lanceleaf Blanket Flower" Zizia aurea "Golden Alexander" Ceanothus americanus " Tea" Asclepias tuberosa "Butterfly Milkweed" Gaillardia × grandiflora "Blanket Flower" filamentosa "Curly yucca" Asclepias syriaca "Common Milkweeed" Echinacea purpurea "Purple Coneflower" "Indian Blanket" Veronicastrum virginicum "Culver's " Monarda punctata "Spotted Beebalm" "Rattlesnake Master" "Black Eyed susan" Hypericum calycinum "St. John's wort" Pycnanthemum muticum "Blunt Mountain Mint" Verbena hastata "Blue Vervain" perfoliatum "Boneset" coelestinum "Wild " Monarda didyma "Beebalm" Eutrochium purpureum "Joe Pye Weed" Rudbeckia laciniata "Cutleaf Coneflower" Liatris spicata "Blazing Star" Pycnanthemum virginianum "Virginia Mountain Mint" Phlox paniculata "Garden Phlox" Solidago sempervirens "Seaside Goldenrod" North Caarolina Wildlife Federation Bloom Calendar Updated:Year 2020

Plant Name January February March April May June July August September October November December Helianthus resinosus "Sunflower" Symphyotrichum patens "Late purple Aster" Symphyotrichum novae-angliae "New England Aster" Vernonia noveboracensis "Ironweed" Chelone glabra "White Turtlehead" Solidago rugosa "Wrinkle Leaf Goldenrod" altissima "White Snake root"

Shrubs Lindera benzoin "Spicebush" Calycanthus floridus "Carolina Allspice" Vaccinium corymbosum "Highbush Blueberry" "Mountain Laurel" Euonymus americanus "Hearts-a-burstin" Sabal minor "Dwarf palmetto" Cephalanthus occidentalis "Button Bush" Rhododendron catawbiense "Rosebay Rhododendron" acerifolium "Maple Leaf Viburnum" Itea virginica "Virginia Sweetspire" Callicarpa Americana "American Beauty- " Clethra alnifolia "Coastal pepperbush" Hamamelis virginiana "Witch Hazel"

Vines incarnata "Passion Flower" Lonicera sempervirens "Coral honeysuckle" North Caarolina Wildlife Federation Bloom Calendar Updated:Year 2020

Plant Name January February March April May June July August September October November December Aristolochia macrophylla "Pipevine" "Yellow passion flower" Centrosema virginianum "Spurred Butterfly pea" Parthenocissus quinquefolia "Virginia Creeper" Clematis virginiana "Woodbine" Ampelaster carolinianus "Climbing Aster" Symphyotrichum oblongifolium "Aromatic Aster"

Trees Morella cerifera "Wax myrtle" Acer rubrum "Red Maple" Amelanchier arborea "Serviceberry" Prunus serotina "Black Cherry" Ilex opaca "American Holly" Quercus virginiana "Live Oaks" Silverbell "Halesia carolina" Liriodendron tulipifera "Tulip " Quercus falcata "Southern Red Oak"

Picea glauca "Red Spruce"

Pinus strobus "Eastern White Pine" Cercis canadensis "Redbud" Cornus "Dogwood" Asmina triloba "Pawpaw" grandiflora "Southern Magnolia" Chionanthus virginicus "White frindgetree" Betula nigra "River Birch" Magnolia virginiana "Sweet Bay Magnolia" Kalmia latifolia "Mountain Laurel" North Caarolina Wildlife Federation Bloom Calendar Updated:Year 2020

Plant Name January February March April May June July August September October November December Quercus alba "White Oak" Sabal palmetto "Sabal Palm"

Sedges and Grasses Carex rosea "Rosy sedge" Sisyrinchium angustifolium "Blue Eyed Grass" Rhynchospora latifolia "Broadleaf Whitetop Sedge" Chasmanthium latifolium "Sea oats" Schizachyrium scoparium "Little Bluestem" Sporobolus heterolepis " Dropseed" Sorghastrum nutans "Indian Grass" Schizachyrium scoparium "Split Beard Bluestem" Schizachyrium littorale "Seaside Little Bluestem" Panicum varigatum "Switch grass" Muhlenbergia capillaris "Pink Muhly Grass"

FRUITING CALENDAR DISCLAIMER: While these are edible for birds, not all are edible for humans. Diospyros virginiana "Persimmon" Ilex opaca "American Holly" Juniperus virginiana "Eastern Redcedar" Celtis tenuifolia "Dwarf Hackberry" Ilex decidua "Possumhaw" Ilex vomitoria "Yaupon" Rhus copallina "Winged sumac" Amelanchier arborea "Serviceberry" Amelanchier canadensis "Juneberry" North Caarolina Wildlife Federation Bloom Calendar Updated:Year 2020

Plant Name January February March April May June July August September October November December Amelanchier laevis "Allegheny Serviceberry" Sassafras albidum "Sassafras" Arisaema triphyllum "Jack-in-the-Pulpit" Mitchella repens "Partridgeberry" Phytolacca americana "Pokeweed" Morus rubra "Red Mulberry" Sambucus canadensis "Elderberry" Gaylussacia dumosa "Dwarf Huckleberry" Gaylussacia frondosa "Blue Huckleberry" Vaccinium vacillans "Lowbush Blueberry" Viburnum dentatum "Arrowwood" Prunus serotina "Black Cherry" Aralia spinosa "Devil’s Walking Stick" Asimina triloba "Pawpaw" Chionanthus virginicus "Fringetree" Ostrya virginiana "Hophornbeam" Prunus americana "Wild Plum" Prunus angustifolia "Chickasaw Plum" Prunus pensylvanica "Fire Cherry" Cornus amomum "Silky Dogwood" "Flowering Dogwood" Celtis laevigata "Sugarberry" Ilex verticillata "Winterberry" Myrica cerifera "Wax Myrtle" Osmanthus americana "Wild Olive, Devilwood" Rhus glabra "Smooth Sumac" Callicarpa americana "American Beautyberry" Lindera benzoin "Spicebush" Vaccinium corymbosum "Highbush Blueberry" North Caarolina Wildlife Federation Bloom Calendar Updated:Year 2020

Plant Name January February March April May June July August September October November December Vaccinium stamineum "Deerberry" Viburnum acerifolium "Mapleleaf Viburnum" Viburnum nudum "Wild Raisin" Nyssa sylvatica "Black Gum" Persea borbonia "Redbay" Prunus caroliniana "Carolina Laurel Cherry" Sorbus americana "Mountain-Ash" "Black Haw" Viburnum rufidulum "Rusty Blackhaw" Clethra alnifolia "Sweet Pepperbush" Ilex glabra "Inkberry" Sorbus arbutifolia "Red Chokeberry" Vaccinium arboreum "Sparkleberry"