Equisetum arvense
Purple Trillium/ Stinking Benjamin Trillium erectum
Wild Sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
American Fly Honeysuckle Lonicera canadensis
Hobblebush
Viburnum alinifolium
Rosy Twisted Stalks / Rosybells Streptopus roseus
Beechdrops Epifagus virginiana
Canada Mayflower / Wild Lily-of-the-Valley
Maianthenum canadense
Bellwort / Wild Oat
Uvularia sessifolia
Clintonia / Blue Beads
Clintonia borealis
Starflower
Trientalis borealis
Jack-in-the-Pulpit / Indian Turnip Arisaema atrorubens
Dwarf Ginsengs
Panax trifolium
False Hellibore
Veratrum viride
Indian Cucumber Root
Medeola virginiana
Birds seen or heard:
Mallard
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay (pair seen collecting nest material)
American Robin
Hermit Thrush
Catbird
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
American Crow
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Ovenbird
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Susan points out out first flower, a Purple Trillium
One of our younger participants
Susan points out a Jack-in-the-Pulpit that curiously lacks the maroon
coloration
Not just about plants. Sue talks about some recent Pileated Woodpecker
activity
Sue "meditates" on the Sarsaperilla in front of her while sitting
in a patch of Canada Mayflower
Flower of the Wild Oats plant. This flower is only about 1" long
A studious group
Christmas Ferns beginning to unfurl
A closer view of the abberant Jack
Dr. Holler holds up some small animal bones that were found
Pointing out the spores on the underside of a Christman Fern
Susan shows the group an Indian Cucumber Root
Tasting an Indian Cucumber Root