Plants Are Starting to Bloom!

Reports from Western New York from Priscilla Titus include bloodroot and Carex plantaginea. See photos.

Barry Goldman from the Albany area reports Draba verna already in fruit!

Bloodroot by Priscilla Titus

Carex plantaginea anthers by Priscilla Titus

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4 Comments on “Plants Are Starting to Bloom!”

nyflora Says:

April 15, 2010 at 10:49 pm
Spider Barbour from Ulster County says it’s probably the earliest he has seen it in 20 years.

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Sara Says:

April 15, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Here in Central New York, the following spring wildflowers are all blooming (observed variously at Heiberg Forest on 4/3, at Clark Reservation on 4/10, and at Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area on 4/11):

wild ginger (Asarum canadense)
red and white trillium (T. erectum & T. grandiflorum)
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis)
spring beauty (Claytonia caroliniana)
bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
lyrate rock cress (Arabidopsis lyrata)
early saxifrage (Saxifraga virginiensis)
blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)
trout lily (Erythronium americanum)
marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)
coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
miterwort (Mitella diphylla)
cutleaf toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)
bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

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barry goldman Says:

April 12, 2010 at 4:20 pm
let’s add:

Wood anemone (Anemone quinquifolia)
Early saxifrage (Saxifraga virginiensis)
many spp of Viola
Trout lilly (Erythronium americanum)

at the Normanskill trail off Delaware ave.

p.s. i’m not in nyc, i’m in albany. The Draba vernas were at washington ave extension.

Also the leaf cutter bees are out.

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Dave Behm Says:

April 10, 2010 at 9:31 am
While walking the trails at Ann Lee Pond Nature & Historic Preserve in Colonie this afternoon, I observed the following in bloom:
Black Willow
Box Elder
Carolina Spring Beauty
Coltsfoot
Common Shadbush
Ground Ivy
Hobblebush (outer flowers only)
Marsh Marigold
Nightdrops
Red Maple
Skunk Cabbage
Smooth Alder
Spicebush
Whitlow Grass

Many more have set flower buds, including:
Catberry
Dwarf Ginseng
Early Low Blueberry
Garlic Mustard
Highbush Blueberry
Mayapple
Pin Cherry
Sessile-leaved Bellwort
Wake Robin

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