We went for a walk in the woods at a nature preserve yesterday. This nature preserve is special because of the expansive carpet of blue bells on the forest floor in early spring. This was my first time visiting this preserve. The blue bells were like nothing I had ever seen before. They were everywhere!
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| Spring Beauty |
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| Flox |
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| Woodland Violet |
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| Creeping Buttercup I, also, saw a bunch of Prairie Trillium (the ones with burgundy petals and mottled leaves), and one early White Trout Lilly. Mayapples had popped up already. It was a little early yet for Toothwart, Hepatica, Wild Geranium, Yellow Trout Lilly, and Great White Trillium. I saw some Red Admiral butterflies, a tiny copper butterfly, and a few sulfur butterflies. We heard some very loud tree frogs. The oak trees were all bare still. The buckeye trees were leafing out. There was a flowering tree that I will have to look up. It has five petaled white flowers in clusters. It was growing in the under canopy. It had reddish brown bark and the trunks and branches were delicate in character and finely featured. We had a wonderful day in a beautiful place with delightful weather! I hope you are having a wonderful day, too. :) |
The bluebells were so pretty, and I'm glad we made it there that day! It made me smile to see how you noticed so many details that I did not. :) You're good at spotting and identifying all those flowers and plants - wish I was better at remembering the names of the ones you tell me. There are a few that I finally can identify at first sight now, thanks to you.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! That’s so nice you were able to go see them. :) -Emily
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