American Plum

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Seasonal Photos - Springtime - May
Walkers in the bog
  
 
  More photos of each plant and additional plant information can be found by looking up individual plants in the "Archive/Site Plan"    
Marsh Marigold Field
  
         
Virginia Bluebells
Pale Corydalis
  
Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) located in many places in the Woodland Garden. Borage Family. Native to Minnesota in SE section. Leaves can have a bluish appearance. Buds with a pink tinge. 2nd image under.
Pale Corydalis (Corydalis sempervirens) located in the Woodland Garden. Poppy Family. Native to Minnesota except the SW. 2nd image under.
  
         
Cut-leaved Toothwort
 Cut-leaved Toothwort (Dentaria lanciniata) located in many places in the Woodland Garden. Mustard Family. Native to the Minnesota woods of the SE and partially in the NE. 2nd image under.
Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) located in many places in the Woodland Garden. Barberry Family. Native to the Minnesota woods, the "blue" refers to the color of the fruit which forms in early summer. 2nd image under of the unusual appearance of the emerging stem.
Blue Cohosh
  
         
Marsh Marigold
American Plum
  
Marsh Marigold (Cowslip) (Caltha palustris) found throughout the bog area of the Woodland Garden. Buttercup Family. Occurs throughout Minnesota except the SW. 2nd image under.
American Plum (Prunus americana) located on the first hill in the Upland Garden at guidebook station 46. Rose Family. 2nd image under.
  
         
Toadshade
 Toadshade, Sessile Trillium (Trillium sessile) located in the Woodland Garden. Trillium Family. Stalk-less flower.
Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla) located in the Woodland Garden. Barberry Family. Small white flower, large split (twin) leaf on a tall stalk. 2nd image under.
Twinleaf
  
         
Yellow Trillium
Wild Ginger
  
Yellow Trillium (Trillium viride var. luteum) located in the Woodland Garden. Lily family.
Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense) located in the Woodland Garden. Birthwort Family. A native of the Minnesota hardwoods community. Forms colonies of plants, each plant having only one flower, very low to the ground. 2nd image under.
  
         
Drooping trillium
Purple Trillium
  
Drooping Trillium (Declining Trillium) (Trillium flexipes) located in the Woodland Garden. Lily Family. The flower has a 2 to 4 inch long stalk causing the "droop".
Purple Trillium (Trillium erectum) located in large numbers in the Woodland Garden. Lily Family. 2nd image under.
  
         
False Rue-anemone
Rue anemone
  
False Rue-anemone (Enemion biternatum Raf.) located in many places in the Woodland Garden. Buttercup family. It generally occurs in thick patches. Found throughout the SE Minnesota woods. 2nd image under.
Rue-anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides L.) located in the Woodland Garden and a few places in the Upland Garden. Buttercup family. The flowers can be white to pink and stand above a whorl of leaflets whereas the False Rue-anemone flower rises from leaf axils..
  
         
Elderberry
 Elderberry (Sambucus pubens) located in the Woodland Garden and shady spots in the Upland Garden. A common shrub of the Minnesota woods. 2nd image under.
Fern heads emerging. 2nd image under.
Fern heads
  
         
Canada Violet
Yellow Violet
  
Canada Violet (Viola canadensis) located in the Woodland Garden. Violet Family. Widespread in the Minnesota woods.
Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens). Located in the Woodland Garden. Violet Family. Common throughout Minnesota.
  
         
Class tour at the Mallard Pool
Woodchuck
  
School group at the Mallard Pool. Click on image for a page of photos of visitors to the Garden in May.
A resident Woodchuck in the Upland Garden.
  
 
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