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Spring is one of our favorite seasons, in great part because of the abundant and colorful wildflowers.
- Dutchman's Breeches - Odd-shaped flowers give the plant its name. It has rich green foliage that rises from a scaly, bulbous base.
- Jack in the Pulpit - Small, inconspicuous flowers peek from the pale green or dark purple variegated base.
- Twinleaf - Blooms in early April. Has two equal leaflets that are long-stalked. The flowers have 8 white petals.
- Large-flowered Trillium - The parts of the flower are arranged in threes and gleam like white stars.
- Yellow Trout Lily - Early April finds the woods filled with these nodding yellow flowers, each arising between a pair of erect leaves mottled with purplish or whitish blotches.
- Cut-leaved Toothwort - One of the most common spring flowers, it has four-petaled white or pinkish clusters, tall stems and three leaves divided into deeply, cut-toothed leaflets.
- Pink Lady's Slipper - Easily recognized by its pink flower on a stalk with 2 large opposite leaves at the base. The lip looks like an inflated pouch. It is a highly prized wild orchid.
- Spring Beauty - Its five-petaled flowers are beautifully colored—either white with pink veins or rose. One of the earliest seasonal flowers often forming a nearly complete ground cover in moist, open woods.
