Master Naturalist
Saturday outing on April 5th for Master Naturalist alumni's.
Kanawha State Forest
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We were looking for some Bloodroot in bloom, but most were not quite there. |
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We found Star Chickweed. |
| There was a lot of Rue Anemone. Later we found some Wood Anemone also. |
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Finally found some Bloodroot open. |
| Some Trillium were almost in bloom. |
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We saw very few Violets, yet. |
| The coltsfoot was almost out. |
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I could not resist this one. |
| There is another Bloodroot. You might have guessed it is one of my favorite Spring Wildflowers. |
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This is the only bunch of blue Violets I saw. |
| We also found some Golden Ragwort and Cutleaf Toothwort not quite in bloom. We saw Lousewort (Jim, you missed it) and Trout-Lily both of which had a ways to go yet before blooming. |
| I went out to KSF again a couple of days later (04/08/08) and found a lot more flowers opened up. |
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Now the coltsfoot are flowering |
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Coltsfoot and friend |
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Trout lilies were everywhere. |
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As were the Spring Beauty |
| There were also some Blue Bells |
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Dutchman's Britches |
| We found some Hepatica |
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More Hepatica |
| Still More Hepatica |
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There lots of Violets |
| Cinquefoil |
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Golden Ragwort |
| There were lots of Bloodroot |
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Cinquefoil |
| And of course Bluets |
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