5/3/03: Sue Sanchez, Edythe Wolf, 5/4/03: Robert & Kathryn Trendler.
Elm samara on tree, Rosa setigera (bare), English Walnut shells on ground.
R: Leftover Lilies of the Valley. Jeffersonia diphylla Twinleaf.
Podophyllum peltatum
Aster shortii, Aster sagitifolius var. drummondii winged, hairy stalk.
Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot: past bloom, some green seed pods
L: Smilax (Carrion Vine?): 4-5 leaves.
R: Actaea pachypoda Baneberry: thick stem, whitish bloom.
Viola spp: blue, yellow, white.
L: Uvularia grandiflora? Leaves veined similar to Polygonatum biflorum bearby, but twisted.
Gooseberry with prickles
Heracleum maximum Cow Parsnip, ridged hollow stem
Blephilia hirsuta Hairy Woodmint: fruit from last season.
Gooseberry - spines.
L: Slippery Elm? R: Poison Ivy
L: Allium tricoccum Wild Leek
Dame's Rocket?
Polemonium reptans
Ranunculus septentrionalis Swamp Buttercup
Dentaria laciniata Cut-leaved Toothwort: wilting, some siliques, Cruciferae.
Geranium maculatum: some in bloom
Trillium recurvatum in bud
Claytonia virginica in bloom
Erythronium albidum in bloom
Arisaema triphyllum: Jack & Jill in the Pulpit
L: log: Jewelweed, Cinamon Fern? Moonseed, Moss with Sporophyte
R: Nipple galls on Black Cherry
R: Caulophylum thalictroides Blue Cohosh, large Thalictrum-like leaves, green flowers
R: Thalictrum dioicum Early Meadow Rue: terminal leaves in clusters, in bloom, alluvial soil.
Arrowhead?
Lithospermum latifolium Broad-leaved Puccoon (dogwood-like leaves), deep veins, not yet in bloom.
Pachysandra terminalis
Asarum canadense not yet in flower.
Hepatica acutiloba past bloom
Anemone quinquefolia Wood Anemone
Prunus americana small white flower long filaments, fragrant. Thorny, sharp leaf teeth.
Polypore fungus?
Birds:
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Palm Warbler: wags tail, "queek queek queek"
Black-Throated Green Warbler: "zee-zee zee-zee-zee"
Yellow-Rumped Warbler