Dolly Sods Wilderness, Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, USA, Wednesday, 19 April 2023
Early blooms, I think. They were scattered around the forest floor, most of them not yet in bloom.
Bleeding Hearts
Month: April 2023
Yellow Trillium
Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA, 21 April 2023
I don’t remember when we planted this, but it was back when we had just begun native plantings, when we didn’t fully understand the intricacies of the terms “native” and “indigenous” regarding plants. Yellow Trillium’s native range apparently does not include West Virginia although it includes states bordering West Virginia (see the distribution map of Trillium luteum HERE and the species description HERE). This little cluster seems to like the place I put it, and it blooms each spring. No one seems to consider it invasive anywhere, so I don’t see any harm in keeping it around.
See more about Trilliums in general HERE.
Some of Our Hummingbird Feeders
Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA, 21 April 2023
They’re not open yet, but I think they’ll be ready when the Ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) actually show up in our yard. But just in case, I’ll put our sugar-water feeder out.
Virginia Bluebells
Fernow Experimental Forest, Tucker County, West Virginia, USA, 12 April 2023
Last year someone directed us to Fernow Experimental Forest because of a magnificent patch of Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica). They weren’t mistaken.
And this year, when I told Lisa that the tiny patch in our back yard in Clarksburg was blooming, we decided that it was time to return.
The trip was well worth our time.
Trillium
Along the Arden Grade Road, near Moatsville, West Virginia, 5 April 2023
During one of our frequent spring drives in quest of Spring Ephemerals.
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