What has been blooming on the trail for the first two weeks of April? Here’s a list of new flowers that I’ve seen recently:
- Blackberry
- Multiflora rose
- Blue eyed grass
- Venus’s looking glass
- Hairy cat’s-ear
- Hop clover and little hop clover
- Blue toadflax
- Green brier
- Fringed green brier
- Cleavers
- Spring forget-me-not
- Poplar
- Deerberry
- Wild azalea
- Rattlesnake weed
- Yellow star-grass
- Snowbell
- Mulberry
- Southern arrowwood
- Wild comfrey
- Pink-ladies
- Daisy fleabane
- Beaked and European cornsalad
The butterflies and dragonflies are starting to come out. I saw my first monarch butterfly of the year last week. I’m starting to see more snakes on the trails, too. A Canada goose has been sitting on her nest at one of the retention ponds. I can’t wait to see the goslings!
What are you seeing on the trails right now?