Mary Isabelle was in fine company
The prairie has greened from its winter burn
Shooting star on the prairie (Dodecatheon meadia, Primrose family)
Indian paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea, Figwort family)
Wild hyacinth (Camassia scilloides, lily family)
Beech
Horsechestnut (Hippocastanaceae)
Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum, Barberry family)
Dennis and the fine old twin-trunked white oak
The glade
The ranks of dogwoods that graced the edge of the glade were thinned by last year’s drought. There used to be so many blooms that they looked like clouds.
Fremont’s leather flower in the draw (Clematis fremontii, crowfoot family
Don’t know what this one is-
Full(er) pond
The draw. Here, too, dogwoods around the edge died off last year.
Birds foot violet (Viola pedata)
Dwarf larkspur (Delphinium tricorne, Crowfoot family)
Hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens, Borage family)
Fire pink
Wildflower bluff
Wildflower bluff
Black haw (Viburnum prunifolium)
Lousewort (Pedicularis canadensis)
Lousewort
Peeper pond, as full as I’ve ever seen it
Pinguid 