Spring
Bloom Calendar
Spring
Bloom Calendar
Guion Pond Woodland Garden
G = growing B = in bud F = in flower S = setting seed
| Name |
Scientific name |
Family |
16 March 2001 |
23 March 1999/ 2000 |
29 March 2002/ 2003 |
7 April 2000 |
9 April 1999 |
13 April 2000 |
16 April 2003 |
22 April 2001 |
5 May 2000 |
15 May 2000 |
| Jack-in-the-pulpit |
Arisaema triphyllum |
Araceae |
G |
G |
B |
G |
F |
F |
F |
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| Spiderwort | Tradescantia sp. | Commelinaceae | F |
F |
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| Nodding trillium |
Trillium cernuum |
Liliaceae |
/G |
B/G |
F |
B |
F |
F |
F |
S |
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| Sessile trillium |
Trillium sessile |
Liliaceae |
/G |
B/G |
B |
B |
F |
F |
F |
F |
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| Large-flowered trillium |
Trillium grandiflorum |
Liliaceae |
/G |
/G |
F |
F |
F |
F |
S |
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| Solomon's seal | Polygonatum biflorum | Liliaceae | G |
G |
G |
G |
F |
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| Bellwort |
Uvularia sp. |
Liliaceae |
F |
S |
S |
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| Crested dwarf iris |
Iris cristata |
Iridaceae |
G |
G/G |
G |
G |
B |
F |
F |
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| Blue-eyed grass | Sisyrhynchium sp. | Iridaceae | F |
F |
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| Showy orchid |
Orchis spectabilis |
Orchidaceae |
G |
G/G |
B |
F |
G |
F |
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| Wild ginger |
Asarum canadense |
Aristolochiaceae |
G |
G/G |
B/F |
F |
F |
F |
F |
F |
F |
F |
| Giant chickweed | Stellaria pubera | Caryophyllaceae | F |
F |
F |
F |
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| Wild columbine |
Aquilegia canadensis |
Ranunculaceae |
G |
/G |
G/ |
G |
G |
B |
G |
B |
F |
F |
| Blue cohosh |
Caulophyllum thalictroides |
Berberidaceae |
/G |
B |
F |
B |
S |
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| Mayapple |
Podophyllum peltatum |
Berberidaceae |
G |
G/G |
B/B |
B |
B |
F |
B |
F |
S |
S |
| Twinleaf |
Jeffersonia diphylla |
Berberidaceae |
F |
B/F |
F/S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
| Bloodroot |
Sanguinaria canadensis |
Papaveraceae |
F |
/F |
F/S |
S |
S |
S |
no fruits this season |
S |
S |
|
| Wild bleeding heart |
Dicentra eximia |
Papaveraceae/Fumariaceae |
G |
/G |
G/G |
B |
F |
B |
F |
F |
F |
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| Dutchman's breeches | Dicentra cucullaria | Papaveraceae/Fumariaceae | /B |
S |
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| Cut-leaved toothwort |
Dentaria laciniata |
Brassicaceae |
B |
/F |
B/B |
F |
F |
S |
F/S |
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| Foamflower |
Tiarella cordifolia |
Saxifragaceae |
G |
/F |
B/G |
F |
F |
F |
F |
F |
F |
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| Alumroot |
Heuchera americana | Saxifragaceae |
G |
G/ |
G |
B |
G |
B |
F |
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| Wild geranium |
Geranium maculatum |
Geraniaceae |
G/G |
G/G |
G |
B |
F |
G |
F |
F |
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| Violets |
Viola spp. |
Violaceae |
/F |
F/ |
F |
F |
F |
F |
F |
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| Jacob's ladder |
Polemonium sp. |
Polemoniaceae |
/G |
G/ |
G |
G |
G |
B |
F |
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| Virginia bluebells |
Mertensia virginica |
Boraginaceae |
B |
B/F |
BF/BF |
F |
F |
F |
F |
F |
S |
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| Plants growing at the pond but never seen flowering during the spring observation period | ||||||||||||
| False Solomon's Seal | Smilacina racemosa | Liliaceae | ||||||||||
| Black cohosh |
Cimifuga racemosa |
Ranunculaceae |
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| Jewelweed | Impatiens sp. | Balsaminaceae | ||||||||||
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