2014 Spring Wildflower Thread

[w7xman]

We're off to a bit of a late start this year, and it's threatening to be very late in some areas.

Ice flowing down the river this morning, a foot of snow in the yard in SeNH, three feet around the base of Chocorua last weekend...and no sign of the crocuses or skunk cabbage...

BUT...Optimistically...
This thread is a way to record the chronology and phenology of spring wildflowers. It's a place to share your photography of flowers, and flower scenics. It's a place to ask questions, identify species and learn.

Please join us this year, as the history of these threads provides an invaluable resource.

Enjoy the spring season!



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Past year threads:
2013: http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?48656-2013-Spring-Wildflower-Thread

2012: http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?44313-2012-Spring-Wildflower-Thread

2011: http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?39949-2011-spring-wildflower-thread

2010: http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?35342-The-official-2010-Spring-wildflowers-thread

2009: http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?29309-Time-for-the-2009-Spring-Summer-Flower-Thread

2008: http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?21925-spring-08-wildflower-pics

2007: http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?16638-The-Chronology-of-Spring-Flowers

 

[Mohamed Ellozy]

Thanks for this annual thread! I hope that the more experienced photographers will share their knowledge with us in my What camera(s) are you using to photograph wild flowers? thread.

 

[DougPaul]

Thanks for this annual thread! I hope that the more experienced photographers will share their knowledge with us in my What camera(s) are you using to photograph wild flowers? thread.

You can usually find this info in the EXIF data in each image file (unless a post-processing program has removed it). Just download the file and examine it with a tool such as exiftool http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ (multiplatform, free).

To download an image:
* from vftt: click on "reply with quote" and URL will be visible or in firefox: click on "Tools" > "Page info" > "media" and you will be able to see the urls of all images on the page. (I don't use other browsers, but hopefully they have a similar capability.)
* use your favorite downloader, a browser to download the image file, or download from the "media" page "save as" button.
* examine the EXIF (generally gives the camera and lens models and the focus and exposure info).

Doug

 

[nartreb]

Skunk cabbage is blooming in eastern Massachusetts.

Also have recently seen mourning cloaks and a garter snake, plus various birds - eastern bluebird and eastern phoebe being two I'm particularly fond of.

PS I always wondered what the mourning cloaks could find to eat when they emerged from hibernation so early. I recently read that they drink tree sap.

 

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

I don't know, maybe not a flower per se, but Pussy-willows FINALLY out here at Kingston State Park, Kingston, NH…

Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 @70 ISO 400 f/4.5 1/1250

KDT

 

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

I was actually surprised to find these Round-lobed Hepatica (Anemone americana) today, 4/7 in Pawtuckaway SP. There is still a lot of snow in the woods and the roads are a mix of packed snow/ice and mud. I found these on a southern facing slope clear of snow.

Round-lobed Hepatica (Anemone americana) Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 @55 ISO 140 f/11 1/100

Round-lobed Hepatica (Anemone americana) Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 @70 ISO 220 f/11 1/125

Skeletons of last year's Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora) Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 @35 ISO 100 f/11 1/160

KDT

 

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

Today at Adam's Point Durham, NH

Ever wonder how Hepatica stays warm when it's still too chilly out for other flowers to bloom? A little fur goes a long way… Round-lobed Hepatica (Anemone americana) today at Adams Point, Durham, NH…

Round-lobed Hepatica (Anemone americana) Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 @55 ISO 1250 f/16 1/100

Round-lobed Hepatica (Anemone americana) Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 @46 ISO 500 f/16 1/80

And watch out for these if you're laying in the duff shooting wildflowers...

Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)

KDT

 

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

Ok, I know… not a flower, but represents spring in the woods of NH anyway…

Wood Frog Rana sylvatica

KDT

 

[nartreb]

Checked the usual spots by my workplace today (eastern Mass.) and found trout lily in full bloom. If you recall the toadshades I've posted before, they're budding now.

Didn't have my camera, will update later this week.

 

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

A little stroll in Pawtuckaway State Park Nottingham, NH 4-21-14

A little stroll in Pawtuckaway State Park Nottingham, NH 4-21-14

Bloodroot Sanguanaria canadensis
Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 62mm ISO 400 f/8.0 1/50sec

Bloodroot Sanguanaria canadensis
Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 62mm ISO 400 f/11.0 1/320sec

Bloodroot Sanguanaria canadensis
Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 70mm ISO 400 f/13.0 1/160sec

Round-lobed Hepatica Anemone americana
Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 70mm ISO 200 f/13.0 1/125sec

Round-lobed Hepatica Anemone americana
Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 70mm ISO 200 f/13.0 1/100sec

Round-lobed Hepatica Anemone americana
Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 70mm ISO 200 f/13.0 1/80sec

Round-lobed Hepatica Anemone americana
Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 55mm ISO 200 f/13.0 1/80sec

Colt's Foot Tussilago farfara
Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 24mm ISO 400 f/16 1/80sec

KDT

 

[Jason Berard]

Not much going on in the Upper Valley yet. I have seen coltsfoot, as well as some tree/shrubs in bloom (beaked hazelnut, silver maple), but not much in the way of actual flowers. Will head to a spot where I always see my first hepatica tomorrow afternoon. Here's hoping!

 

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

South Hampton 4/22 Durham/Epping 4/24/2014

Wake Robin Trillium erectum
Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 62mm ISO 400 f/11.0 1/160sec

Wake Robin Trillium erectum
Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 38mm ISO 400 f/16.0 1/60sec

Marsh Marigolds Caltha palustris
Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 32mm ISO 400 f/11.0 1/500sec

Sessile-leaved Bellwort "Wild Oats" Uvularia sessilifolia
Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 70mm ISO 400 f/11.0 1/250sec

Wood Anenome Anenome quinqueifolia
Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 50mm ISO 400 f/14.0 1/250sec

Spring Beauty Claytonia caroliniana
Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 70mm ISO 400 f/14.0 1/320sec

KDT

 

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

A Few More Popping Up Now...

Bluets Houstonia caerulea Nikon D600 Nikkor 70-300 at 300mm ISO 1600 f/22.0 1/320sec

Jack in the Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 42mm ISO 560 f/22.0 1/60sec

Wood Anenome Anenome quinqueifolia Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 55mm ISO 400 f/13.0 1/160sec

Round-lobed Hepatica Anemone americana Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 24mm ISO 400 f/16.0 1/80sec

Round-lobed Hepatica Anemone americana Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70 at 38mm ISO 640 f/22.0 1/60sec

KDT

 

[nartreb]

The Boston area just exploded in green. Not much is flowering (wood anemone and bellwort are starting, and there is trout lily if you know where to find it) but shoots are everywhere: fiddleheads, mayflowers, irises, clintonia, and more.

 

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

Mayflower 4-29-14 Deerfield, NH

Trailing Arbutus Epigaea repens Nikon D600 Sigma 17-70mm at 62mm ISO 1250 f/18 1/100sec

 

[nartreb]

Conway area, May 3-4:

Hobblebush leaves

trailing arbutus

garter snake

indian poke

bellwort

colt's-foot

 

[John in NH]

From Pawtuckaway State Park 5/2/2014

Round Lobed Hepatica

Round Lobed Hepatica (both white and purple were growing side by side in many instances)

Found a separate very isolated group of hepatica miles away, growing in the base of a tree

Wake Robbin (Red Trillium) most I saw were not yet in bloom, still growing

Baby Garter Snake coiled (not a flower, but a nice sign of spring)

 

[nartreb]

Conway today:

Fiddleheads

pink lady's slipper

 

[nartreb]

Blue Hills today:

wood anemone

 

[nartreb]

Pawtuckaway a few days ago:

Bloodroot