Pictures of spring flowers thread

[Bob Kittredge]

Sessile bellwort (wild oats) come close to what I saw, but I'll swear the leaves seemed to clasp the stem more.

Sessile bellwort

 

[Papa Bear]

I got a few shots from the Esacarpment weekend. Here's the album: Escarpment weekend wildflowers

The one that I liked best was the Viburnum:

Viburnum opulus

The big outer flowers surrounding the not yet bloomed inner florets is interesting. Only a few of the examples that Goggle turned up for Viburnum (like this one: Viburnum from Google) show this dual flowering affect. Anyone know about this?

There is one I don't know, the last one in the album. It's just leaves, no flowers at this point. There were whole meadows of it up there.

Thanks to my wife for ID-ing some of the others.

 

[arghman]

The big outer flowers surrounding the not yet bloomed inner florets is interesting.

that's probably hobblebush (Viburnum lantanoides) which I think is the only one of the viburnums to have those showy outer false flowers.

There is one I don't know, the last one in the album. It's just leaves, no flowers at this point. There were whole meadows of it up there.

Probably false hellebore (Veratrum viride), especially if it was a really large leafy thing. Many of the lily family members have the same general shapes of leaves (e.g. ladyslippers, clintonia, etc.)

edit: ack! braincramp! ladyslippers are in the orchid family.

 

[HikerBob]

Finally got up to the mountains last weekend and was rewarded with some nice flora

Painted Trillium
Purple Trillium
Painted Quintillium (Not PhotoShopped)
Trout Lily
Hobblebush
Wood Anemone
White Violets
Unidentified tree blossom

Many thanks to Poison Ivy, J&J and others posters for identifying these

 

[Papa Bear]

that's probably hobblebush (Viburnum lantanoides) which I think is the only one of the viburnums to have those showy outer false flowers.

Could be, I'm no expert, but a number of on-line references also show the outer flowers for V. opulus (Cranberrybush). In either case it's an invasive species which tends to outperform natives because it leafs and blooms earlier in the Spring. That's why we tend to see it so much at this time of year.

Probably false hellebore (Veratrum viride), especially if it was a really large leafy thing.

Thanks for the tip. It was indeed large and leafy.

 

[erd]

False Hellebore definitely. AKA Indian Poke. Medicinal, but very toxic.

The outer flowers on the hobble are sterile. If the leaves are oval, pointed at the ends (as they appear in your picture) the plant is V. alnifolium (Gleason), and is indeed hobblebush, witchhobble etc. (has many names). I believe we also have V. opulus, in which the flower is more rounded and the leaves have three distinct points. We may even have other species--I haven't throughly looked.

 

[Papa Bear]

The outer flowers on the hobble are sterile. If the leaves are oval, pointed at the ends (as they appear in your picture) the plant is V. alnifolium (Gleason), and is indeed hobblebush, witchhobble etc. (has many names). I believe we also have V. opulus, in which the flower is more rounded and the leaves have three distinct points. We may even have other species--I haven't throughly looked.

I have three shots of Viburnum take on Slide mountain. The first was lower down and the inner flowers were in bloom:

First shot

The other two are of the same plant and were taken further up the mountain. Here is the other shot of the plant already pictured above. I love the three rings of flowers:

The leaves are more visible here and I would say yes, they are oval shaped and pointy. Certainly not with three parts. There are also some glossier leaves lower down near the ground. The pictures of the leaves of V. alnifolium shown on several on-line sites seem rounder than my plants but that may be a normal variation.

How does V. alnifolium differ from V. lantanoides? Some on-sites list them as synonyms.

My picture server site is slow to respond at the moment so if the shots don't come up try again later.

 

[erd]

The Plants National Database lists these as exact synonyms:

Viburnum lantanoides Michx.
Viburnum alnifolium Marsh.
Viburnum grandifolium Ait.

Michaux was one of the pioneers of American botany; his is the first species name above.

According to Dunbar, Ulster County Flora, we have nine viburnums, several in sub-species as well, including V. opulus, the High-Bush Cranberry. It isn't a cranberry, despite the name.

Ted

 

[Papa Bear]

OK all you smart folks. Now that we have looked into the depths of the Viburnum family, what is the insect on this Viburnnum whatsis:

Viburnum with bug

Inquiring minds need to know

 

[erd]

Lesser striped viburnum bug <g>.

Alas, I don't do bugs.

Ted.

 

[Brien]

I took some shots of Marsh Marigold a week ago from the Tongue Mountain area. It is a good area to check out if you want to see a lot of Spring Wildflowers.

 

[arghman]

views from the lowlands... (as an aside: there was a good assortment of wildflowers on the lower portions of Liberty Springs trail yesterday -- trilliums, trout lily, hobblebush, etc. -- but I left my camera at home and photos of most of them have been posted already)

From left to right: common cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex), *******-toadflax (Comandra umbellata), Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense), Indian cucumber (Medeola virginiana), Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)

 

[DSettahr]

Here's a few pictures that I took while hiking near Albany earlier today. I have no idea what kind of flowers these are, feel free to indentify them: (Click on each thumbnail to view a larger image)








Plus a bonus shot of downtown Albany that I also took today because I really like it

 

[arghman]

Here's a few pictures that I took while hiking near Albany earlier today. I have no idea what kind of flowers these are, feel free to indentify them:

(1),(2): wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana -- you have to learn to identify this one ). (3),(4): Probably garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) which is an invasive plant. any time you see a small 4-petaled cross-shaped flower it's probably something in the mustard (Brassicaceae) family. (5): one of the cinquefoils, probably Canadian dwarf cinquefoil (Potentilla canadensis), possibly common cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex), the former is smaller & has leaves that are more rounded at the ends. (6) most likely a Geranium species but I have no idea which one.

 

[Papa Bear]

OK, so it's cheating a little, but ...

The thread tiile says "Spring Flowers" not "Wild Flowers" so here goes ...

On Memorial Day I found my self not in the mountains but in the city. It was a beautiful day so my wife and I visited to that gem in the big city, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

We were between the Cherry Blossoms (long gone) and the roses (still mostly asleep) but what was there was gorgeous and worth a look: Brooklyn Botanic Garden album

Here's a tease:


And another:


As usual, help with the IDs in the captions would be appreciated.

 

[J&J]

Here are some more flowers seen while we were out and about. . .

 

[SherpaKroto]

Purple Trillium on Moriah Brook Trail

 

[MattC]

Man, the talent and knowledge on this site. Keep 'em comin' people.

HikerBob-interesting shot of the "quintillium." I've only ever seen three leaves-I wonder if that was some sort of mutant specimen.

I must have seen about a zillion of those trout lillies on some recent Catskill hikes. Anyone know why they're always facing down like that? Do they only face up towards the sun a certain time of the day or very early in the season or something?

Matt

 

[J&J]

New flowers as the seasons march on . . .

Link to our collection of White Mountain wildflowers . . . http://community.webshots.com/user/jjhike

 

[^MtnMike^]

A pair of Painted Trilliums from the Glen Boulder Trail:


Not a flower, but I was wondering if someone could help me ID this (fungus?):

(They are each about the size of a BB)

Thanks!
^MtnMike^