What's with these Latin names?
| Latin Name | Common Name | 3-18-01 | 5-10-02 | 4-6-03 | 4-28-03 | 4-21-07 |
| Anemonella thalictroides (Thalictrum thalictroides) | Rue Anemone | blooming | blooming | blooming | ||
| Antennaria sp. | Pussy Toes | blooming | ||||
| Aplectrum hymale | Putty Root or Adam and Eve | Noticed 2 leaves of this plant for the first time | ||||
| Aquilegia canadensis | Columbine | blooming | Have not seen this plant on cliff near the bench for a couple of years | |||
| Arabis laevigata | Smooth Rockcress | blooming | ||||
| Arisaema triphyllum | Jack-in -the-Pulpit | yes | blooming | |||
| Caulophyllum thalictroides | Blue Cohosh | |||||
| Chrysogonum virginianum | Golden Knees, Green and Gold | some blooming | ||||
| Claytonia virginica | Spring Beauty | blooming | blooming | blooming | ||
| Corydalis flavula | Pale Corydalis | blooming | ||||
| Dentaria laciniata (Cardamine laciniata) | Cut Leaved toothwort | blooming | a few still blooming | blooming | ||
| Dicentra canadensis | Squirrelcorn | I have never seen this but it was on a previous list. | ||||
| Dicentra cucullaria | Dutchmen's Breeches | some leaves | blooming | blooming | ||
| Floerkea proserpinacoides | False Mermaid | |||||
| Galium aparine | Bedstraw, Cleavers | |||||
| Hepatica americana | Hepatica | 1 plant blooming | blooming | some still blooming | ||
| Heuchera sp. | Heuchera | |||||
| Hybanthus concolor and another page | Green Violet | blooming | blooming | |||
| Hydrophyllum virginianum | Virginia Waterleaf | blooming | ||||
| Jeffersonia diphylla | Twinleaf | 1 flower seen (4-12-00 - not 3-18) | mainly in bud; saw 2 flowers | blooming in profusion | ||
| Orchis spectabilis | Showy Orchis | blooming | Have seen no sign of the plant the last couple of years | |||
| Osmorhiza sp. | Sweet Cicely | some leaves | blooming | |||
| Phacelia purshii | Miami Mist | blooming | ||||
| Ranunculus abortivus | Aborted Buttercup | still blooming | blooming | |||
| Phlox divaricata | Wild Blue Phlox | some still blooming | blooming | some in bud | ||
| Podophyllum peltatum | Mayapple | still blooming | beginning to emerge | leaves just coming up | ||
| Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot | 2 blooming | blooming | a few still in bloom | ||
| Saxifraga virginiensis | Early Saxifrage | blooming | blooming (but saw only one plant) | |||
| Sedum ternatum | Wild Stonecrop | |||||
| Senecio aureus (Packera aurea) | Golden Ragwort | leaves | blooming/seed | blooming | some in bud | |
| Smilacina racemosa | False Solomon's Seal | blooming | ||||
| Stellaria pubera | Star Chickweed | some still blooming | blooming | starting to bloom | ||
| Thalictrum dioicum | Early Meadow Rue | |||||
| Viola sororia | Violet | leaves | blooming | blooming | ||
| Viola striata | Striped Violet | still blooming | blooming | blooming | ||
| Viola pensylvanica | Smooth Yellow Violet | blooming | blooming | |||
| Viola rafinesquii (?? or tricolor or arvensis) | Field Pansy | blooming | ||||
| Zizia aptera (?) | Golden Alexanders | |||||
| Some Trees and Shrubs | ||||||
| Asimina triloba | Paw Paw | a few left | blooming | |||
| Cercis canadensis | Redbud | blooming | bad year for redbud; didn't see any here in bloom | |||
| Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood | some left | blooming | |||
| Lindera benzoin...Another Link | Spicebush | blooming | ||||
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac | blooming | blooming | |||
| Staphylea trifolia | Bladdernut | |||||
| Viburnum prunifolium and another website | Blackhaw Viburnum | blooming |
If you have seen other spring blooming natives at Yankauer that are not on this list, please let me know.
| Main Yankauer Page | Yankauer Plant List | Selected Books/Guides for Plant Identification |
Last updated on April 23, 2007