May Comes to an End

May was great as usual. I found some new wild flowers to add the list and some old favorites. These pictures are from various hikes around my home and one at Stonewall Jackson State Park. All photos are from iPhone and not the best quality.

Showy Orchis

Yellow Lady Slipper

Pink Lady Slipper

Dwarf Crested Iris 

Painted trillium

White Dogwood

Perfoliate Bellwort 

#315 - Wild Chervil

#316 - Canada Mayflower

#317 - Pink Sorrel

#318 - Rattlesnake Weed 

Enjoying Spring

Spring is marching on, but there still is time to enjoy it.

I was in the area of Cranberry Glades this week and stopped by for a quick walk through. 

The Marsh Marigold was in peak bloom and the best that I saw in the Glades.

Marsh Marigold 

#314 - Blue Cohosh

Blood Root

Large Flowering Trillium

I did stop on the roadside in a couple of areas and found Blue Cohosh in WV for the first time, as well as Large Flowering Trillium and Bloodroot 

The next day, May 3, I spent the evening just a couple of miles from my home on a forest road. This is one of my favorite local spots. The Trillium were at peak. I found the Red nodding ones that are common, but also many of the same ones with white petals and red ovaries. I believe they are trillium erectum, or the common red Trillium, which often are found nodding like this. What was interesting was that 1 out of 5 were this off white color. 

Comparison between red and white variety 

Comparison between red and white variety. Both have the red ovary of trillium erectrum