March Ephremals in New River National Park

 This post will show the progression of Wildflowers on one roadside during the month of March. 
The winter was fairly harsh with colder weather and more snow and ice than the past few years. But when it broke and warmed up, it was all at once. And the warm weather continues, but with two days of cold weather later this week to take March out like a lion.
       I've been running a couple days a week on this road becasue it has the best show of Ephremals any where I know. Today, I got a 11 mile run in and wildflowers are enar Peak, in fact Hepatica is gone in some places and Purple Trillium is starting to fade. But so far there has been no White Trillium, Squirrel Corn or Drawf Ginsang and Bluebells are just starting as is Drawf Larkspur. I am making a video which I will link to soon.

                                                                            March 12 

Hepatica Pink Variety

Blood Root Bloom Tight

Harbinger of Spring

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Virginia Spring Beauty

Hepatica Bluish Variety 

Carolina Spring BEauty

Hepatica Bluish Variety

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Blood Root

Dutchmans Breechs

Purple Trillium Begining to open

Hepatica Light Blue Variety

Bluebells Begining to open

Sessile Trillium No color in flower 

Purple Trillium Opening

Purple Trillium Rare White Variety with Red Ovary

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Spice Bush

Blue Phlox

Sesslie Trillium with color starting

Dwarf Larkspur starting to bloom

Blue Cohosh

Bloodroot

                                                                    

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Trout Lilly (red stamens)

Mirerwort

Virginia Spring Beauty 

Bellwort

Bluebells

Trout Lilly (Yellow Stamens)

Hepatica Blue Variety

Sessile Trillium

Yellow Fumewort