Raccoon Creek (Week 4)
The bloom is on! On our visit to Raccoon Creek State Park Wildflower Reserve on April 17, we found LOTS of flowers beginning to bloom. The trees were also noticeably beginning to leaf out.
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| Budding trillium and Virginia bluebells. |
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| Trout lily with a resting firefly. |
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| Blue cohosh. |
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| Cutleaf Toothwort. |
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| Mayapple sprout. |
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| Trout lily. |
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| Violets. |
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| Virginia bluebells with "confused haploa" caterpillars munching away. |
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| Dutchman's breeches. |
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| Trillium. |
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| Red velvet mites. |
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| Mayapple. |
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| Dutchman's breeches with bumblebee. Check out that long proboscis! |
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| Trout lily. |
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| Dutchman's breeches. |
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| Virginia bluebells. |
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| Wild geranium. |
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| Cutleaf toothwort. |
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| Trillium. |
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| Spring beauty. |
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| Budding wild geranium. |
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| Yellow violets. |
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| Buttercup. |
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| Toadshade. I love those mottled leaves! |
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| Blue phlox. |
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