Here I’ll be sharing some photographs I’ve recently taken as well as some of my favorites from my forthcoming book Naturally Curious.I’ll be updating my blog periodically with new images, new stories, and more glimpses of New England in all seasons.
In that narrow window that exists between thawing ground and the leafing out This can be a very brief moment in time for a spring ephemeral. Spring ephemerals typically emerge between February and April and have vanished by May.
Geophytes produce their stems, buds and leaves in compact form in winter, underground before emergence in spring. When conditions are right they rapidly pump these …
Flowers like Hepatica (liverwort) and Bloodroot are first out of the ground, with flowers emerging ahead of their leaves, and giving the cultivated crocus a run for the money for earliest blooms in the area.
This spring, look closely for the first buds to rise from the brown earth; the emergence of brilliantly colored and uniquely shaped colors is a sight not to be missed. “The wonder of the world, the beauty and the power, the shapes of things, their colours, lights and shades—these I saw.
These are the … Spring ephemerals are perennial plants and woodland wildflowers that emerge early and quickly in the spring.
The short blooming period of the spring ephemerals makes them even more special. In New England, there exists a wide range of ephemerals, many of which grow in quiet woodlands off the beaten path. These early exhibitors of vibrant color, known as spring ephemerals, begin their growth as soon as the snow melts, and are typically in seed by June.
Some may blossom, pollinate, produce seed, and die back to their roots- even before the last of winter snows have melted away.
Spring Ephemerals – Welcome to a photographic journey through the fields, woods, and marshes of New England.
These native plants have a unique strategy.
Look ye also while life lasts.” —Anonymous lines found on an old tombstone in Cumberland, England"While life lasts."
The spring ephemerals are such a delight after a long winter. And even though it was an unusually warm winter, it seemed long to those of us who love botanizing. Many spring ephemerals like the trout lily (Erythronium americanum), bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) are geophytes and they are growing happily at Tyler and in many wooded areas.