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Spring 2025 Wildflowers - Part 1 Early Spring Ephemerals Clay County, NC |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
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Spring 2025 Wildflowers - Part 1 Early Spring Ephemerals Clay County, NC |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
| After (what I thought was the end of) a day and a half of rain, I headed to a few of my favorite early spring wildflowering spots in Clay County to see what was blooming. A lot of the plants were pretty soggy after 4 inches of rain, but I still saw a variety. As it turned out, the rain WASN'T over, and I got chased out after only hitting a couple of the locations I wanted to visit. 1 - Early April 2025 |
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| Dwarf Ginseng (Panax trifolius) It was a little early for these - the larger plants were still in bud, and only the smaller ones had the flowers in the influorescence fully open. |
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| Dwarf Ginseng (Panax trifolius) |
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| Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba) |
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| Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba) |
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| Carolina Woodrush (Luzula acuminata ssp. carolinae) |
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| Star Chickweed (Stellaria pubera) |
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| Sedge (Carex species) |
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| Sedge (Carex species) - flower close-up Possibly Pennsylvania Sedge (Carex pensylvanica) |
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| Dimpled Trout Lily (Erythronium umbilicatum) These were all drooping after 4 inches of rain. |
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| Dimpled Trout Lily (Erythronium umbilicatum) I flicked the water off this one and it opened back up... |
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| Puffball (Lycoperdon species) |
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| Wood Anemone (Anemonoides quinquefolia) These were all either just coming into bloom, or were closed due to the overcast / rain. |
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| Wood Anemone (Anemonoides quinquefolia) |
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| Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba), just opening... |
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| Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea) Again, I was a little early for these. They were just coming into flower... |