Kohler Park - wild flowers

1. Spring beauties (Claytonia virginica)

• Flowers from February - May.

Habitat - Dry open woods, glades, slopes, prairies, low woods.
Origin - Native to U.S.

• Earliest bloomers in spring. The flowering period is actually quite long for such an early plant. The plant is easy to ID in the field because of its distinctive flowers and its thin opposite cauline leaves.
  

Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)
Common names for this eastern North American species include trout lily, American adder's tongue (a reference to the leaves) and dogtooth violet (a reference to the bulbs);

• Habitat: Moist woods and meadows
• Appearance: Yellow flower, blooming anywhere from March to May, atop a pair of purply-brown mottled leaves.