Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary
There are few lovelier sights than finding in sheltered nooks where the sun has rested, patches of hepaticas, snow trillium and bloodroot, the real harbingers of spring. Former Curator Martha Crone.
More photos of each plant and additional plant information can be found at the link on the plant name. Alternate common names for plants are listed in ( ).
Snow Trillium (Trillium nivale Riddell) shown here growing with the Common Periwinkle (Running Myrtle) (Vinca minor L.) in the Woodland Garden.Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh.) growing midway between the Woodland and Upland Gardens.Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis L.) in the Woodland Garden in many places. Prairie Smoke (Old Man's Whisker's) (Geum triflorum Pursh.) in the Upland Garden.Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Amenone acutiloba) in the Woodland Garden. Yellow Troutlily (Dogtooth Violet) (Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl.) in the Woodland Garden.Eastern Leatherwood (Dirca palustris L.). A shrub growing on the patio area in front of the Martha Crone Shelter in the Woodland Garden. White Troutlily (White Fawn Lily) (Erythronium albidumNutt.) in the Woodland Garden. False Rue Anemone (Eastern False Rue Anemone) (Enemion biternatum Raf. Found in the Woodland Garden, with many clumps on the west most trail. Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris L.). Usually blooming in the Woodland Garden after mid-April. Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.) with leaves emerging in the Woodland Garden.Pussy Willow (Salix discolor Muhl.) Woodland Garden wetland area Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata (Michx.) Woodland GardenLarge-flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora Sm.) Woodland GardenWild Oats (Sessileleaf Bellwort) (Uvularia sessilifolia L.). Woodland Garden. Two-leaved Toothwort (Crinkleroot). (Cardamine diphylla (Michx) Alph. Wood) Woodland Garden.Wild Ginger (Canadian Wild Ginger) (Asarum canadense L.) Woodland Garden
