Burdock (only the old seed head) and catnip were already growing new leaves.
Cut-leafed toothwort was putting up flowers.
The leaves of great waterleaf are up. The flowers will follow in late May or June.
Motherwort leaves were out, but I find the old seed heads more interesting, especially at this time of year.
Southern (Virginia) spring beauty is flowering in the sunnier spots, while only showing buds in the woods.
Thyme-leaf moss was easy to find. The spore capsules are particularly nice, and barely 12-13mm tall.
This plant is the one we were in search of, harbinger-of-spring. It has a brief flowering period in early March and April. More interestingly the flower stalk in the photo is about 50mm tall, barely visible above the leaves on the ground.
And finally after finding 1000s of plants without flower buds we finally found some flowering yellow trout-lily.
More tomorrow…
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