Northern Hardwood Wildflowers

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The following spring woodland wildflowers were planted in the hardwoods section of the boardwalk loop.

Planted Fall 2001
Common Name Scientific Name Quantity Bloom Time
Ginger Asarum canadense 120 Spring-early summer
Solomon’s Seal Polygonatum biflorum 70 Midspring-early summer
Bellwort Uvularia grandiflora 100 Early spring-midspring
Blue Cohosh Caulophyllum thalicotroides 75 Early spring-midspring
Woodland Phlox Phlox divaricata 100 Midspring-early summer
Crested Iris Iris cristata 20 Spring
False Solomon’s Seal Smilacina racemosa 50 Midspring-early summer
May Apple Podophyllum peltatum 100 Midspring-late spring
Red Baneberry Actaea pachypoda 10 Midspring-late spring
Bishop’s Cap Mitella Diphylla 100 Spring-Summer
Planted Fall 2002
Common Name Scientific Name Quantity Bloom Time
Dutchman’s Breeches Dicentra cucullaria 100 Spring
Sharp-lobed Hepatica Hepatica acutiloba 100 Spring
Virginia Waterleaf Hydrophyllum virginianum 100 Midspring-early summer
Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus 30 Late winter-early spring
Blue Cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides 100 early spring-midspring
False Rue Anemone Anemonella thalictroides 100 Midspring-early summer