Northern Hardwood Wildflowers
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 |