Went down to the South Fork River the other day and came back w/ these wildflower pics:
Trout Lily (white) E.albidum


Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens) Trillium Bristly Buttercup (R. hispidus)
Spring Beauty
Best of all were the Bluebells
Mertensia virginica


Wood Anemone (I think) Wild Blue Phlox <--Paw paw tree flowers-->

an unknown Red Buds

Beautiful, J!

I think your anemone might be Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides).


>Thanks, Linda.

I'm so excited!

I've always admired pictures of marsh marigolds (love yellow blooms ), and have never seen them in person...and I think I saw some from the road yesterday! I plan to go back with boots on sometime this weekend and check them out.

Oh, wow, J, those are spectacular! I think my Paw Paws are still too young to flower but the amount of leaves on them right now looks about like those in your shots. Luv the bluebells, phlox, and that trout lily.

Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) blooming now in a roadside marshy area.



Lots of them!

Those are beautiful
I miss them , we do not seem to have any nice wet woodsy areas around here. When I lived in Michigan they were everywhere.

We have an abundance of wet and woodsy, and now is the best time to get out in them. Soon, it won't be nearly as enjoyable with all of the nuisance bugs that warm weather and standing water bring.

I've seen ticks already.

I've already found three ticks crawling on me.

Anyone finding shrooms in the woods while enjoying the wildflowers?
Much better than ticks










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Nice.

Not yet. I'm not a very good mushroom hunter, that's usually my mom's forte. Our one and only neighbor has them growing right in his yard. Every year!

Those sure do look tasty, Cinda!

I've seen a few little ones on the property. But haven't seen any morels this year.
Lots of Greenthreads around here and there.

Bushy Skullcap

Damianita

And from this weekend when I went to an event to the south of San Antonio. The large white flowers are Prickly White Poppy.

Drummond Phlox

Standing Winecup

Same day I was photographing wild blooms (above), came across a really neat fungi presentation.

Beautiful, Linda.

I have some winecup seedlings growing - what a brilliant splash of color!


J, I get a kick out of fungi formations, too.

Beautiful skullcap, wish I could grow them .They must not like my garden , I've tries twice , one purchased plant and one grown from seed.


I think some fungus look as pretty as flowers


this was on a fallen birch, it seems to mock the bark.

I love shots like that! Spectacular.

beautiful pics, Linda! I love the skullcap too and see it growing along roads around here. None here though.

I would go wandering off in the woods right now it I thought I might come across some morels... I've read they do grow around here in the right conditions.

Neat fungus pics!!

Here's one more - on an oak stump...

Those are fantastic , right one looks like the inside of a cave (with drips)

Amazing fungi!