Wildflowerspotting 2: More terrible photos

[lisefrac]

Last night I went out hunting for spring ephemeral wildflowers again--I think I need to stop calling it "trillium hunting," because I'm not even sure trilliums grow in these woods

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[fractalgeek]

Interesting, thank you

[offside7]

Cool post!

[lightgamer]

Very nice! I always call M. canadense Canada Mayflower because false lily-of-the-valley is apparently the common name for a whole bunch of related plants.

#5 definitely looks like blueberry to me.

Thank you so much for posting these!

[lisefrac]

Common names are problematic, aren't they? "Wintergreen," for example. So many things with that name... all of what they have in common is that they're evergreens in the Ericaceae family. Well, that's helpful--in a forest like this, nearly EVERYTHING in the undergrowth is that.

I actually didn't know the name for M. canadense until recently. I had for a long time assumed it was the immature plant of what I'd been calling false Solomon's seal (M. racemosa), as they often grow side-by-side, and have the save sorta succulent-looking leaves. And, I guess (I just learned!) are the same genus?