Northland Nature: On the hunt for swamp buttercup

Northland Nature: On the hunt for swamp buttercup

This month, we take note of the plants growing among us. Each day, the growth and greening make us see something that we had not seen before. The forest wildflowers abound, and it is possible to find 20 kinds in bloom during a single walk in the deciduous woods, and a few more among conifers. Carpeting the forest floor, we can see hepaticas, two kinds of spring beauties, bloodroot, two kinds of trout lilies, wood anemone, toothwort, two kinds of…