Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Erigenia bulbosa, Harbinger of Spring!

Today in a mesic forest dominated by beech and sugar maple, Harbinger-of-Spring was flowering here and there. None of the plants I saw had risked unfurling their leaves yet.
Photographed at Potato Creek State Park in St. Joseph County, Indiana, on March 6, 2012.
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4 comments:

  1. SteveMarch 7, 2012 at 4:58 PM

    You beat me by one day! I saw a bunch of Erigenia bulbosa on the Lower Big Tree Trail at Bendix Woods this afternoon. Spring has sprung!

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  2. Keith BoardMarch 8, 2012 at 9:23 AM

    Lower Big Tree Trail... one of my favorite places! Yes, Spring at last!!

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  3. PeteMarch 9, 2012 at 12:56 PM

    I've never seen this species. Is there a place in Porter or LaPorte Counties where I might find it in bloom this coming weekend?

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  4. Keith BoardMarch 9, 2012 at 6:42 PM

    Hi Pete, this plant seems to increase as one moves east away from the dunes. It is especially at home in beech-maple woods, so the Heron Rookery, CR 700E, Potato Creek, and Bendix Woods are all good places to find it.

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