Tag: spring ephemerals
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Bloodroot: A Spring Ephemeral at Eliza Howell Park
Kathleen Garrett April 20, 2024 Like other woodland spring ephemerals, Bloodroot appears in the woods in early spring, beforethe trees leaf out, and lasts only a couple of weeks, and sometimes less. At Eliza Howell Park, there is a group of Bloodroot in the woods just off the side of the road loop, but there…
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Focus on Forest Floor Flowers: April Watch
One of the annual field trips offered by Detroit Audubon is a spring woodland wild flower walk in Eliza Howell Park. In winter, I select a date for that event, long before I have a sense of how quickly spring will progress. Based on past records, this year’s date is April 23. It’s a cold…
Eliza Howell Nature Walk 