Spring is a Beautiful Time to Go for a Walk in the Woods!
Use these photographs of Ohio Spring Ephemeral Wildflowers to brush up on their common and botanical names! How many do you know?
If you are on a walk this Spring and take a great picture of one of our native plants, please send it to us. Note: Sending us a photograph gives us permission to use your picture on our website. OhioNativePlantMonth@gmail.com
A great field guide to take with you on your walk is the, “Spring Wildflowers of Ohio Field Guide” by Jim McCormac, distributed by the Ohio Division of Wildlife.
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia) Photo: Dedee O’Neil
Toad-Shade Trillium (Trillium sessile) Photo: Crystal Murfield 4-10-21
Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) Photo: Hope Taft Near Ft. Ancient
Yellow Trout Lily (Erythonium americanum) Photo: Dedee O’Neil
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) Photo: Johnathan Duerbeck, Calif. Woods Preserve
Red Trillium (Trillium erectum) Photo: Mary Beth Meuse at Rockbridge State Preserve
Yellow Trillium (Trillium luteum) Photo: Hope Taft in Greene County
Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia verna) Photo: Nancy Linz
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum), Wayne County Photo: Francesca Rotondo
Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia), Greene County Photo: Hope Taft
Squawroot (Conopholis americana) A non-photosynthesizing parasitic native plant, grows on oak roots
Large-Flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora), Photo: Kristin West
Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) Photo: Patricia Fox
Pawpaw Flower (Asimina triloba) - Ohio’s State Native Tree! Photo: Nancy Linz
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) Photo: Devon Donnelly
Downy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens) Photo: Mary Beth Meuse at Rockbridge Preserve
Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata) Photo: Nancy Linz
Wood Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) Photo: Kathy McDonald
Cut-Leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) Photo: Nancy Linz
Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis) Photo: Nancy Linz
Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) Photo: Emily Speelman
Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) Photo: Mary Lewis
Harbinger-of-Spring (Erigenia bulbosa) Photo: Nancy Linz
Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica). Photo: Kathy McDonald
Spring-Beauty (Claytonia virginica) Photo: Nancy Linz
Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata) Photo: Charlotte Stiverson
Purple Cress (Cardamine douglassii) Photo: Dedee O’Neil
Rue-Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) Photo: Dedee O’Neil
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Photo: Charlotte Stiverson
Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) Photo: Nancy Linz
Sharp-Lobed Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis acuta) Photo: Nancy Linz
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) Photo: Nancy Linz
Large-Flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) - Ohio’s State Wildflower! Photo: Richard Rings
Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum) Photo: Dedee O’Neil
May-Apple (Podophyllum peltatum) Photo: Nancy Linz
Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis) Photo: Nancy Stranahan, Highland Nature Sanctuary, Arc of Appalachia
Dogwood (Cornus florida) Photo: Nancy Linz
Toad-Shade Trillium (Trillium sessile). Photo: Richard Rings
Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans) Photo: Nancy Linz
Dwarf Gensing (Panax trifolium) Photo: Dedee O’Neil
Dwarf Larkspur (Delphinium tricorne) Photo: Nancy Linz
Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) Photo: Hope Taft
White Trout Lily (Erythronium albidum) Photo: Nancy Linz
Shooting-Star (Dodecatheon meadia) Photo: Hope Taft
Bluets (Houstonia caerulea) Photo: Charlotte Stiverson
Wild Ginger Flower (Asarum canadense) Photo: Nancy Linz.
Giant Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum gigantum) Photo: Dedee O’Neil
Large-Flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) Photo: Christine Vagedes
Dwarf Crested Iris (Iris cristata) Photo: Nancy Linz
Smow Trillium (Trillium nivale) Photo: Brent Sohngen
Downy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens) Photo: Dedee O’Neil
Confederate Violet (Viola sororia var. priceana) Photo: Susan Saari
Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) Photo: Richard Rings