Family:
any
Araceae Araliaceae Aristolochiaceae Asteraceae Brassicaceae Ericaceae Geraniaceae Liliaceae Orchidaceae Papaveraceae Polygalaceae Primulaceae Ranunculaceae Rosaceae Saxifragaceae Violaceae
Scientific Name:
any
Alliaria petiolata Anemone americana Anemone quinquefolia Aquilegia canadensis Aralia nudicaulis Arisaema triphyllum Asarum canadense Caltha palustris Cardamine diphylla Cypripedium acaule Epigaea repens Erythronium americanum Fragaria virginiana Geranium maculatum Geranium robertianum Maianthemum canadense Panax trifolius Polygala paucifolia Polygonatum pubescens Ranunculus abortivus Sanguinaria canadensis Saxifraga virginiensis Thalictrum dioicum Thalictrum thalictroides Trientalis borealis Trillium erectum Tussilago farfara Uvularia perfoliata Uvularia sessilifolia Viola blanda Viola conspersa Viola cucullata Viola pedata Viola pubescens var. pubescens Viola sagittata Viola sororia
Common name:
any
American Dog-violet Arrow-leaf Violet Bird's Foot Violet Bloodroot Blue Marsh-violet Blunt-lobed Hepatica Canada Mayflower Colt's Foot Common Blue Violet Downy Yellow Violet Dwarf Ginseng Early Meadow-rue Early Saxifrage Fringed Polygala Garlic-mustard Herb-Robert Jack-in-the-pulpit Kidney-leaf Buttercup Marsh-marigold Perfoliate Bellwort Pink Lady's Slipper Purple Trillium Rue-anemone Solomon's Seal Starflower Sweet White Violet Trailing Arbutus Trout-lily Two-leaved Toothwort Wild Columbine Wild Geranium Wild Ginger Wild Oats Wild Sarsaparilla Wild Strawberry Wood-anemone
Flowering Dates:
any
April - early-May April - May April - mid-May early April - May early - mid-May late April - May late April - mid-May May May - June mid-April - May mid-April - mid-May mid-April to mid-May mid-May - August mid-May - June
Habitat:
any
Acid woods and open and ridge tops Base of talus slopes cliff edges damp disturbed areas disturbed areas primarily along roads and streams Dry Dry open woods Dry to moist woods Dry woods margins of trails and roads Mesic to wet-mesic woods moist Moist Moister more acid woods Moist wooded stream banks and seeps moist woods Moist woods Moist woods and ravines moist woods on basalt Old woods roads Open rocky ledges open rocky woods particularly on alluvial soil Ponds and streams powerlines rich Rich Rich woods Roadsides rocky rocky ridge tops rocky slopes rocky woods Rocky woods rocky woods on basalt sandy soil stream banks stream margins Streams swamps Talus slopes trail margins and openings typically under pine
Height:
any
1 - 2 feet 1 - 2 feet in flower 2 - 4 inches 2 - 6 inches 3 - 18 inches 3 - 6 inches 3 - 8 inches 3 - 9 inches 4 - 10 inches 4 - 12 inches 4 - 6 inches 4 - 8 inches 5 - 9 inches 6 - 12 inches 6 - 15 inches 6 - 20 inches 6 - 24 inches 6 - 8 inches 8 - 16 inches flower stalk 8 - 20 inches
MHR distribution:
any
but rarely found on basalt Common on lower wooded and mid slopes just below basalt primarily west of Rte. 116 Lower slopes Lower-slopes Lower slopes primarily on the South-side of the range On On the main basalt ridge Primarily on lower slopes at the west end of the range Primarily on the south side of the range Primarily on the south side of the range on basalt Primarily upper slopes stream banks Throughout Throughout the range Upper slopes West end range