Cow parsnip

Cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum), at the bank of Burnett Creek, about two and a half miles NW of Battleground, April 15, 2011.

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Spring Cress (Cardamine bulbosa)

Spring cress (Cardamine bulbosa), near the bank of the Tippecanoe River.  At the Pond n' River DNR public access site, Pulaski County, April 13, 2011.

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Cardamine bulbosa closely resembles Cardamine douglasii, which grows in somewhat drier places. 

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Garter snake

This garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) sat very still for the camera at Pond n' River DNR public access site on the Tippecanoe River, Pulaski County. Picture taken April 13, 2011.

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Anemone americana (Hepatica)

Hepatica at the State Highway 119 bridge over the Tippecanoe River, south of Winamac in Pulaski County.  One of the most sought after wildflowers of spring, this Hepatica has rounded leaves which now defines it as Anemone americana.  Hepatica that has pointed leaves is now Anemone acutiloba.

Another view of the State Road 119 bridge.  Pictures taken April 13, 2011.


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Bloodroot

Bloodroot flowering in a Fulton County woodlot, April 13, 2011.  Bloodroot is Sanguinaria canadensis.  The leaves behind the bloodroot flowers are Dicentra cucullaria.

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Glechoma hederacea

Ground-ivy (Glechoma hederacea) at the Wabash River Heritage Trail, on the Lafayette side near the Amtrak station.  Picture taken April 13, 2011.

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Puttyroot orchid with Carex

The distinctive leaves of puttyroot (Aplectrum hyemale) lie on the forest floor, surrounding a clump of Carex.   Possibly the Carex is Carex jamesii.  In a Fulton County woodlot, April 13, 2011.

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