Spring Woodland Flowers of Washington County

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Skunk Cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, wet boggy areas, very early.
Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, rich woods, very early.
May-Apples, Podaphyllum pefltatum. emerging along the Appalachian Trail.
Virginia Bluebell, also Cowslip, Mertensia viginica, C&O Canal Towpath.
Cut-leaved Toothwort, Dentaria laciniata, along the Appalachian Trail.
Dutchman's Breeches, Dicentra cucularia, C&O Canal NHP Towpath.
Toadshade, Trillium sessile, C&O Canal NHP Towpath.
Toadshade, an alternate flower color, C&O Canal NHP Towpath.
Yellow violet, Viola sp., C&O Canal NHP Towpath.
Spring Beauty, Claytonia viginica, C&O Canal NHP Towpath.
Sweet white violet, Viola bland, C&O Canal NHP Towpath.
Trailing Arbutus, Epigaea reopens, Appalachian Trail.
Jack-In-The-Pulpit, Arisaema atrorubens, along the Appalachian Trail.
Common blue violets along the Appalachian Trail
Rue Anemone, Anemonella thalictroides, along a wooded stream.
Wild Ginger, Asarum candelas, along the C&O Canal NHP Towpath.
Pink Azalea, Rhodendron nudiflorum, South Mountain State Park.
Pink Lad's=Slippers, Cyprpedium accuse, South Mountain State Park.
Wild Geranium, Geranium maculatum, along the Appalachian Trail.
Mountain Laurel, Kalmia latifolia, South Mountain State Park.