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What's in Bloom at the Chicago Botanic Garden

Native Habitats — May 1, 2008

McDonald Woods: Rue anemone (Anemonella thalictroides), marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), bulbous cress (Cardamine bulbosa), purple spring cress (Cardamine douglassii), brome hummock sedge (Carex bromoides), blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides), crinkleroot (Dentaria diphylla), toothwort (Dentaria laciniata), Dutchman's breeches (Dicentra cucullaria), white trout lily (Erythronium albidum), yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum), false rue anemone (Isopyrum biternatum), twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla), Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica), mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum -in bud), American plum (Prunus americana -in bud), American black currant (Ribes americanum -in bud), swamp buttercup (Ranunculus septentrionalis), white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum), prairie trillium (Trillium recurvatum), toadshade (Trillium sessile), merrybells (Uvularia grandiflora), common blue violet (Viola sororia).

Prairie and Skokie River: Early blooming prairie forbs are small, but colorful; look carefully for marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), wild hyacinth (Camassia scilloides), sedges (Carex ssp.), shooting star (Dodecatheon media), strawberries (Fragaria virginiana), prairie smoke (Geum triflorum), downy phlox (Phlox pilosa), Jacob's ladder (Polemonium reptans), golden ragwort (Seneceo aurea), starry false Solomon's seal (Simalcina stellata) and golden Alexander (Zizia aurea).