Report from the Field:
It is spring, and that means we are out monitoring, maintaining the office grounds, and checking out potential new easements.
No matter what activity we are doing, we are always on the hunt for wildflowers, spring ephemerals, and migratory wildlife because, as their names suggest, these species are usually only observable for a limited window of time. As an added bonus, this is usually around the same time that temperatures are more moderate, but the ticks, chiggers, mosquitoes, and poison ivy have not become a constant presence for the season.
Here is just a little snippet of what we are seeing out there:
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- Aesculus flava (Yellow buckeye)
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- Viola pedata var. pedata (Common bird’s foot violet)
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- Morels!! Morchella sp. (True morels)
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- Chrysogonum virginianum (Green-and-gold)
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- Uvularia perfoliata (Perfoliate bellwort)
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- Phlaenophana pyramusalis (Dark-banded owlet)
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- Coreopsis auriculata (Lobed coreopsis)
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- Uvularia perfoliata (Perfoliate bellwort)
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- Oxalis violacea (Violet wood-sorrel)
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- Obolaria virginica (Pennywort)
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