May monthly meeting

Carex garberi (image source WI state herbarium)

Our next monthly meeting is this Thursday, May 3rd at Thompson Park.

Program: Motorized Recreation in Minnesota: Social & Ecological Consequences.
Presenter: Matt Norton, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
Plant of the Month: Carex garberi, Scott Milburn

...Spring is here!

Bloodroot blooming in a maple-basswood forest

Sharp-lobed hepatica blooming amongst a clump of Equisetum

We have enjoyed weeks of spring time temperatures in the Twin Cities and the flora have responded accordinly. Last weekend I was out on the river bluffs in Eden Prairie and found wild ginger (Asarum canadense), hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba), bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), and prairie smoke (Guem triflorum) just beginning to bloom. Have you photographed any spring flora? Send me an email and I'll post it with your comments.

sjergens@mnnps.org