Tamarack NP - Wildflower photo guide

Tamarack Nature Preserve Photo Guides: Wildflowers – Part 1 Photography by Pilar Morera Betty Yan Greg Harker Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan March 2026

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Tamarack Nature Preserve Wildflower Photo Guide – Part ` Photography by Pilar Morera. Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan

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Winter Aconite

Winter Aconite seeds

Eranthis hyemalis

Eranthis hyemalis

Snowdrops (flowers (L) seedpods (R)) Galanthus nivalis

Eastern Skunk Cabbage flower Symplocarpus foetidus

Bloodroot (flower (L) seedpod (R)) Sanguinaria canadensis

Woodland Crocus Crocus tommasinianus

Eastern Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus

Harbinger of spring Erigenia bulbosa

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Siberian Squill (flowers and seeds) Scilla siberica

Alpine squill Scilla bifolia

Alpine squill Scilla bifolia

Alpine squill Scilla bifolia

Glory-of-the-snow Scilla forbesii

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Glory-of-the-snow Scilla forbesii

Glory-of-the-snow Scilla forbesii

Striped squill Puschkinia scilloides

Dame’s rocket (I) Hesperis matronalis

Greek anemone Anemonoides blanda

Annual honesty (I) Lunaria annua

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Virginia Bluebells

Lesser periwinkle (I)

Mertensia virginica

Vinca minor

Lesser Celandine (I)

Garlic Mustard (I)

Ficaria verna

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Alliaria petiolata

Jack-in-the-pulpit (fruit)

Arisaema triphyllum

Arisaema triphyllum

Squirrel Corn Dicentra canadensis

Thyme-leaved speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia

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Toadshade

Yellow wakerobin

Trillium sessile

Trillium luteum

Drooping trillium

Large white trillium

Trillium flexipes

Prairie trillium Trillium recurvatum

Virginia Spring Beauty (flower, fruit)

Trillium grandiflorum

Little sweet betsy Trillium cuneatum

Canada Wild Ginger Asarum canadense reflexum

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Common Blue Violet Viola sororia

Dutchman’s Breeches (flowers (L) seedpods (R)) Dicentra cucullaria

Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum

Dutchman’s breeches (tuber) Dicentra cucullaria

Narrowleaf wild leek

Jacob’s ladder

Allium burdickii

Polemonium reptans

Celandine Poppy flower (R) Seedpods and seeds (L) Stylophorum diphyllum

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Yellow Trout Lily Erythronium americanum

Cut-leaved Toothwort Cardamine concatenata

Wild woodland phlox Phlox divaricata

Confederate violet Viola priceana

False rue anemone Enemion biternatum

Blue phlox Phlox divaricata

Downy yellow violet Viola eriocarpa

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Roundleaf ragwort Packera obovata

Large flower bellwort Uvularia grandiflora

Striped violet Viola striata

Large flower bellwort fruit Uvularia grandiflora

Longstyle sweetroot Osmorhiza longistylis

Slender yellow woodsorrel Oxalis dillenii

Catchweed bedstraw

Bitter wintercress

Gallium aparine

Barbarea vulgaris

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Eastern woodland sedge

Broad-leaved dock

Carex blanda

Rumex obtusifolius

Small-flowered buttercup

Garden yellowrocket

Ranunculus abortivus

Barbarea vulgaris

Golden ragwort Packera aurea

Nodding rattlesnake root Nabalus crepidineus

Tatarian honeysuckle

Awl-fruited sedge

Lonicera tatarica

Carex stipata

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Great waterleaf Hydrophyllum appendiculatum

Ground ivy

Mouse-ear chickweed

Glechoma hederacea

Cerastium fontanum

Common whitlowgrass

Red deadnettle Lamium purpureum

Draba verna

Virginia spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana

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Spreading chervil Chaerophyllum procumbens

Interior sandbar willow (male)

Star Chickweed Stellaria pubera

Interior sandbar willow (female)

Salix interior

Salix interior

Multiflora rose

Ribwort plantain

Rosa multiflora

Hairy bittercress Cardamine hirsuta

Plantago lanceolata

Black raspberry Rubus occidentalis

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Siberian bugloss Brunnera macrophylla

Field horsetail Equisetum arvense

Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum

Putty root orchid (right photo by Scott Namestnik) Aplectrum hyemale

Woodland stonecrop Sedum ternatum

Jetbead (I) Rhodotypos scandens

Mayapple (fruit) Podophyllum peltatum

Putty root orchid Aplectrum hyemale

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Allegheny blackberry Rubus allegheniensis

Davis’ sedge Carex davisii

Eastern narrowleaf sedge

Prickly gooseberry Ribes cynosbati

Troublesome sedge Carex molesta?

Limestone meadow sedge

Carex amphibola

Carex granularis

Muhlenberg’s sedge

Cowslip (Marsh Marigold)

Carex Muehlenbergia?

Caltha palustris

Summer

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Canadian meadow garlic Allium canadense

Indian tobacco Lobelia inflata

Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Common milkweed Asclepias syriaca

Fire pink Silene virginica

Smooth ruellia Ruellia strepens

Autumn olive (I) and berries Elaeagnus umbellata

Common milkweed seed pod Asclepias syriaca

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Swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata

Foxglove beardtongue Penstemon digitalis

Roughleaf dogwood Cornus drummondii

Long-sepal beardtongue Penstemon calycosus

Yellow sweetclover

White sweetclover

Melilotus officinalis

Melilotus albus

Snowy campion Silene nivea

Wild garlic (I) Allium vineale

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Dwarf larkspur

Deertongue

Delphinium tricorne

Dichanthelium clandestinum

Orchard grass

Reed canary grass

Dactylis glomerata

Phalaris arundinacea

Water hemlock

Virginia wildrye

Cicuta maculata

Elymus

Curly dock (I) Rumex crispus

Purple crownvetch (I) Securigera varia

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Border privet

Goutweed (I)

Ligustrum obtusiffoliu

Aegopodium podagraia

Nodding bulrush

Moonseed

Scirpus pendulus

Rattlesnake fern Botrypus virginianus

Soft fox sedge Carex conjuncta

Menispermum canadense

Silky dogwood Cornus amomums

Swamp dock Rumex verticillatus

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White avens

Rough avens

Geum canadense

Geum laciniatum

Honewort

Japanese snowball (I)

Cryptotaenia canadensis

Viburnum plicatum

Smooth Solomon’s seal

Oxeye daisy (I)

Polygonatum biflorum

Leucnthemum vulgare

Solomon’s plume Maianthemum racemosum

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White baneberry (flower) Actaea pachypoda

White baneberry (fruit) Actaea pachypoda

Rough cinquefoil

Common jewelweed

Potentilla norvegica

Impatiens capensis

Pale jewelweed

Hedge bindweed

Impatiens pallida

Northern dewberry Rubus

Calystegia sepium

Stiff cowbane Oxypolis rigidiors

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American black elderberry Sambucus canadensis

Carolina crane’s-bill Geranium carolinianum

American pokeweed Phytolacca americana

Black eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta

Butterweed (I) Packera glabella

Late figwort (flowers (L) leaves (R)) Scrophularia marlindica

Common yarrow (flowers (L) leaves (R)) Achillea millefolium

Blue wood aster Symphyotrichum cordifolium

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False sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides

Spotted St. John’s wort Hypericum punctatum

Timothy grass Phleum pratense

Rattlesnake master (flowers (L) leaves (R)) Eryngium yuccifolium

Zigzag spiderwort Tradescantia subaspera

Tall thimbleweed Anemone virginiana

Broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade Circaea canadensis

Smooth hedgenettle Stachys tenuifolia

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Purple rocket Iodanthus pinnatifidus

American germander Teucrium canadense

Common dewberry Rubus

Cinnamon willow-herb Epilobium coloratum

American groundnut Apios americana

Climbing prairie rose Rosa setigera

Wild carrot

Common boneset

Aplaceae

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Summer

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Common evening primrose Oenothera biennis

Great blue lobelia Lobelia siphilitica

Tall bellflower Campanulastrum americanum

Sulphur cinquefoil Potentilla recta

Tall ironweed Vernonia gigantea

Jerusalem artichoke Helianthus tuberosus

Spotted lady’s thumb Persicaria maculosa

Common chicory Cichorium intybus

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Culver’s root Veronicastrum virginicum

Fringed loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata

Creeping thistle (I) Cirsium arvense

Common selfheal Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata

Wingstem Verbesina alternifolia

Nodding spurge Euphorbia nutans

Red clover Trifolium pratense

Woodland forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica

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Wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa

Clustered black snakeroot Sanicula odorata

Purple loosestrife (I)

White bergamot Monarda clinopodia?

Japanese honeysuckle (I) and berries Lonicera japonica

White snakeroot

Lythrum salicaria

Ageratina altissima

Summer snowflake

Large-leaf waterleaf

Leucojum aestivum

Hydrophyllum macrophyllum

Summer

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Carolina sweetshrub (flower & fruit) Calycanthus floridus

Sweet Joe-pye-weed Eutrochium purpureum

Panicled ticktrefoil Desmodium paniculatum

Climbing false buckwheat Fallopia scandens

Nodding beggartick Bidens cernua

Smooth sumac Rhus glabra

Hare’s foot clover Trifolium arvense

Giant knotweed Reynoutria x bohemica

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Star of bethlehem

Wild potato vine

Ornithogalum umbellatum

Ipomoea pandurata

Common devil’s claw

Common devil’s claw (seed pod)

Proboscidea lousianica

American pokeweed Phytolacca americana

Wild teasel (I) Dipsacus fullonum

Proboscidea lousianica

Lesser centaury Centaurium pulchellum

Common blue wood asters Symphyotrichum cordifolium

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Wood nettle

American jumpweed

Laportea canadensis

Persicaria virginiana

Spotted Joe-pye weed

White vervain

Eutrochium maculatum

Verbena urticifolia

Virginia mountain mint

Virginia stickweed

Pycnanthemum virginianum

Early goldenrod Solidago juncea

Hackelia virginiana

False nettle Boehmeria cylindrica

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Philadelphia fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus

Woodland sunflower Helianthus strumosus

American bugleweed Lycopus americanus

Field thistle Cirsium discolor

Citronella horse balm

Blue mistflower

Collinsonia canadensis

Conoclinium coelestinum

Autumn clematis (I)

Hedge nettles

Clematis terniflora

Stachys

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Butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa

Hemp dogbane

Brown-eyed susan Rudbeckia tribola

Sweet everlasting

Apocynum cannabinum

Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium

False daisy

Sharpwing monkeyflower

Eclipta prostrata

Smooth ruellia Ruellia strepens

Mimulus alatus

Pale gentian Gentiana alba

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Swamp agrimony Agrimonia parviflora

Woodland lettuce Lactuca floridana

American lopseed Phryma leptostachya

Sallow sedge Carex lurida

Canada wild lettuce Lactuca canadensis

Tall blue lettuce Lactuca biennis

Cup plant Silphium perfoliatum

American senna Senna hebecarpa

Fall

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Panicled aster

Shining aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

Symphyotrichum firmum

Swamp asters Symphyotrichum puniceum

Bulbous cress Cardamine bulbosa

Starry Rosinweed Silphium asteriscus

Swamp aster Symphyotrichum puniceum

Scaldweed Cuscuta gronovii

New England aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

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Velvetleaf (I) Abutilon theophrasti

Three-lobed beggarticks Bidens comosa

Cinnamon willowherb Epilobium coloratum

Hairy white oldfield aster Sympnotrichum pilosum

Creeping jenny (I) Lysimachia nummularia

Honey-vine climbing milkweed Cynanchum laeve

Floating primrose willow Ludwigia peploides

Virgin’s bower Clematis virginiana

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Calico aster

Devil’s beggarticks

Symphyotrichum lateriforum

Biden frondosa

Partridge pea

Horseweed

Chamaecrista fasciculata

Erigeron canadensis

Fragrant flatsedge Cyperus odoratus

Low smartweed (I) Persicaria longiseta

Bristly greenbrier

Jimsonweed

Smilax tamnoides

Datura stramonium

Fall

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American burnweed Erechtites hieraciifolius

Giant goldenrod Solidago gigantea

Canada goldenrod Solidago canadensis

Yellowseed false pimpernel Lindernia dubia

Oriental bittersweet (I) Celastrus orbiculatusç

Flat-topped goldenrod Euthamia graminifolia

Giant ragweed Ambrosia trifida

Prickly lettuce Ambrosia trifida

Fall

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Scaldweed

Big bluestem grass

Cuscuta gronovii

Andropogon gerardii

Ivy-leaved morning glory Ipomoea hederacea

Gray dogwood Cornus racemosa

Purpletop tridens Tridens flavus

Late boneset Eupatorium serotinum

Japanese stiltgrass (I) Microstegium vimineum