What's Blooming at Turkey Run?

If you do nothing else this weekend, please, PLEASE go see the bluebells in your favorite river valley. They should be stunning. Last Sunday they were just opening up at Turkey Run, and Wednesday they were very close to peak on the other side of the Potomac (around Lock 7 on the C&O Canal).

And there's so much else going on out there. I've finally gone through the pictures we took from both walks. Here are some highlights:

Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)

Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla) and spring beauty (Claytonia virginica)

Windflower (Anemone canadensis)

Cutleaf toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)

Dutchman's breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)

Toadshade trillium (Trillium sessile)

Blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)

Trout lily (Erythronium americanum) -- there are HUGE patches near where Dead Run crosses the trail from Turkey Run

Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis)