{"id":3628,"date":"2012-03-19T15:06:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T20:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=3628"},"modified":"2012-03-20T16:07:14","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T21:07:14","slug":"woodland-wildflowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=3628","title":{"rendered":"Woodland Wildflowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems with every passing day comes the realization that this winter is truly the winter that never was here in the central plains.\u00a0 As I look out my window the redbuds are in full bloom as are the bradford pears and several trees are starting to leaf out.\u00a0 Planted Magnolia&#8217;s are already past prime.\u00a0 With several weeks of above average temperatures I have been watching several local woodland sites for spring wildflowers.\u00a0 I thought there might even be a chance that the earliest plants might flower in February.\u00a0 While False Rue-anemone was up in late February I didn&#8217;t actually find any flowering until March 12th after a rainy Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, along with my wife, daughter and granddaughter I got a chance to check out the status of the spring bloom at the Overland Park Arboretum.\u00a0 Wow,\u00a0 things have really advanced over the week of high 70&#8217;s and low 80&#8217;s.\u00a0 We soon found &#8220;carpets&#8221; of spring beauty&#8217;s and false rue-anemone&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Spring Beauty\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7046\/6994759263_f4dafd077e_c.jpg\" alt=\"Spring Beauty\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spring Beauty<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"False Rue-Anemone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7206\/6848570646_7625a1afd2_c.jpg\" alt=\"False Rue-Anemone\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">False Rue-Anemone<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Naturally, Cady and her mom decided to capture the ephemerals in photos.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7191\/6994695591_22cf43bde2_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cady struck out on her own.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7189\/6848566654_88903c1239_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I like her style:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7115\/6850655776_80a3386c05_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The blood roots were just getting started but won&#8217;t last long.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Blood Root\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7064\/6994688787_5c7621e494_c.jpg\" alt=\"Blood Root\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blood Root<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Dutchman Breeches were almost to peak as were the Toothwort&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dutchman's Breeches\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7198\/6848553842_772c560026_c.jpg\" alt=\"Dutchman's Breeches\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dutchman&#39;s Breeches<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Toothwort\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7066\/6994683887_a6b9e39e78_c.jpg\" alt=\"Toothwort\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toothwort<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Like the Bloodwort&#8217;s the Erythroniums were just getting started but they won&#8217;t last long.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Erythronium\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7068\/6994762023_7454f88355_c.jpg\" alt=\"Erythronium\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erythronium<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last year I shared a post about spring wildflowers with most of these same flowers but the date was April 7th.\u00a0 This year the flowers are much earlier.\u00a0 In fact most will be past their prime by April 1.\u00a0 If checking out woodland spring wildflowers is one of the signs of spring that you monitor each year, you&#8217;d best be getting out there.<\/p>\n<p>BW<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems with every passing day comes the realization that this winter is truly the winter that never was here in the central plains.\u00a0 As I look out my window the redbuds are in full bloom as are the bradford pears and several trees are starting to leaf out.\u00a0 Planted Magnolia&#8217;s are already past prime.\u00a0<br 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