EARLY SPRING WILDFLOWERS ALONG THE CHESAPEAKE BAY

Dentaria laciniata also known as Cardamine concatenata

The Cut-leaved Toothwort is endangered in New Hampshire and Maine.

We found it growing abundantly on this west facing hillside along the Chesapeake Bay.

 

ELK NECK STATE PARK, MARYLAND
ELK NECK STATE PARK, MARYLAND

What a pleasant surprise on our first Springtime adventure.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAIt was hard to find a blooming one on this chilly spring afternoon.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThis is the setting.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAClaytonia virginica, the Spring Beauty, growing side-by -side with the Cut-leaved Toothwort, in abundance.

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We are cultivating this species in our garden, where it has been blooming now for over a week.

ELK NECK STATE PARK, MARYLAND
ELK NECK STATE PARK, MARYLAND

One of the first to bloom, and flower after flower on the stalk, this one small native wildflower will be blooming for much of the spring!