Frasera

This new spring growth of Frasera carolinensis is sprouting up on a slope in Ross Hills County Park, April 10, 2014.  The bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) in the park was flowering nicely but no other spring wildflowers were to be seen.

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Forsythia

Forsythia is just starting to bloom on April 9, 2014, in Lafayette.  This
 wasn't blooming here the day before. 

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Skunk cabbage

Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) at Clegg Garden, April 5, 2014.

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Anemone acutiloba (Hepatica)

Anemone acutiloba, more commonly known by its old synonym Hepatica.  At Clegg Garden, April 5, 2014.

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Wabash River April 5, 2014

Wabash River at the pedestrian bridge, Lafayette. April 5, 2014. The flooded river had crested here earlier in the morning and is pictured slightly lower.

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Red-eared slider

A red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans) takes in the late afternoon sun near the bicycle trail at Celery Bog Park.  Picture taken April 1, 2014.

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Scarlet cup fungus

Scarlet cup fungus (Sarcoscypha) at Cumberland Park, March 29, 2014.

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