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This page is part of a dichotomous key for plants recorded as blooming in Southeastern Pennsylvania during the month of March.

Helleborus x hybridus

Red flowers (flowers range from whie through purple)

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Profile for Helleborus x hybridus (Hybrid Hellebore)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Low herbaceous plant
Foliage:	Primarily basal, palmately lobed, evergreen
Fruit:	Dry capsules
Life Cycle:	Perennial

Recent Logs

Anna reg 18:41, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 10:59, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 19:13, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 00:24, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Helleborus x hybridus

Forsythia x intermedia

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Profile for Forsythia x intermedia (Garden Forsythia)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	suckering shrub
Flowers:	4-petaled, yellow
Foliage:	Simple, opposite, serrate margins, emerging about 1/2-way through full bloom
Stem:	hollow pith

Recent Logs

--Jomegat 01:16, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 18:26, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
--Anna reg 12:01, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
--Anna reg 15:15, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
--Anna reg 08:01, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Forsythia x intermedia

Symplocarpus foetidus

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Profile for Symplocarpus foetidus (Eastern Skunk Cabbage)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Colonizing herbaceous plant
Flowers:	spathe and spadix
Foliage:	basal, very large
Scent:	strong unpleasant odor from all parts
Life Cycle:	perennial

Recent Logs

Sb f 16:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Symplocarpus foetidus

Cardamine hirsuta

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Profile for Cardamine hirsuta (Hairy Wintercress)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Low, mat-forming herbaceous plant
Flowers:	4 petals, flowers in clusters on top of stems, often blooming and setting fruit at the same time
Foliage:	bippately compound, purplish during cold weather
Scent:	bitter scent from crushed leaves
Growing Conditions:	any disturbed soil
Life Cycle:	annual or biennial

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny ^talk 11:07, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Sb f 20:47, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Cardamine hirsuta

Senecio vulgaris

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Profile for Senecio vulgaris (Common Groundsel)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Low growing but upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:	Enclosed heads

Recent Logs

Jomegat 16:41, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Fall

Regional data and additional images for Senecio vulgaris

Viola x wittrockiana

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Profile for Viola x wittrockiana (Pansy)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Short-lived, low-growing perennial, with mostly cool season blooms
Higher taxa:	Viola

Recent Logs

--Anna reg 12:12, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Anna reg 12:01, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
Anna reg 16:35, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Mid Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter

Regional data and additional images for Viola x wittrockiana

Stellaria media

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Profile for Stellaria media (Common Chickweed)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Creeping, mat-forming herb
Flowers:	Small, white
Life Cycle:	Annual

Recent Logs

Jomegat 00:13, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
In w:Barcelona. --Pere prlpz (discuss • contribs) 21:31, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring. Late Spring, Early Summer, Late Fall, Early Winter

Regional data and additional images for Stellaria media

Spiraea thunbergii

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Profile for Spiraea thunbergii (Spiraea)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Arching, multistemmed shrub
Flowers:	Small white flowers in axillary cluseters.
Foliage:	Narrow, threadlike

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 11:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 00:00, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 00:23, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Mid Fall, Late Fall

Regional data and additional images for Spiraea thunbergii

Helleborus niger

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Profile for Helleborus niger (Christmas Rose)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	low herb or subshrub
Life Cycle:	perennial

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 11:40, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 10:36, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 20:51, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 11:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 08:40, 22 March 2008 (UTC) (most flowers fading to pink)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring

Regional data and additional images for Helleborus niger

Helleborus foetidus

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Profile for Helleborus foetidus (Stinking Hellebore)

Identifying Characteristics
Foliage:	evergreen, palmately divided
Life Cycle:	perennial

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 20:52, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 14:54, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 08:39, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
HortMan 11:00, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Helleborus foetidus

Galanthus nivalis

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Profile for Galanthus nivalis (Common Snowdrop)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Low growing plant emerging from underground bulbs
Foliage:	Straplike, often bluish
Stem:	floral scapes only, round
Life Cycle:	perennial

Recent Logs

Anna reg 18:38, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Anna reg 14:57, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 08:35, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Luai lashire 23:41, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Luai lashire 00:52, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Galanthus nivalis

Pieris japonica

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Profile for Pieris japonica (Japanese Andromeda)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	shrub or small tree
Foliage:	evergreen, simple, alternate, dense near the branch tips
Fruit:	dry capsules

Recent Logs

Jomegat 17:10, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Pieris japonica

Hamamelis 'Jelena'

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Profile for Hamamelis 'Jelena' ('Jelena' Witch Hazel)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 09:55, 8 January 2008 (UTC) (cv. 'Jelena', some flowers open)
SB Johnny-LM 10:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena', 'Diane', and 'Arnold Promise')
SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring

Regional data and additional images for Hamamelis 'Jelena'

Hamamelis x intermedia

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Profile for Hamamelis x intermedia (Hybrid Witch Hazel)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Large shrub or small tree, vase-shaped
Flowers:	4 thread-like, showy petals
Foliage:	simple, alternate, uneven at the base
Stem:	zig-zag branches
Subclass plants:	Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise', Hamamelis 'Diane', Hamamelis 'Jelena', Hamamelis 'Sunburst'

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
--Luai lashire 17:22, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring

Regional data and additional images for Hamamelis x intermedia

Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise'

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Profile for Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise' ('Arnold Promise' Witch Hazel)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 10:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena', 'Diane', and 'Arnold Promise')
SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
SB Johnny-LM 09:31, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
SB Johnny-LM 08:38, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise'

Hamamelis 'Diane'

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Profile for Hamamelis 'Diane' ('Diane' Witch Hazel)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 10:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena', 'Diane', and 'Arnold Promise')
SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Winter, Early Spring

Regional data and additional images for Hamamelis 'Diane'

Hamamelis 'Sunburst'

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Profile for Hamamelis 'Sunburst' ('Sunburst' Witch Hazel)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Winter, Early Spring

Regional data and additional images for Hamamelis 'Sunburst'

Crocus

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Profile for Crocus (Crocus)

Identifying Characteristics
Subclass plants:	Crocus tommasinianus Crocus vernus

Recent Logs

--Anna reg 18:43, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
--Jomegat 15:54, 16 March 2010 (UTC) (first bloom of 2010)

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Global data:

Regional data and additional images for Crocus

Vinca minor

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Profile for Vinca minor (Periwinkle)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	prostrate vine, rooting at the nodes
Flowers:	trumpet-shaped
Foliage:	simple, opposite, evergreen
Life Cycle:	perennial

Recent Logs

Anna reg 13:04, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
Jomegat 20 Apr 2010 (from photos)
Anna reg 11:53, 27 March 2011 (UTC) (sporadic)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

Regional data and additional images for Vinca minor

Corydalis cheilanthifolia

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Profile for Corydalis cheilanthifolia (Fernleaf Corydalis)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM April 16 2006 (from photographs)
SB Johnny-LM 09:37, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 08:31, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 10:05, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 16:23, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Early Summer

Regional data and additional images for Corydalis cheilanthifolia

Veronica persica

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Profile for Veronica persica (Speedwell)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SBJ 09:18, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 11:37, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Luai lashire 00:58, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 19:10, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
--Luai lashire 21:37, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Chemgym 19:25, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Veronica persica

Narcissus

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Profile for Narcissus (Daffodil, Jonquil, Narcissus)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Upright herbaceous plants
Foliage:	Basal, straplike, slightly bluish
Subclass plants:	Narcissus pseudonarcissus

Recent Logs

Anna reg 12:05, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
Sb f 14:46, 6 March 2011 (UTC) (plants blooming in the microclimate by the springhouse, elsewhere not flowering)
Anna reg 18:35, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Narcissus

Lamium purpureum

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Profile for Lamium purpureum (Deadnettle)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Low, spreading herbaceous plant , flowering stems rising above the foliage
Flowers:	Tubular, 2-lipped, pink or purple
Foliage:	Reddish or purplish in early spring, fading to green as the season warms
Stem:	square in cross section, densely covered by the leaves
Life Cycle:	Winter annual

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 12:15, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Chemgym 12:48, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:01, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
--Juan Pisek 14:59, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Lamium purpureum

Magnolia stellata

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Profile for Magnolia stellata (Star Magnolia)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Small to midsize tree with gray bark and a rounded habit

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 13:22, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 23:17, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 11:04, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 00:00, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 19:12, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 16:00, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Magnolia stellata

Cornus mas

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Profile for Cornus mas (Cornelian Cherry)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

Richardofoakshire 14:40, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
Richardofoakshire 12:37, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Cornus mas

Acer rubrum

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Profile for Acer rubrum (Red Maple)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Large tree
Flowers:	Red flowers opening well before the leaves
Foliage:	As with all maples, they are deciduous and arranged oppositely on the twig. They are typically 5-10 cm (2-4 inches) long and wide with 3-5 palmate lobes with a serrated margin. The sinuses are typically narrow, but the leaves can exhibit considerable variation.
Stem:	In dense forests, trunk will remain free of branches until some distance up the tree. Individuals grown in the open are shorter and thicker with a more rounded crown.
Growing Conditions:	It can be found growing in swamps, on poor dry soils, and most anywhere in between
Fruit:	Samara
Similar Plants:	Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple)

Recent Logs

Jomegat 00:24, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Acer rubrum

Scilla siberica

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Profile for Scilla siberica (Siberian Squill)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 08:47, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 11:31, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
--Luai lashire 00:58, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 19:11, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
--Luai lashire 22:03, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Scilla siberica

Erythronium americanum

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Profile for Erythronium americanum (Yellow Trout Lily)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 17:27, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 12:20, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 19:20, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Erythronium americanum

Corylopsis spicata

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Profile for Corylopsis spicata (Winter Hazel)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Shrub, wider than tall
Stem:	Zig-zagging

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 13:22, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
SB_Johnny-LM 24 April, 2007 (from photographic log)
SB Johnny-LM 09:39, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 10:55, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Corylopsis spicata

Muscari armeniacum

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Profile for Muscari armeniacum (Grape Hyacinth)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 11:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 11:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 19:12, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
--Luai lashire 21:42, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:29, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 12:14, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Muscari armeniacum

Ficaria verna, previously Ranunculus ficaria

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Profile for Ficaria verna (Lesser Celandine)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Low, spreading
Foliage:	glabrous, dark green
Life Cycle:	perennial

BCP/Ficaria verna/Logs
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Ficaria verna

Acer saccharinum

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Profile for Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Large tree

Recent Logs

Jomegat 02:11, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Acer saccharinum

Salix gracilistyla 'Melanostachys'

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Profile for Salix gracilistyla 'Melanostachys' (Black Pussy-willow)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 08:55, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Salix gracilistyla 'Melanostachys'

Magnolia x soulangeana

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Profile for Magnolia x soulangeana (Saucer Magnolia)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	medium sized tree
Flowers:	primitive, with 6 tepals
Foliage:	simple, alternate

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 11:05, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 00:00, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 16:01, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Anna reg 13:00, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Magnolia x soulangeana

Mahonia bealei

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Profile for Mahonia bealei (Grape-holly)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 08:58, 22 March 2008 (UTC) (lower flowers open)
SB Johnny-LM 11:37, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 11:06, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 10:06, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 16:21, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Mahonia bealei

Salix discolor

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Profile for Salix discolor (Pussy Willow)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 13:22, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 13:00, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 11:30, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:32, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Salix discolor

Acer saccharum

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Profile for Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Large tree

Recent Logs

Jomegat 00:24, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Acer saccharum

Taxus baccata

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Profile for Taxus baccata (Yew)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Coniferous shrub or small tree
Flowers:	Male cones are yellow, and release clouds of pollen when disturbed by wind or other movement

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 13:22, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
--Juan 09:06, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 12:22, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 11:33, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Taxus baccata

Crocus vernus

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Profile for Crocus vernus (Crocus)

Identifying Characteristics
Similar Plants:	Very hard to tell apart from Crocus tommasinianus
Higher taxa:	Crocus

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 11:13, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 18:06, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Cormaggio ^talk 13:16, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
--Luai lashire 23:05, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 08:14, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

--Luai lashire 23:42, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Ngravagna 17:44, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Crocus vernus

Jasminum nudiflorum

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Profile for Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter Jasmine)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:49, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 14:34, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 11:00, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 11:14, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Anna reg 27 February 2010 (Photo)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Jasminum nudiflorum

Alnus rugosa

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Profile for Alnus rugosa (Speckled Alder)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 13:24, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 22:15, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:42, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

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Regional data and additional images for Alnus rugosa

Veronica arvensis

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Profile for Veronica arvensis (Corn Speedwell)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	spreading herbaceous plant
Life Cycle:	winter annual

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 12:08, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 11:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 11:35, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Veronica arvensis

Parrotia persica

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Profile for Parrotia persica (Persian Ironwood)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Low-crowned tree

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 09:56, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 08:43, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Parrotia persica

Cornus officinalis

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Profile for Cornus officinalis (Japanese Cornel Dogwood)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 11:25, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

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Crocus tommasinianus

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Profile for Crocus tommasinianus (Early Crocus)

Identifying Characteristics
Similar Plants:	Very hard to tell apart from Crocus vernus
Higher taxa:	Crocus

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:24, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 08:35, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 08:35, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Sb f 16:04, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
Sb f 20:46, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
Sb f 14:44, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 00:38, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring

Regional data and additional images for Crocus tommasinianus

Eranthis hyemalis

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Profile for Eranthis hyemalis (Winter Aconite)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	creeping ground cover

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 11:15, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 09:22, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 08:36, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring

Regional data and additional images for Eranthis hyemalis

Erica carnea

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Profile for Erica carnea (Heath)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Low-growing, spreading shrub
Foliage:	Awn-shaped, small, evergreen

Recent Logs

SBJ 13:08, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
SBJ 09:00, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
SBJ 09:16, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
SBJ 14:29, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
SBJ 10:00, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Fall, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Erica carnea

Corylus avellana

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Profile for Corylus avellana (Common Hazel)

Identifying Characteristics
Subclass plants:	f. 'contorta'

Recent Logs

Richardofoakshire 14:55, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Corylus avellana

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Last updated 12:20, 28 March 2008 (UTC) from the DPL page with 49 plants.