Wood Anemone - Anemone quinquefolia/Anemonoides quinquefolia

Thanks to their slender stalks, these flowers sway in the breeze and have the nickname "wind flowers"; the genus name is derived from the Greek anemos ("wind").

Habitat: Mixed forest

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Ferdy Christant

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Looks like this hike was super productive, so many beautiful flowers. Posted 3 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  The woods in that area of NY are overflowing with ephemerals in early spring! Posted 3 years ago

The Wood Anemone

''Anemonoides quinquefolia'' is a spring-flowering plant in the buttercup family, native to North America. It is commonly called wood anemone, like ''Anemonoides nemorosa'', a closely related European species. It has previously been treated as a subspecies of ''Anemone nemorosa''.

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Similar species: Ranunculales

Species identified by Christine Young