Anemone quinquefolia

Anemone quinquefolia (Woodland Anemone) growing in a mixed mesic conifer-hardwoods forest near a vernal pond.

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Flown Kimmerling

Lion

Beautiful!

We are getting our first Anemone species of the season right now! I just photographed some yesterday! Posted 6 years ago
1. Gary B
  
  Lion
  
  And it is not even spring yet where you live! This morning the temperature here was minus 8 F. Hard to believe that out there and under 3 feet of snow are flowers waiting to bloom. Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
    
    Lion
    
    We have had an unusually warm and wet year (with lots of flooding). Many tree species have begun to bloom as well (the pollen count is already medium to high), and it is quite alarming.
    
    What is this "snow" thing you speak of? ;) Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. Gary B
      
      Lion
      
      Snow is a crystalline form of water with a basic hexagonal pattern that then develops into a fractal pattern. It frequently drifts down from the sky in great quantities here burying anything not fast enough to get out of its way.
      
      Yes, floods, and storms, too, from what I've read on weather reports from the SE US. Things could change pretty quickly for us. It isn't unusual for the weather to suddenly warm up in mid-March which leads to all sorts of problems like flooding. Posted 6 years ago
    2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
        
        Lion
        
        Haha! How we define snow in the South:
        "Stuff that falls from the sky very rarely (usually in minute amounts), causing entire city infrastructures to be rendered useless."
        
        Let's hope things improve this spring. Weather just seems to be getting more and more erratic with each passing year, however. Posted 6 years ago
      2. Gary B
        
        Lion
        
        That sounds about right for the South (half my family is from there so I know how they react).
        
        The long range forecast for my part of the world is that by March 11 temperatures will be above freezing. Looking forward to that.
        
        As for weather being erratic when I first moved here a long time ago it was normal to get 3 or 4 feet of snow a year with the first good snows coming in December. Now, snow depth is usually 2 feet for the season and often we get freezing rain in December with snow. It even rained in January this year. Highly unusual. I don't think the ice layer and thinner snow cover does much good for insects and other wildlife. Posted 6 years ago
        
        Gary B
        
        Lion
        
        https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75148 Posted 6 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