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General Forestry => Tree, Plant and Wood I.D. => Topic started by: SwampDonkey on January 27, 2004, 05:44:59 PM

Title: What is this early spring flower? Bloodroot
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 27, 2004, 05:44:59 PM
Id this early spring flower of cool, moist, rich woods.


(https://forestryforum.com/images/04_01_03/springflower.jpg)


 :P
Title: Re: What is this early spring flower?
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 27, 2004, 05:50:53 PM
Here is the flower

(https://forestryforum.com/images/04_01_03/springflower2.jpg)


 ;)
Title: Re: What is this early spring flower?
Post by: Tom on January 27, 2004, 06:49:33 PM
It looks like chickweed but being as  how you are way up on the east coast,  Bloodroot seems to be a better guess.
Title: Re: What is this early spring flower?
Post by: tshanefreeman on January 27, 2004, 11:24:31 PM
I can see why Tom though chickweed, for the flower seems rather comparable.  However, the foliage is far to lobbed for the narrow-leaved species that I'm familiar with.

The plant also resembles Goldthread (Coptis trifolia).  But I can't really tell what size the plant is in your first picture.
Title: Re: What is this early spring flower?
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 28, 2004, 05:29:41 AM
@ Tom

You guessd it, and it does grow in Northern Florida by the way ;)


Blood root  Sanguinaria canadensis

sorry for the quality in the first picture, but that's what happens with scaling and compression.
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