For just a few short weeks, the forest floor comes alive with spring ephemerals in bloom. They remind us how beauty doesn’t have to last long to leave an impression.
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Nodding Trillium (Trillium cernuum)
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Virginia Bluebell (Mertensia virginica)
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Toad Trillium (Trillium cuneatum)
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Appalachian Pygmy Pipes (Monotropsis odorata)
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Eastern Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
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Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)
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Eastern Bluestar (Amsonia tabernaemontana)
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Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)
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Solitary Pussytoes (Antennaria solitaria)
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Round Lobed Hepatica (Hepatica americana)
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Early Meadow Rue (Thalictrum diodcum)
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Oconee Bells (Shortia galacifolia)
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Morel Mushroom (Morchella spp.)
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Halberd-leaved Violet (Viola hastata)
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Group of Trout Lilies (Erythronium americanum)
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American May-apple (Podophyllum peltatum)
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American May-apple Flower(Podophyllum peltatum).
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Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia)
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False Rue Anemone (Enemion biternatum)
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Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)
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Blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)
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Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
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Bishop's Cap (Mitella diphylla)
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Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens)
Julia Nichols, ©2026 HGIC, Clemson Extension
