spring ephemerals

Larry Weber says it's almost as though the plants were coiled and waiting for a little rain.And once they got it - they're busting out all over.

Anyone bemoaning the cool temperatures (despite the bright sunshine) need only remember last year at this time; although you may have blocvked it from…

The story of how Searching for Minnesota's Native Wildflowers came to be written, starts, as the very best stories do, with a road trip.Searching for…

Less than a month ago, there was still ice and snow on the ground.Which means, despite a weekend forecast of mid to upper 80s, the season for spring…

Less than half the normal amount of rain for May this year? But is it really fair to make up the deficit over a holiday weekend??

Larry Weber spent the week teaching a Master Naturalist class at the Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center and trekking his students into the woods…

Tra-la! It's May! And Larry Weber reports the spring ephemerals are in full bloom and Jay Cooke State Park is the place to see them.

"Uvularia grandiflora" (Large-Flowered Bellwort or merrybells), "Uvularia sessilifolia" (Sessile-leafBellwort) and "Trientalis borealis" (Starflower) are…