Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Don Croner’s Wanders on the Great Allegheny Passage Bike Trail (GAP) | Flora | Trout Lily | Red Trillium | Hawthorne | Goldenrod | Ramps

Two signature Spring wildflowers of the Alleghenies are now on display: Trout Lily and Red Trillium.

Trout Lily, so-named because it leaves resemble a trout’s belly
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Trout Lily

Trout Lily

Red Trillium

Red Trillium

A Spring Medley: Left, Blue Cohost (not yet in bloom); then Ramps; then Red Trillium, and on the right Spring Beauties

The Hawthorne Tree is also in bloom

Young Tall Goldenrod. It will not bloom until September.

And of course Ramps are still collectible.