I've been wanting to post some more photos from our Adams County expedition of a few weekends ago, but time has been tight. So, here are some of those photos, with sparse narration.
A group of botanical enthusiasts goes gaga over the spectacle of rare goldenstar lilies,
Erythronium rostratum, along a heavily wooded Scioto County lane.
A giant red oak,
Quercus rubra, dwarfs tree-hugging Tricia West at Whipple State Nature Preserve, Adams County.
The young rosette leaves of American Columbo,
Frasera caroliniensis, bead with the droplets left by a spring shower. This odd gentian can tower to over six feet in height when it blooms.
Toadshade,
Trillium sessile, in bud.
Densely white-villous (fuzzy) buds of a wood poppy,
Stylophorum diphyllum, which is one of our most striking spring wildflowers.
The coppery-tinged expanding leaves of a young yellow buckeye,
Aesculus flava.
Tiny lemony-yellow flower clusters festoon early-blooming spicebush,
Lindera benzoin.
The purplish-blue flowers of hepatica,
Hepatica nobilis, struggle to fully open on a cloudy day.
Gleaming and radiant, the starburst blossom of a bloodroot,
Sanguinaria canadensis, explodes to life. Ephemeral in the extreme, the flower lasts but a day, if that.
Yet more ephemeral are the petals of twinleaf,
Jeffersonia diphylla. The slightest of jostles causes them to tumble to the ground.
Always a special treat is the discovery of tiny and bizarre pennywort gentians,
Obolaria virginica. These little plants sometimes remain concealed by leaf litter, and they are frequently overlooked.
A group of botanical enthusiasts goes gaga over the spectacle of rare goldenstar lilies, Erythronium rostratum, along a heavily wooded Scioto County lane. 
A giant red oak, Quercus rubra, dwarfs tree-hugging Tricia West at Whipple State Nature Preserve, Adams County.
The young rosette leaves of American Columbo, Frasera caroliniensis, bead with the droplets left by a spring shower. This odd gentian can tower to over six feet in height when it blooms.
Toadshade, Trillium sessile, in bud.
Densely white-villous (fuzzy) buds of a wood poppy, Stylophorum diphyllum, which is one of our most striking spring wildflowers.
The coppery-tinged expanding leaves of a young yellow buckeye, Aesculus flava.
Tiny lemony-yellow flower clusters festoon early-blooming spicebush, Lindera benzoin.
The purplish-blue flowers of hepatica, Hepatica nobilis, struggle to fully open on a cloudy day.
Gleaming and radiant, the starburst blossom of a bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, explodes to life. Ephemeral in the extreme, the flower lasts but a day, if that.
Yet more ephemeral are the petals of twinleaf, Jeffersonia diphylla. The slightest of jostles causes them to tumble to the ground.
Always a special treat is the discovery of tiny and bizarre pennywort gentians, Obolaria virginica. These little plants sometimes remain concealed by leaf litter, and they are frequently overlooked.
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