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Native Wildflowers at Miller Woods

Each spring the woods burst alive with native wildflowers that you will not see very often, except in wooded sites such as Miller Woods. Below is a list of the identified native wildflowers seen throughout Miller Woods in the springtime. The ground is carpeted with these beauties! In the vernal ponds within the woods, several species of frogs and toads can be heard loudly calling throughout the spring and early summer.

Tours are given several weekends each spring by our experienced guides, and are announced in the local Plymouth papers and on this website.

In the meadow that surrounds the woods, late summer is the time to view native plants and shrubs such as aster, several species of goldenrod, sumac and gray dogwood. There is no walking path in the meadow, but you can stop on the shoulder of the road and marvel at the beautiful colors of the plants and enjoy the butterflies and other insects feeding on the plants.

Common Name

Scientific Name

Baneberry, Red

Actaea rubra

Baneberry, White

Actaea pachypoda

Bloodroot

Sanguinaria canadensis

Blue Cohosh

Caulophyllum thalictroides

Blue Phlox, Wild

Phlox divaricata

Cut-Leaved Toothwort

Dentaria laciniata

Dutchman’s Breeches

Dicentra cucullaria

Harbinger-of-spring

Erigenia bulbosa

Hepatica, Round Lobed

Hepatica americana

Hepatica, Sharp Lobed

Hepatica acutiloba

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

Mayapple

Podophyllum peltatum

Spring Beauty

Claytonia virginica

Squirrel Corn

Dicentra canadensis

Starry False Solomon’s-Seal

Smilacina stellata

Trillium, Large Flowered

Trillium grandiflorum

Trillium, Nodding

Trillium cernuum

Trillium, Red (purple)

Trillium erectum

Trout Lily, White

Erythronium albidum

Trout Lily, Yellow

Erythronium americanum

Virginia Waterleaf

Hydrophyllum virginianum

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Wild Leek or Ramp

Allium tricoccum

Zig-Zag Goldenrod

Solidago flexicaulis

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