April Wildflower Hike- Salt Lick

It appears the nights of frost are behind us. We had two the week of April 15th (our last expected frost day) and this week's forecast appears to be days in the 70s and nights in the 50s. I was itching for a hike to see the spring wildflowers. We decided on Salt Lick Point Nature Preserve in Valmeyer, Monroe County, Illinois as it was close and we could spend some time in the yard and Sean could work on the bees.

So- what was in bloom on Saturday April 16th? These are the highlights, in order along the following route: parking lot, Salt Lick Trail to Newman Trail to Johnson Trail and back to parking lot.

Nesting sight of Swallows- Cliff Swallows?

Erigeron pulchellus- Robin's Plantain 

Packera pseudotomentosa

Camassia- Wild Hyacinth

White Blue-eyed grass- Sisyrinchium

Jack in the Pulpit

Yellow Violet

Spring Beauties

Fragile Fern

Wild Larkspur- Delphinium

Goldenseal

Hydrophyllum (canadense?) Waterleaf

Dutchman's Breeches

Waterleaf

Trillium, Geranium

False Anemone

Corydalis

Waterleaf

Buutercup species?

Bluebells

Johnson's Trail

Bloodroot

The bees were all over it.