Thursday Thirteen 337: A Walk in the Arboretum No. 1

You may have noticed the "No. 1" in the title of this post. I visit the Arboretum at least once a week in decent weather and have enough photos for multiple posts on the subject. The prairies especially are in such constant flux that you can see something different every week.

The photos in this post are from a visit to the main body of the UW-Madison Arboretum on May 10, encompassing Leopold Pines, Teal Pond, Teal Pond Wetlands, Juniper Knoll and Gallistel Woods (see map). Sadly, I do not get over to that area often enough, but tend to stick to the smaller Grady Tract closer to where I live. Due to a long, hard winter followed by an equally cold and wet spring, everything was blooming two or three weeks later than usual, but I did manage to find a few spring woodland plants. Click on any photo for a better view.

Arboretum path with short boardwalk

There are fungi of all shapes, sizes and colors throughout the wooded areas



Jack-in-the-Pulpit



Looking up through the trees at a perfect spring sky

Prairie Smoke -- These were growing in the Native Plant Garden
outside the Visitor Center, an area designed to showcase prairie plants
for those unable to navigate the narrow paths through Curtis Prairie



The Wetlands -- there is a nice boardwalk here with plenty of benches

Violets of various colors were plentiful



Virginia Bluebells

Trout lily



A plethora of turtles could be seen at Teal Pond,
serenaded by the incessant and loud croaking of frogs



Toothwort -- I know, an ugly name for a pretty flower



Canada Anemone



Mayapples were not yet in bloom. They bloomed so late this year,
they were more aptly "Juneapples"

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