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| YELLOW TROUT LILY... |
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| ...A SPRING EPHEMERAL OFTEN FOUND IN LARGE COLONIES... |
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| ...WITH A LARGE, NODDING FLOWER... |
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| ...AND LEAVES SPOTTED LIKE A BROWN TROUT |
Monday, 8:00 AM. 44 degrees F at the ferry dock, 41 on the back porch. Wind variable with light gusts. The sky is partly cloudy, and the humidity has risen to 81% after light rain last night.. The barometer is at 30.05" and rising. It looks like it will be a slightly warmer and drier week ahead.
This morning we are planting the trees and shrubs that I laid out at the job site on the lakeshore on Thursday. It will be good to get them in the ground and the job done.
This morning we are planting the trees and shrubs that I laid out at the job site on the lakeshore on Thursday. It will be good to get them in the ground and the job done.
The yellow trout lily, AKA dog-toothed violet or adder's tongue, Erythonium americanum, in the Lily Family, is a prominent spring ephemeral wild flower of North America east of the Mississippi River. Its habitat is deciduous, and mixed coniferous and deciduous, woodlands, where it forms significant understory colonies. The nodding flowers occur one to a plant, each plant having two lily-like leaves which have spots reminiscent of those which occur on brown trout. The common name "dog's tooth violet" comes from the appearance of the root, and "adder's tongue" I assume from the shape of the leaf.
Our trout lilies have been blooming for several days, and are now about at their peak.
Our trout lilies have been blooming for several days, and are now about at their peak.
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