What is in Bloom in Putnam Park (2026)

Month	Week	Eastern Section of the Park (along Putnam Drive)	Western Section of the Park (bordering the Chippewa River)
March	First
March	Second
March	Third
March	Last	*Symplocarpus foetidus* (Skunk Cabbage) Plenty in bloom (after the snow melt)
April	First	*Symplocarpus foetidus* (Skunk Cabbage) Large number in bloom. *Acer rubrum* (Red Maple)
April	Second	*Symplocarpus foetidus* (Skunk Cabbage) Large number in bloom. *Acer rubrum* (Red Maple) *Dicentra cucullaria* (Dutchman's Breeches) A few in bud. *Hepatica americana* (Round-lobed Hepatica)
April	Third	*Dicentra cucullaria* (Dutchman's Breeches) Lots in bloom. *Sanguinaria canadensis* (Bloodroot) Lots in bloom. *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) *Caltha palustris* (Marsh Marigold) *Uvularia grandiflora* (Large-flowered Bellwort) Only one in bloom spotted. *Acer rubrum* (Red Maple) *Hepatica americana* (Round-lobed Hepatica) *Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty)	*Dicentra cucullaria* (Dutchman's Breeches) Lots in bloom. *Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty) Large number in bloom, both white and pink forms. *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) Some in bloom, lots in bud. *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) Only spotted two in bloom. *Sanguinaria canadensis* (Bloodroot) Only noticed two in bloom.
April	Last	*Dicentra cucullaria* (Dutchman's Breeches) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) *Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty) Both white and pink forms in bloom. *Sanguinaria canadensis* (Bloodroot) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Uvularia grandiflora* (Large-flowered Bellwort) *Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) Both purple, white-blue, and red-purple color forms in bloom. *Taraxacum officinale* (Common Dandelion) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Hepatica americana* (Round-lobed Hepatica) *Thalictrum dioicum* (Early Meadow Rue) *Caltha palustris* (Marsh Marigold) *Symplocarpus foetidus* (Skunk Cabbage) *Vaccinium angustifolium* (Lowbush Blueberry) *Anemone quinquefolia* (Wood Anemone) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress) *Amelanchier arborea* (Downy Serviceberry) *Carex pedunculata* (Long-stalked Sedge)	*Sanguinaria canadensis* (Bloodroot) *Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) *Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty) *Carex pedunculata* (Long-stalked Sedge) *Anemone quinquefolia* (Wood Anemone) *Dicentra cucullaria* (Dutchman's Breeches) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Amelanchier arborea* (Downy Serviceberry) *Vaccinium angustifolium* (Lowbush Blueberry) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) *Asarum canadense* (Canadian Wild Ginger) *Erythronium albidum* (White Trout Lily) *Viola pubescens* (Downy Yellow Violet) *Caulophyllum thalictroides* (Blue Cohosh) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Ranunculus abortivus* (Little-leaf Buttercup) *Taraxacum officinale* (Common Dandelion) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress) *Fragaria virginiana* (Wild Strawberry) *Viola pedata* (Birdfoot Violet) *Lithospermum canescens* (Hoary Puccoon) *Antennaria parlinii* (Parlin's Pussytoes) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) In bud.
May	First	*Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) *Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) *Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty) *Taraxacum officinale* (Dandelion) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Ribes missouriense* (Missouri Gooseberry) *Viola pubescens* (Downy Yellow Violet) *Caulophyllum thalictroides* (Blue Cohosh) *Dicentra cucullaria* (Dutchman's Breeches) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Sanguinaria canadensis* (Bloodroot) *Thalictrum dioicum* (Early Meadow Rue) *Anemone quinquefolia* (Wood Anemone) *Caltha palustris* (Marsh Marigold) *Carex pedunculata* (Long-stalked Sedge) *Vaccinium angustifolium* (Lowbush Blueberry) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress)	*Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) *Taraxacum officinale* (Common Dandelion) *Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty) *Viola pubescens* (Downy Yellow Violet) *Thalictrum dioicum* (Early Meadow Rue) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Ranunculus abortivus* (Little-leaf Buttercup) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress) *Dicentra cucullaria* (Dutchman's Breeches) *Asarum canadense* (Canadian Wild Ginger) *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) *Cardamine concatenata* (Cutleaf Toothwort) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Fragaria virginiana* (Wild Strawberry) *Viola pedata* (Birdfoot Violet) *Sisyrinchium campestre* (Prairie Blue-eyed Grass) *Antennaria parlinii* (Parlin's Pussytoes) *Lithospermum canescens* (Hoary Puccoon) *Viola sagittata* (Arrow-leaved Violet) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Ribes missouriense* (Missouri Gooseberry *Carex pedunculata* (Long-stalked Sedge) *Rhus aromatica* (Fragrant Sumac) In bud.
May	Second	*Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) *Taraxacum officinale* (Common Dandelion) *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) *Geranium maculatum* (Wild Geranium) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) *Uvularia grandiflora* (Large-flowered Bellwort) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Vaccinium angustifolium* (Lowbush Blueberry) *Ribes missouriense* (Missouri Gooseberry) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Viola pubescens* (Downy Yellow Violet) *Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty) *Prunus virginiana* (Chokecherry) *Anemone quinquefolia* (Wood Anemone) *Caulophyllum thalictroides* (Blue Cohosh) *Ranunculus abortivus* (Little-leaf Buttercup) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Caltha palustris* (Marsh Marigold) *Thalictrum dioicum* (Early Meadow Rue) *Polygonatum biflorum* (Smooth Solomon's Seal) *Berberis thunbergii* (Japanese Barberry) *Uvularia sessilifolia* (Sessile-leaf Bellwort) *Moehringia lateriflora* (Bluntleaf Sandwort) *Lonicera morrowii* (Morrow's Honeysuckle) *Lonicera tatarica* (Honeysuckle Tatarian) *Rubus allegheniensis* (Common Blackberry) In bud. *Staphylea trifolia* (American bladdernut)	*Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) *Taraxacum officinale* (Common Dandelion) *Ranunculus abortivus* (Little-leaf Buttercup) *Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty) *Viola pubescens* (Downy Yellow Violet) *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Trillium cernuum* (Nodding Trillium) Look under the leaves. *Thalictrum dioicum* (Early Meadow Rue) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Anemone quinquefolia* (Wood Anemone) *Borodinia laevigata* (Smooth Rock Cress) *Lonicera morrowii* (Morrow's Honeysuckle) *Lonicera tatarica* (Honeysuckle Tatarian) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress) *Cerastium fontanum* (Mouse-ear Chickweed) *Ribes missouriense* (Missouri Gooseberry) *Antennaria parlinii* (Parlin's Pussytoes) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) *Phlox divaricata* (Wild Blue Phlox) *Asarum canadense* (Canadian Wild Ginger) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Galium aparine* (Cleavers) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) *Fragaria virginiana* (Wild Strawberry) *Sisyrinchium campestre* (Prairie Blue-eyed Grass) *Lithospermum canescens* (Hoary Puccoon) *Viola pedata* (Birdfoot Violet) *Viola sagittata* (Arrow-leaved Violet) *Rhus aromatica* (Fragrant Sumac) *Prunus virginiana* (Chokecherry) *Galium concinnum* (Shining Bedstraw)
May	Third	*Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) *Taraxacum officinale* (Common Dandelion) *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) *Geranium maculatum* (Wild Geranium) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) *Lonicera morrowii* (Morrow's Honeysuckle) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) *Ribes missouriense* (Missouri Gooseberry) *Anemone quinquefolia* (Wood Anemone) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Uvularia grandiflora* (Large-flowered Bellwort) *Cerastium fontanum* (Mouse-ear Chickweed) *Galium aparine* (Cleavers) *Staphylea trifolia* (American bladdernut) *Viola pubescens* (Downy Yellow Violet) *Lonicera tatarica* (Honeysuckle Tatarian) *Ranunculus abortivus* (Little-leaf Buttercup) *Caulophyllum thalictroides* (Blue Cohosh) *Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Caltha palustris* (Marsh Marigold) *Maianthemum canadense* (Canada Mayflower) *Thalictrum dioicum* (Early Meadow Rue) *Polygonatum biflorum* (Smooth Solomon's Seal) *Rubus allegheniensis* (Common Blackberry) *Lysimachia borealis* (Starflower) *Vaccinium angustifolium* (Lowbush Blueberry) *Berberis thunbergii* (Japanese Barberry) *Galium concinnum* (Shining Bedstraw)	*Lonicera morrowii* (Morrow's Honeysuckle) *Lonicera tatarica* (Honeysuckle Tatarian) *Borodinia laevigata* (Smooth Rock Cress) *Actaea pachypoda* (White Baneberry) *Taraxacum officinale* (Common Dandelion) *Viola pubescens* (Downy Yellow Violet) *Ranunculus abortivus* (Little-leaf Buttercup) *Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress) *Aquilegia canadensis* (Wild Columbine) *Antennaria parlinii* (Parlin's Pussytoes) *Ribes missouriense* (Missouri Gooseberry) *Vaccinium angustifolium* (Lowbush Blueberry) *Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty) *Galium aparine* (Cleavers) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Phlox divaricata* (Wild Blue Phlox) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) *Smilax ecirrhata* (Upright Carrion Flower) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Hydrophyllum virginianum* (Virginia Waterleaf) *Osmorhiza longistylis* (Anise) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Osmorhiza claytonii* (Sweet Cicely) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) *Potentilla argentea* (Silver Cinquefoil) *Sisyrinchium campestre* (Prairie Blue-eyed Grass) *Achillea millefolium* (Common Yarrow) In bud. *Lithospermum canescens* (Hoary Puccoon) *Fragaria virginiana* (Wild Strawberry) *Viola pedata* (Birdfoot Violet) *Rhus aromatica* (Fragrant Sumac) *Viola sagittata* (Arrow-leaved Violet) *Silene latifolia* (White Campion)
May	Last	*Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Taraxacum officinale* (Common Dandelion) *Moehringia lateriflora* (Bluntleaf Sandwort) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) *Viola pubescens* (Smooth Yellow Violet) *Galium aparine* (Cleavers) *Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty) *Sanicula odorata* (Clustered Black Snakeroot) *Aralia nudicaulis* (Wild Sarsaparilla) *Prunus virginiana* (Chokecherry) *Euonymus alatus* (Winged Burning-bush) *Aquilegia canadensis* (Wild Columbine) *Geranium maculatum* (Wild Geranium) *Ranunculus recurvatus* (Hooked Buttercup) *Osmorhiza claytonii* (Sweet Cicely) *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Hydrophyllum virginianum* (Virginia Waterleaf) *Uvularia grandiflora* (Large-flowered Bellwort) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) *Maianthemum racemosum* (False Solomon's Seal) *Lonicera morrowii* (Morrow's Honeysuckle) *Caulophyllum thalictroides* (Blue Cohosh) *Maianthemum canadense* (Canada Mayflower) *Rubus allegheniensis* (Common Blackberry) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Hesperis matronalis* (Dame's Rocket) *Potentilla argentea* (Silver Cinquefoil) *Potentilla simplex* (Common Cinquefoil) *Lysimachia borealis* (Starflower) *Clintonia borealis* (Blue-bead lily) *Caltha palustris* (Marsh Marigold) *Lonicera dioica* (Limber Honeysuckle) *Convallaria majalis* (Lily of the Valley) *Berberis thunbergii* (Japanese Barberry)	*Lonicera morrowii* (Morrow's Honeysuckle) *Hydrophyllum virginianum* (Virginia Waterleaf) *Borodinia laevigata* (Smooth Rock Cress) *Ranunculus abortivus* (Little-leaf Buttercup) *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) *Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) *Smilax ecirrhata* (Upright Carrion Flower) *Cerastium fontanum* (Mouse-ear Chickweed) *Osmorhiza claytonii* (Sweet Cicely) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Rubus allegheniensis* (Common Blackberry) *Aquilegia canadensis* (Wild Columbine) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress) *Anemone cylindrica* (Thimbleweed) *Heuchera richardsonii* (Prairie Alumroot) *Antennaria parlinii* (Parlin's Pussytoes) *Maianthemum canadense* (Canada Mayflower) *Osmorhiza longistylis* (Anise) *Aralia nudicaulis* (Wild Sarsaparilla) *Phlox divaricata* (Wild Blue Phlox) *Galium aparine* (Cleavers) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Sanicula odorata* (Clustered Black Snakeroot) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) *Fragaria virginiana* (Wild Strawberry) *Taraxacum officinale* (Common Dandelion) *Sisyrinchium campestre* (Prairie Blue-eyed Grass) *Lithospermum canescens* (Hoary Puccoon) *Houstonia longifolia* (Long-leaf Bluets) *Rhus aromatica* (Fragrant Sumac) *Viola sagittata* (Arrow-leaved Violet) *Viola pedata* (Birdfoot Violet) *Potentilla argentea* (Silver Cinquefoil) *Geum triflorum* (Prairie Smoke) *Potentilla simplex* (Common Cinquefoil) *Lonicera tatarica* (Honeysuckle Tatarian) *Nuttallanthus canadensis* (Blue Toadflax) *Berteroa incana* (Hoary Alyssum)
June	First	*Taraxacum officinale* (Dandelion) *Hydrophyllum virginianum* (Virginia Waterleaf) *Cryptotaenia canadensis* (Canadian Honewort) *Sanicula odorata* (Clustered Black Snakeroot) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Cerastium fontanum* (Mouse-ear Chickweed) *Ranunculus abortivus* (Little-leaf Buttercup) *Osmorhiza claytonii* (Sweet Cicely) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Rubus allegheniensis* (Common Blackberry) *Silene latifolia* (White Campion) *Potentilla argentea* (Silver Cinquefoil) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Taraxacum officinale* (Dandelion) *Lotus corniculatus* (Birds-foot Trefoil) *Potentilla simplex* (Common Cinquefoil) *Hesperis matronalis* (Dame's Rocket) *Trifolium repens* (White Clover) *Sisymbrium loeselii* (Tall Hedge Mustard) *Toxicodendron rydbergii* (Western Poison Ivy) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Maianthemum canadense* (Canada Mayflower) *Myosotis scorpioides* (True Forget-me-not) *Galium boreale* (Northern Bedstraw) *Ranunculus recurvatus* (Hooked Buttercup) *Moehringia lateriflora* (Bluntleaf Sandwort) *Medicago lupulina* (Black Medick) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress) *Scrophularia lanceolata* (Lance-leaf Figwort) *Aquilegia canadensis* (Wild Columbine) *Frangula alnus* (Glossy Buckthorn) *Euonymus alatus* (Winged Burning-bush)	*Hydrophyllum virginianum* (Virginia Waterleaf) *Scrophularia lanceolata* (Lance-leaf Figwort) *Sanicula odorata* (Clustered Black Snakeroot) *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) *Physocarpus opulifolius* (Ninebark) *Myosotis scorpioides* (True Forget-me-not) *Maianthemum canadense* (Canada Mayflower) *Cryptotaenia canadensis* (Canadian Honewort) *Anemone cylindrica* (Thimbleweed) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress) *Houstonia longifolia* (Long-leaf Bluets) *Oxalis stricta* (Yellow Wood Sorrel) *Achillea millefolium* (Common Yarrow) *Heuchera richardsonii* (Prairie Alumroot) *Campanula rotundifolia* (Harebell) *Antennaria parlinii* (Parlin's Pussytoes) *Aralia nudicaulis* (Wild Sarsaparilla) *Phlox divaricata* (Wild Blue Phlox) *Maianthemum racemosum* (False Solomon's Seal) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) *Rubus allegheniensis* (Common Blackberry) *Trifolium repens* (White Clover) *Potentilla argentea* (Silver Cinquefoil) *Lotus corniculatus* (Birds-foot Trefoil) *Berteroa incana* (Hoary Alyssum) *Lithospermum canescens* (Hoary Puccoon) *Vicia americana* (American Vetch) *Penstemon gracilis* (Slender Beardtongue) *Rumex acetosella* (Common Sheep Sorrel) *Vicia villosa* (Hairy Vetch) *Potentilla simplex* (Common Cinquefoil) *Pilosella aurantiaca* (Orange Hawkweed)
June	Second
June	Third
June	Last
July	First
July	Second
July	Third
July	Last
August	First
August	Second
August	Third
August	Last
September	First
September	Second
September	Third
September	Last
October	First
October	Second
October	Third
October	Last