What is in Bloom in Putnam Park (2025)

Month	Week	Eastern Section of the Park (along Putnam Drive)	Western Section of the Park (bordering the Chippewa River)
March	First
March	Second	*Symplocarpus foetidus* (Skunk Cabbage) Plenty of ice still present.
March	Third	*Symplocarpus foetidus* (Skunk Cabbage) Some ice still present.
March	Last	*Symplocarpus foetidus* (Skunk Cabbage) Fresh snow.
April	First	*Symplocarpus foetidus* (Skunk Cabbage) *Acer rubrum* (Red Maple) In bud.
April	Second	*Symplocarpus foetidus* (Skunk Cabbage) *Acer rubrum* (Red Maple)
April	Third	*Symplocarpus foetidus* (Skunk Cabbage) *Acer rubrum* (Red Maple) *Caltha palustris* (Marsh Marigold) *Dicentra cucullaria* (Dutchman's Breeches) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone)	*Dicentra cucullaria* (Dutchman's Breeches) *Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty) Few in flower, a number in bud. *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) Some in flower, a number in bud. *Acer rubrum* (Red Maple) *Sanguinaria canadensis* (Bloodroot) Only one observed, in bud.
April	Last	*Dicentra cucullaria* (Dutchman's Breeches) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) *Symplocarpus foetidus* (Skunk Cabbage) *Scilla siberica* (Siberian Squill) *Sanguinaria canadensis* (Bloodroot) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) In bud. *Uvularia grandiflora* (Large-flowered Bellwort) *Taraxacum officinale* (Dandelion) *Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) Both blue and red-purple color forms in bloom. *Hepatica americana* (Round-lobed Hepatica) *Caltha palustris* (Marsh Marigold) *Acer rubrum* (Red Maple)	*Dicentra cucullaria* (Dutchman's Breeches) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) Large number in bloom. *Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty) Large number in bloom. *Sanguinaria canadensis* (Bloodroot) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress)
May	First	*Taraxacum officinale* (Common Dandelion) *Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) Both reddish-purple,white-with-blue, and blue forms in bloom. *Sanguinaria canadensis* (Bloodroot) *Dicentra cucullaria* (Dutchman's Breeches) *Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty) Both white and pink forms. *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) In bud. *Caltha palustris* (Marsh Marigold) *Uvularia grandiflora* (Large-flowered Bellwort) *Hepatica americana* (Round-lobed Hepatica) *Anemone quinquefolia* (Wood Anemone) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Convallaria majalis* (Lily of the Valley) Small buds on some plants. *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) In bud. *Symplocarpus foetidus* (Skunk Cabbage) *Acer rubrum* (Red Maple) *Acer negundo* (Boxelder) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone)	*Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty) Thousands in bloom. This is the peak time to see this species. *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) Thousands in bloom. This is the peak time to see this species. *Taraxacum officinale* (Common Dandelion) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress) *Fragaria virginiana* (Wild Strawberry) *Viola pedata* (Birdfoot Violet) *Lithospermum canescens* (Hoary Puccoon) In bud. *Dicentra cucullaria* (Dutchman's Breeches) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Viola pubescens* (Smooth Yellow Violet) *Asarum canadense* (Canadian Wild Ginger) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Cardamine concatenata* (Cutleaf Toothwort) In bud. *Ranunculus abortivus* (Little-leaf Buttercup) *Phlox divaricata* (Wild Blue Phlox) *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup)
May	Second	*Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) white with blue, blue-to-purple,and red-purple forms in bloom. *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) *Viola pubescens* (Smooth Yellow Violet) *Taraxacum officinale* (Common Dandelion) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Ribes missouriense* (Missouri Gooseberry) *Uvularia sessilifolia* (Sessile-leaf Bellwort) *Thalictrum dioicum* (Early Meadow Rue) *Anemone quinquefolia* (Wood Anemone) *Uvularia grandiflora* (Large-flowered Bellwort) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty) *Geranium maculatum* (Wild Geranium) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Caltha palustris* (Marsh Marigold) *Berberis thunbergii* (Japanese Barberry) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress) *Convallaria majalis* (Lily of the Valley) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) In bud. *Symplocarpus foetidus* (Skunk Cabbage) Just about done. *Prunus americana* (Wild Plum) *Vaccinium angustifolium* (Lowbush Blueberry) *Prunus virginiana* (Chokecherry)	*Taraxacum officinale* (Common Dandelion) *Fragaria virginiana* (Wild Strawberry) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress) *Lithospermum canescens* (Hoary Puccoon) *Viola pedata* (Birdfoot Violet) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Viola sagittata* (Arrow-leaved Violet) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Antennaria parlinii* (Parlin's Pussytoes) *Houstonia longifolia* (Long-leaf Bluets) *Rhus aromatica* (Fragrant Sumac) In bud. *Sisyrinchium campestre* (Prairie Blue-eyed Grass) *Geum triflorum* (Prairie Smoke) *Achillea millefolium* (Common Yarrow) In bud. *Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) Both blue-purple and all white forms in bloom. *Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty) *Phlox divaricata* (Wild Blue Phlox) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) *Viola pubescens* (Smooth Yellow Violet) *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) *Anemone quinquefolia* (Wood Anemone) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Ranunculus abortivus* (Little-leaf Buttercup) *Asarum canadense* (Canadian Wild Ginger) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Caulophyllum thalictroides* (Blue Cohosh) *Ribes missouriense* (Missouri Gooseberry) *Trillium cernuum* (Nodding Trillium) Look under the leaves. *Galium aparine* (Cleavers) In bud. *Arisaema dracontium* (Green Dragon) *Smilax ecirrhata* (Upright Carrion Flower) In bud. *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) In bud.
May	Third	*Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) *Lonicera morrowii* (Morrow's Honeysuckle) *Geranium maculatum* (Wild Geranium) *Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) *Taraxacum officinale* (Common Dandelion) *Viola pubescens* (Smooth Yellow Violet) *Lonicera tatarica* (Honeysuckle Tatarian) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) *Anemone quinquefolia* (Wood Anemone) *Ribes missouriense* (Missouri Gooseberry) *Uvularia grandiflora* (Large-flowered Bellwort) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Aesculus hippocastanum* (Horse Chestnut) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Hydrophyllum virginianum* (Virginia Waterleaf) *Osmorhiza claytonii* (Sweet Cicely) *Ranunculus recurvatus* (Hooked Buttercup) *Vaccinium angustifolium* (Lowbush Blueberry) *Prunus virginiana* (Chokecherry) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Galium aparine* (Cleavers) *Aquilegia canadensis* (Wild Columbine) *Berberis thunbergii* (Japanese Barberry) *Polygonatum biflorum* (Smooth Solomon's Seal) *Maianthemum canadense* (Canada Mayflower) *Myosotis scorpioides* (True Forget-me-not) *Clintonia borealis* (Blue-bead lily) *Lysimachia borealis* (Starflower) *Moehringia lateriflora* (Bluntleaf Sandwort) *Convallaria majalis* (Lily of the Valley) *Caltha palustris* (Marsh Marigold) *Trillium cernuum* (Nodding Trillium) *Aesculus glabra* (Ohio Buckeye) *Aralia nudicaulis* (Wild Sarsaparilla) *Actaea pachypoda* (White Baneberry) *Borodinia laevigata* (Smooth Rock Cress)	*Actaea pachypoda* (White Baneberry) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Borodinia laevigata* (Smooth Rock Cress) *Lonicera morrowii* (Morrow's Honeysuckle) *Lonicera tatarica* (Honeysuckle Tatarian) *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) *Viola pubescens* (Smooth Yellow Violet) *Maianthemum canadense* (Canada Mayflower) *Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Ranunculus abortivus* (Little-leaf Buttercup) *Aralia nudicaulis* (Wild Sarsaparilla) *Aquilegia canadensis* (Wild Columbine) *Hydrophyllum virginianum* (Virginia Waterleaf) *Osmorhiza claytonii* (Sweet Cicely) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress) *Taraxacum officinale* (Common Dandelion) *Antennaria parlinii* (Parlin's Pussytoes) *Lonicera dioica* (Limber Honeysuckle) *Anemone cylindrica* (Thimbleweed) *Galium aparine* (Cleavers) *Enemion biternatum* (False Rue Anemone) *Phlox divaricata* (Wild Blue Phlox) *Smilax ecirrhata* (Upright Carrion Flower) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) *Sisyrinchium campestre* (Prairie Blue-eyed Grass) *Achillea millefolium* (Common Yarrow) IN bud. *Potentilla argentea* (Silver Cinquefoil) *Fragaria virginiana* (Wild Strawberry) *Lithospermum canescens* (Hoary Puccoon) *Viola pedata* (Birdfoot Violet) *Viola sagittata* (Arrow-leaved Violet) *Lithospermum caroliniense* (Carolina Puccoon) *Rhus aromatica* (Fragrant Sumac) In bud. *Claytonia virginica* (Virginia Spring Beauty) Almost done. *Baptisia bracteata* (Plains Wild Indigo)
May	Last	*Geranium maculatum* (Wild Geranium) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) *Taraxacum officinale* (Dandelion) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Uvularia grandiflora* (Large-flowered Bellwort) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) *Ranunculus recurvatus* (Hooked Buttercup) *Osmorhiza claytonii* (Sweet Cicely) *Sanicula odorata* (Clustered Black Snakeroot) *Hydrophyllum virginianum* (Virginia Waterleaf) *Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Viola pubescens* (Smooth Yellow Violet) *Lonicera morrowii* (Morrow's Honeysuckle) *Lonicera tatarica* (Honeysuckle Tatarian) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Hesperis matronalis* (Dame's Rocket) Both pink and white forms. *Maianthemum canadense* (Canada Mayflower) *Myosotis scorpioides* (True Forget-me-not) *Lysimachia borealis* (Starflower) *Clintonia borealis* (Blue-bead lily) *Anemone quinquefolia* (Wood Anemone) *Aralia nudicaulis* (Wild Sarsaparilla) *Aquilegia canadensis* (Wild Columbine) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress) *Galium aparine* (Cleavers) *Convallaria majalis* (Lily of the Valley) *Vaccinium angustifolium* (Lowbush Blueberry) *Caltha palustris* (Marsh Marigold) *Ranunculus abortivus* (Little-leaf Buttercup) *Trillium cernuum* (Nodding Trillium) *Euonymus alatus* (Winged Burning-bush) *Rubus occidentalis* (Black Raspberry)	*Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Hesperis matronalis* (Dame's Rocket) *Potentilla argentea* (Silver Cinquefoil) *Lonicera morrowii* (Morrow's Honeysuckle) *Cerastium fontanum* (Mouse-ear Chickweed) *Erysimum cheiranthoides* (Wormseed Mustard) *Taraxacum officinale* (Dandelion) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress *Borodinia laevigata* (Smooth Rock Cress) *Sisymbrium loeselii* (Tall Hedge Mustard) *Phlox divaricata* (Wild Blue Phlox) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) *Ranunculus abortivus* (Little-leaf Buttercup) *Aquilegia canadensis* (Wild Columbine) *Fragaria vesca* (Woodland Strawberry) *Moehringia lateriflora* (Bluntleaf Sandwort) *Trillium cernuum* (Nodding Trillium) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) *Hydrophyllum virginianum* (Virginia Waterleaf) *Maianthemum canadense* (Canada Mayflower) *Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) *Arisaema dracontium* (Green Dragon) *Osmorhiza claytonii* (Sweet Cicely) *Galium aparine* (Cleavers) *Lithospermum canescens* (Hoary Puccoon) *Fragaria virginiana* (Wild Strawberry) *Sisyrinchium campestre* (Prairie Blue-eyed Grass) *Achillea millefolium* (Common Yarrow) In bud. *Lithospermum caroliniense* (Carolina Puccoon) *Houstonia longifolia* (Long-leaf Bluets) *Antennaria parlinii* (Parlin's Pussytoes) *Potentilla simplex* (Common Cinquefoil) *Berteroa incana* (Hoary Alyssum) *Viola pedata* (Birdfoot Violet) Almost finished. *Geum triflorum* (Prairie Smoke) Almost finished. *Smilax ecirrhata* (Upright Carrion Flower) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Anemone cylindrica* (Thimbleweed) *Lonicera tatarica* (Honeysuckle Tatarian)
June	First	*Geranium maculatum* (Wild Geranium) *Actaea pachypoda* (White Baneberry) *Trillium cernuum* (Nodding Trillium) *Taraxacum officinale* (Common Dandelion) *Ranunculus recurvatus* (Hooked Buttercup) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Sanicula odorata* (Clustered Black Snakeroot) *Hydrophyllum virginianum* (Virginia Waterleaf) *Galium aparine* (Cleavers) *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) *Lonicera tatarica* (Honeysuckle Tatarian) *Rubus occidentalis* (Black Raspberry) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Osmorhiza claytonii* (Sweet Cicely) *Anemone quinquefolia* (Wood Anemone) *Polygonatum biflorum* (Smooth Solomon's Seal) *Maianthemum racemosum* (False Solomon's Seal) *Euonymus alatus* (Winged Burning-bush) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Potentilla argentea* (Silver Cinquefoil) *Hesperis matronalis* (Dame's Rocket) Both white and pink forms in bloom. *Potentilla simplex* (Common Cinquefoil) *Scrophularia lanceolata* (Lance-leaf Figwort) *Vitis riparia* (Riverbank Grape)In bud. *Maianthemum canadense* (Canada Mayflower) *Convallaria majalis* (Lily of the Valley) *Aquilegia canadensis* (Wild Columbine) *Myosotis scorpioides* (True Forget-me-not) *Lysimachia borealis* (Starflower) *Aralia nudicaulis* (Wild Sarsaparilla) *Galium boreale* (Northern Bedstraw) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress) *Viola sororia* (Common Blue Violet) *Lonicera morrowii* (Morrow's Honeysuckle) *Mitella diphylla* (Bishop's Cap) *Robinia pseudoacacia* (Black Locust)	*Berteroa incana* (Hoary Alyssum) *Hydrophyllum virginianum* (Virginia Waterleaf) *Ranunculus abortivus* (Little-leaf Buttercup) *Osmorhiza claytonii* (Sweet Cicely) *Arabidopsis lyrata* (Lyre-leaved Rock Cress) *Scrophularia lanceolata* (Lance-leaf Figwort) *Aquilegia canadensis* (Wild Columbine) *Anemone cylindrica* (Thimbleweed) *Antennaria parlinii* (Parlin's Pussytoes) *Heuchera richardsonii* (Prairie Alumroot) *Maianthemum canadense* (Canada Mayflower) *Phlox divaricata* (Wild Blue Phlox) *Cerastium fontanum* (Mouse-ear Chickweed) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) *Cryptotaenia canadensis* (Canadian Honewort) *Galium concinnum* (Shining Bedstraw) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Taraxacum officinale* (Common Dandelion) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) *Stellaria aquatica* (Giant Chickweed) *Rubus allegheniensis* (Common Blackberry) *Rubus occidentalis* (Black Raspberry) *Potentilla argentea* (Silver Cinquefoil) *Achillea millefolium* (Common Yarrow) *Trifolium repens* (White Clover) *Lithospermum canescens* (Hoary Puccoon) *Vicia villosa* (Hairy Vetch) *Houstonia longifolia* (Long-leaf Bluets) *Sisyrinchium campestre* (Prairie Blue-eyed Grass) *Lithospermum caroliniense* (Carolina Puccoon) *Penstemon bradburyi* (Large Beardtongue) *Penstemon gracilis* (Slender Beardtongue) *Potentilla simplex* (Common Cinquefoil) *Pilosella aurantiaca* (Orange Hawkweed) *Borodinia laevigata* (Smooth Rock Cress) *Sanicula odorata* (Clustered Black Snakeroot)
June	Second	*Cerastium fontanum* (Mouse-ear Chickweed) *Taraxacum officinale* (Dandelion) *Trifolium repens* (White Clover) *Alliaria petiolata* (Garlic Mustard) *Barbarea vulgaris* (Winter Cress) *Oxalis stricta* (Yellow Wood Sorrel) *Geranium maculatum* (Wild Geranium) *Hydrophyllum virginianum* (Virginia Waterleaf) *Arisaema triphyllum* (Jack-in-the-pulpit) *Cryptotaenia canadensis* (Canadian Honewort) *Sanicula odorata* (Clustered Black Snakeroot) *Rubus allegheniensis* (Common Blackberry) *Solanum dulcamara* (Bittersweet Nightshade) *Rubus occidentalis* (Black Raspberry) *Ranunculus recurvatus* (Hooked Buttercup) *Potentilla argentea* (Silver Cinquefoil) *Sisymbrium loeselii* (Tall Hedge Mustard) *Hesperis matronalis* (Dame's Rocket) Both white and pink forms in bloom. *Potentilla simplex* (Common Cinquefoil) *Glechoma hederacea* (Ground Ivy) *Scrophularia lanceolata* (Lance-leaf Figwort) *Lotus corniculatus* (Birds-foot Trefoil) *Vitis riparia* (Riverbank Grape) *Aquilegia canadensis* (Wild Columbine) *Osmorhiza claytonii* (Sweet Cicely) *Maianthemum canadense* (Canada Mayflower) *Ranunculus hispidus* (Swamp Buttercup) Almost done. *Myosotis scorpioides* (True Forget-me-not) *Berteroa incana* (Hoary Alyssum) *Silene latifolia* (White Campion) In bud. *Stellaria graminea* (Lesser Stitchwort)
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