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April Blooms

Discover native spring plants blooming in Nachusa's prairie, woodland and oak savannas. The listed blooms can be found in many locations throughout the preserve. However, under each flower is a recommended trail where this plant has definitely bloomed in prior years. There are no bison along these trails, so everyone is welcome to explore. Feel free to walk along the "two–tracks" or off the trail, scanning the landscape for blooming flowers. Enjoy the prairie, savanna, and woodland beauty!

birds foot violet 
Viola pedata var. lineariloba
Trail: ​Stone Barn Savanna

bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis 
Trail: ​Big Jump

wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
Trail: ​Stone Barn Savanna

Dutchman's breeches
Dicentra cucullaria 
Trail: ​Stone Barn Savanna

Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Trail: ​Stone Barn Savanna

pussytoes 
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Trail: ​Clear Creek Knolls

prairie trillium​
Trillium recurvatum ​
Trail: ​Stone Barn Savanna

shooting star​
Dodecatheon meadia 
Trail: ​Thelma Carpenter

spring beauty​
Claytonia virginica
Trail: ​Stone Barn Savanna

Jack-in-the-pulpit 
Arisaema triphyllum
Trail: ​Stone Barn Savanna

toothwort 
Dentaria laciniata 
Trail: ​Stone Barn Savanna

sharp-lobed hepatica
Hepatica acutiloba 
Trail: ​Stone Barn Savanna

smooth yellow violet
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula 
Trail: ​Stone Barn Savanna

white trout lily
 (Erythronium albidum) 
Trail: ​Stone Barn Savanna

pasqueflower
Pulsatilla patens subsp. multifida
Trail: ​Clear Creek Knolls

arrow-leaved violet
Viola sagittata
Trail: ​Stone Barn Savanna

UPDATED 03/2022