Three of the beautiful spring ephemerals out on the woods currently, but not for much longer! Taken earlier this week. Love me a dreamy shallow depth of field.
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Walking through the woods, I'm reminded of the reasons why we work so hard restoring this crappy old Iowa woodlot. For years, pigs rooted through it for acorns. Now, we've completed five years of controlled burns and undergrowth removal. Intensive invasive weeding. Seed scattering and letting the remaining seed bank respond has begun to (re)create a beautiful place for a walk with the dogs.

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#OakWoodlandRestoration
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#Rural
#Iowa

Round-lobed hepatica (Hepatica americana)
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Unit, Baraboo, WI, USA
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Lunch walk. Bloodroot. Trout lily. #SpringEphemerals (As gas prices rise—up, up—nature is a refuge.)
Windy, wild. Walk. #SpringEphemerals
“Finding even just one is a thrill and we easily loose track of time and how many miles we have covered.” (From your blog. Enjoyed perusing it.) #SpringEphemerals