Western Cuyahoga Audubon:
Large White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum ) is most common and a spring season highlight for many
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Large White Trillium (T. grandiflorum) - Hubbard Valley Park
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Toadshade (Trillium sessile) has a different look. "Sessile" is defined in botony as having no stalk. The petals rest on top of the three leaves
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Wake Robin or Red Trillium (Trillium erectum). Beside the deep red petals note the red ovary in the center
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Drooping Trillium (Trillium flexipes) looks similar but has a creamy white ovary
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I was fascinated to learn that Drooping Trillium (T. flexipes) also has a less common red petal form
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I heard about Painted Trillium and how rare in Ohio it is. But then I learned I could get a permit to photograph it at the Morgan Swamp Preserve
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8:36 am after an hour hike I arrived at this secluded spot in a swampy forest in Morgan Township, Ashtabula County, OH
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Painted Trillium is being protected and cared for by The Nature Conservancy at the Morgan Swamp Preserve
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A high fence surrounds the area. In this fourth year of restoration some 60 blooming plants were found
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I was surprised how small the flowers are
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Painted Trillium on the forest floor at the Morgan Swamp Preserve, Rock Creek, OH
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A significant amount of clubmoss were neighbors of the trillium
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Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum), Ashtabula County, Ohio
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The large leaves are somewhat dark and can have a hint of red
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200521032a5x Trillium Painted -Morgan Swamp Rock Creek OH
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The "painted" name comes from the brushed look of the crimson veining surrounding the center pistil and stamens
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Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum) at the Morgan Swamp Preserve, Rock Creek, OH, May 21, 2020
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This Canada Mayflower was another neighbor of the trillium
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Also plentiful - this Wild Geranium casts a shadow on its own petals
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And Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris) among others highlighted the forest floor at the Morgan Swamp Preserve