Sunday, April 5, 2009

Wildflowers in Northeast Ohio

Today we went hiking in the North Chagrin Reservation, an incredibly beautiful Cleveland Metropark (which is partially in Lake County and partially in Cuyahoga County). We began our hike at Squire's Castle, up a fairly steep bridle path. The hillside was full of early wildflowers, including spring beauties, blood root, trout lilly, spicebush, and a few others that we couldn't identify. This seems early for the blooming of Northeast Ohio wildflowers.

We hiked the bridle path to the Strawberry Lane area, then back to Squire's Castle. It was a fine spring day, about 58 degrees with partially sunny skies.

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