Josh Kleyman, Jaime Duval, and I have been out scouting sights for the botany portion of Advanced Elements of Field Natural History that starts next week. Sunny, warm days gave me my first sandal tan of the year and invited us to scour the sides of south facing hills and open plains for the first signs of spring. With temperatures still getting near freezing at night and an inch of snow forecasted for today there are some brave early bloomers that deserve a mention:
Buttercup
Western springbeauty
Yellowbell
Ball-headed waterleaf
Carpet phlox
Sugarbowls
Pasque flower
Woodland star
Shooting star
Prairie smoke
Violets
Rockcress
Biscuitroot
Dandelion
Bluebells
Stoneseed
Bistort
Phalecia
So- despite the inch of snow that may fall and putting my sandals away for the day. I’m convinced that spring is here.

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May 3, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Sue
Glad to hear that Spring has sprung in Wyoming. I spotted my first dandelion on Tuesday on my walk with Lambeau, so Spring has sprung in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan also.