Closeup of a trillium; I think it's Trillium cuneatum (little sweet betsy). Three mint-green leaves are mottled with dark spots. Surrounding it are forest floor detritus such as sticks and pinestraw. A wild strawberry plant is emerging below it. Please forgive the stray bit of vinca - I removed it right after I took the photo.
Closeup of a tiny trillium being held in my hand. I think it is a Trillium grandiflorum, but I won't be sure until it blooms. Underneath the plant and my hand is forest floor detritus - dead leaves, twigs, pinestraw.
An emerging twinflower plant, with five flower-bud stems; each stem has a tiny set of leaves emerging around it. The whole plant is reddish-purple - no green yet. Underneath it is forest floor detritus.
A closeup of an emerging wild ginger plant. Looking like a tiny green cup, it holds a three-petaled maroon flower that's trying to burst its way out of the cupped leaves. Two more wild ginger plants, even younger, are in the upper right of the frame. Forest floor detritus surrounds them, mostly pinestraw.
More spring ephemerals are up! Trilliums, twinleaf, and wild ginger have emerged, and the ginger is in bloom. #nativeplants 🌱