Lester park wildflowers

This little roadside park is not only home to fossils, it has an embankment leading down to a stream.  Using a tip from other wildflower enthusiasts, I explored this area yesterday.  I found a few nice wildflowers growing, as well as a plentiful stand of Blue Cohosh.

Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria Fumitory family (Fumariaceae)

Red Trillium (Trillium Erectum)

Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum giganteum)

Sharp Lobed Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis acuta)

Bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis)

Scarlet cup fungi (Sarcoscypha coccinea)

Stromolite fossils