Lots of Trilliums and other Spring Wild Flowers

I was hiking in the Sleeping Bear area of northwest Michigan a couple weeks ago and saw lots of trilliums and other spring flowers.  They were wide-spread throughout the park.  Here are some of the photos from the trip.

Trilliums
Trilliums

 

More Trilliums
More Trilliums

 

Widespread Trilliums
Widespread Trilliums

 

Single Trillium
Single Trillium

 

Trilliums in the Leaves
Trilliums in the Leaves

 

Trilliums under Log
Trilliums under Log

 

Variegated Double (Mutated) Trillium
Variegated Double (Mutated) Trillium

There were other wildflowers, too.

Trilliums and Bellwort
Trilliums and Bellwort

 

Bellwort
Bellwort

 

White Bleeding Hearts
White Bleeding Hearts

 

White Bleeding Hearts
White Bleeding Hearts

 

Bleeding Hearts and Jack in the Pulpit
Bleeding Hearts and Jack in the Pulpit

 

Jack in the Pulpit
Jack in the Pulpit

All of these were growing on a trail to Lake Michigan, some of which were within 20 feet of the top of the sand dune that dropped off ~300 feet to the lake.

I was fortunate to catch all these flowers at their peak.  I’ll share some of the other scenes from my walk along the Sleeping Bear Dunes soon.

Mark

3 thoughts on “Lots of Trilliums and other Spring Wild Flowers

  1. favorite of mine is the “under the log”
    we used to have trilliums at the other house, I miss them and have not seen any around out lake, such a different climate than yours. I’m here at the lake since Thursday. Will head home by the weekend, maybe . . . or I could stay longer. I sleep, eat, walk, paint, sit on the dock, paint some more, walk some more, REPEAT. Good for my soul.

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