Spring's been harbinged

Three observations of harbinger-of-spring (Erigenia bulbosa) on the same day in late February in southern Illinois:

Photo by @karen2001

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20784683 by @karen2001
• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20792813 by @kup
• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20784976 by @wildlandblogger

It's March 2nd and the ILBBY 2019's got:

74 observers
957 research grade observations of plants
323 species
98 identifiers

@wildlandblogger is still in the lead with 143 species, but I heard at Wild Things that he may have some additional strong competition coming up once northern Illinois starts thawing out more...

As always, please help your fellow botanists, when yr able, to identify/confirm their observations.

And keep an eye on these links for any new documentations in 2019:

• Non-flowering plants — for example, IDK, do y'all think this was planted? https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20071661
• Monocots excluding Poales
• Poales (grasses, sedges, rushes, & friends)
• Plants in Asterales (sunflower family and friends)
• Plants in Fabales (pea family and friends)
• Plants in Lamiales (mint family and friends)
• Plants in Rosales (rose family and friends)
• Plants in Brassicales (mustard family and friends)
• Plants in Ranunculales (buttercup family and friends)
• Plants in Caryophyllales (pink family and friends)
• Plants in Boraginales (borage family and friends)
• All other (eu)dicots except the groups above

Posted on March 2, 2019 02:10 PM by bouteloua