Bloom Clock/Keys/Southeastern Pennsylvania/March/All

Helleborus x hybridus

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This page is part of a dichotomous key for plants recorded as blooming in Southeastern Pennsylvania during the month of March.


Red flowers (flowers range from whie through purple)

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Profile for Helleborus x hybridus (Hybrid Hellebore)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low herbaceous plant
Foliage:Primarily basal, palmately lobed, evergreen
Fruit:Dry capsules
Life Cycle: Perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring


Forsythia x intermedia

blooming plant

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Profile for Forsythia x intermedia (Garden Forsythia)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:suckering shrub
Flowers:4-petaled, yellow
Foliage:Simple, opposite, serrate margins, emerging about 1/2-way through full bloom
Stem:hollow pith
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring


Symplocarpus foetidus

Spathe

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Profile for Symplocarpus foetidus (Eastern Skunk Cabbage)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Colonizing herbaceous plant
Flowers:spathe and spadix
Foliage:basal, very large
Scent:strong unpleasant odor from all parts
Life Cycle: perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring


Cardamine hirsuta

Plant in flower

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Profile for Cardamine hirsuta (Hairy Wintercress)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low, mat-forming herbaceous plant
Flowers:4 petals, flowers in clusters on top of stems, often blooming and setting fruit at the same time
Foliage:bippately compound, purplish during cold weather
Scent:bitter scent from crushed leaves
Growing Conditions:any disturbed soil
Life Cycle: annual or biennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring


Senecio vulgaris

Stems and flowers

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Profile for Senecio vulgaris (Common Groundsel)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low growing but upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:Enclosed heads
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Fall


Viola x wittrockiana

A Purple-flowered variety

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Profile for Viola x wittrockiana (Pansy)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Short-lived, low-growing perennial, with mostly cool season blooms
Higher taxa:Viola


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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Mid Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter


Stellaria media

Flower

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Profile for Stellaria media (Common Chickweed)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Creeping, mat-forming herb
Flowers:Small, white
Life Cycle: Annual
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring. Late Spring, Early Summer, Late Fall, Early Winter


Spiraea thunbergii

Flowers and foliage

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Profile for Spiraea thunbergii (Spiraea)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Arching, multistemmed shrub
Flowers:Small white flowers in axillary cluseters.
Foliage:Narrow, threadlike
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Mid Fall, Late Fall


Helleborus niger

Flowers in winter

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Profile for Helleborus niger (Christmas Rose)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:low herb or subshrub
Life Cycle: perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring


Helleborus foetidus

Closeup of flower, note that the anthers are present while in bloom

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Profile for Helleborus foetidus (Stinking Hellebore)
Identifying Characteristics
Foliage:evergreen, palmately divided
Life Cycle: perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring


Galanthus nivalis

Plant in flower

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Profile for Galanthus nivalis (Common Snowdrop)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low growing plant emerging from underground bulbs
Foliage:Straplike, often bluish
Stem:floral scapes only, round
Life Cycle: perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring


Pieris japonica

Inflorescence

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Profile for Pieris japonica (Japanese Andromeda)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:shrub or small tree
Foliage:evergreen, simple, alternate, dense near the branch tips
Fruit:dry capsules
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring


Hamamelis 'Jelena'

Flowering branch

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Profile for Hamamelis 'Jelena' ('Jelena' Witch Hazel)
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  • SB Johnny-LM 09:55, 8 January 2008 (UTC) (cv. 'Jelena', some flowers open)
  • SB Johnny-LM 10:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena', 'Diane', and 'Arnold Promise')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')


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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring


Hamamelis x intermedia

Cv. 'Jelena' in bloom

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Profile for Hamamelis x intermedia (Hybrid Witch Hazel)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Large shrub or small tree, vase-shaped
Flowers:4 thread-like, showy petals
Foliage:simple, alternate, uneven at the base
Stem:zig-zag branches
Subclass plants:Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise', Hamamelis 'Diane', Hamamelis 'Jelena', Hamamelis 'Sunburst'
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  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • --Luai lashire 17:22, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring


Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise'

Flowering shrub

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Profile for Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise' ('Arnold Promise' Witch Hazel)
Identifying Characteristics
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  • SB Johnny-LM 10:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena', 'Diane', and 'Arnold Promise')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • SB Johnny-LM 09:31, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • SB Johnny-LM 08:38, 22 March 2008 (UTC)


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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring


Hamamelis 'Diane'

Closeup

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Profile for Hamamelis 'Diane' ('Diane' Witch Hazel)
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  • SB Johnny-LM 10:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena', 'Diane', and 'Arnold Promise')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')


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Temperate zone season(s): Late Winter, Early Spring


Hamamelis 'Sunburst'

Flowers

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Profile for Hamamelis 'Sunburst' ('Sunburst' Witch Hazel)
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  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')


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Temperate zone season(s): Late Winter, Early Spring


Crocus

Flowering plants

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Profile for Crocus (Crocus)
Identifying Characteristics
Subclass plants:Crocus tommasinianus
Crocus vernus
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  • --Anna reg 18:43, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
  • --Jomegat 15:54, 16 March 2010 (UTC) (first bloom of 2010)


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Vinca minor

flowers and young foliage

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Profile for Vinca minor (Periwinkle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:prostrate vine, rooting at the nodes
Flowers:trumpet-shaped
Foliage:simple, opposite, evergreen
Life Cycle: perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall


Corydalis cheilanthifolia

Flowers and foliage

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Profile for Corydalis cheilanthifolia (Fernleaf Corydalis)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Early Summer


Veronica persica

Flowers and foliage

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Profile for Veronica persica (Speedwell)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring


Narcissus

A Jonquil flower

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Profile for Narcissus (Daffodil, Jonquil, Narcissus)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright herbaceous plants
Foliage:Basal, straplike, slightly bluish
Subclass plants:Narcissus pseudonarcissus
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  • Anna reg 12:05, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Sb f 14:46, 6 March 2011 (UTC) (plants blooming in the microclimate by the springhouse, elsewhere not flowering)
  • Anna reg 18:35, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring


Lamium purpureum

Plant colony

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Profile for Lamium purpureum (Deadnettle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low, spreading herbaceous plant , flowering stems rising above the foliage
Flowers:Tubular, 2-lipped, pink or purple
Foliage:Reddish or purplish in early spring, fading to green as the season warms
Stem:square in cross section, densely covered by the leaves
Life Cycle: Winter annual
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring


Magnolia stellata

Closeup of a flower

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Profile for Magnolia stellata (Star Magnolia)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Small to midsize tree with gray bark and a rounded habit
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring


Cornus mas

Flowers are on short spurs, covering the branches

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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring


Acer rubrum

Flower clusters

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Profile for Acer rubrum (Red Maple)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Large tree
Flowers:Red flowers opening well before the leaves
Foliage:As with all maples, they are deciduous and arranged oppositely on the twig. They are typically 5-10 cm (2-4 inches) long and wide with 3-5 palmate lobes with a serrated margin. The sinuses are typically narrow, but the leaves can exhibit considerable variation.
Stem:In dense forests, trunk will remain free of branches until some distance up the tree. Individuals grown in the open are shorter and thicker with a more rounded crown.
Growing Conditions:It can be found growing in swamps, on poor dry soils, and most anywhere in between
Fruit:Samara
Similar Plants:Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Scilla siberica

Blue-flowered plants in bloom

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Profile for Scilla siberica (Siberian Squill)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Erythronium americanum

Flowering plant

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Profile for Erythronium americanum (Yellow Trout Lily)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Corylopsis spicata

Flowers on a branch

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Profile for Corylopsis spicata (Winter Hazel)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Shrub, wider than tall
Stem:Zig-zagging
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Muscari armeniacum

Flowering plants

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Profile for Muscari armeniacum (Grape Hyacinth)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring


Ficaria verna, previously Ranunculus ficaria

Flower

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Profile for Ficaria verna (Lesser Celandine)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low, spreading
Foliage:glabrous, dark green
Life Cycle: perennial

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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Acer saccharinum

closeup of a flower

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Profile for Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple)
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Habit:Large tree
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Salix gracilistyla 'Melanostachys'

Salix gracilistyla, inflorescences

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Profile for Salix gracilistyla 'Melanostachys' (Black Pussy-willow)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Magnolia x soulangeana

Flowering branches

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Profile for Magnolia x soulangeana (Saucer Magnolia)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:medium sized tree
Flowers:primitive, with 6 tepals
Foliage:simple, alternate
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Mahonia bealei

Flowering plant

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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Salix discolor

Illustration

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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Acer saccharum

Illustration

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Profile for Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple)
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Habit:Large tree
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Taxus baccata

male cones

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Profile for Taxus baccata (Yew)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Coniferous shrub or small tree
Flowers:Male cones are yellow, and release clouds of pollen when disturbed by wind or other movement
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Crocus vernus

Plants in flower

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Profile for Crocus vernus (Crocus)
Identifying Characteristics
Similar Plants:Very hard to tell apart from Crocus tommasinianus
Higher taxa:Crocus
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--Luai lashire 23:42, 26 March 2008 (UTC)



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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Jasminum nudiflorum

Flowers

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Profile for Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter Jasmine)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Alnus rugosa

Illustration

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Veronica arvensis

Flowering Plant

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Profile for Veronica arvensis (Corn Speedwell)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:spreading herbaceous plant
Life Cycle: winter annual
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring


Parrotia persica

Opening flower

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Profile for Parrotia persica (Persian Ironwood)
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Habit:Low-crowned tree
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


Cornus officinalis

flowering branch

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Crocus tommasinianus

Flowering plants

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Profile for Crocus tommasinianus (Early Crocus)
Identifying Characteristics
Similar Plants:Very hard to tell apart from Crocus vernus
Higher taxa:Crocus
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring


Eranthis hyemalis

Flowering plant

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Profile for Eranthis hyemalis (Winter Aconite)
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Habit:creeping ground cover
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring


Erica carnea

flowers of a purple variety

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Profile for Erica carnea (Heath)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low-growing, spreading shrub
Foliage:Awn-shaped, small, evergreen
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  • SBJ 13:08, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
  • SBJ 09:00, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
  • SBJ 09:16, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
  • SBJ 14:29, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
  • SBJ 10:00, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


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Temperate zone season(s): Late Fall, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring


Corylus avellana

Male flowers

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Profile for Corylus avellana (Common Hazel)
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Subclass plants:f. 'contorta'
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring


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Last updated 12:20, 28 March 2008 (UTC) from the DPL page with 49 plants.