Trail Talk: Early spring growth along the trails

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Trail Talk: Early spring growth along the trails

The mosses seem to like this spring. There was a large patch of rough goose neck moss in the Robertson Tract. There are now great patches of wild leeks poking up from the leaf litter. They are a bit like a young bloodroot but, if you smell them, you will be reminded of onions. On Wednesday, April 3, I saw my first hepaticas this year.  They are sharp-lobed hepatica, as opposed to round lobed hepatica, which I think only occur farther south than …