What is it Wednesday: April 7, 2021

 

Can you identify what's in this photo?

 

 

Each Wednesday morning 

on Camp Lutherlyn's Facebook page

 the Lutherlyn Environmental Education Program posts a photo. 

 

 

Readers have all morning and afternoon 

to make their best guess about what the photo is. 

 

Around 6 pm LEEP provides the answer and a brief explanation.

 

 

Each week's What is it Wednesday post 

will also be posted on the Nature of Lutherlyn blog, 

 after it is posted on Facebook,

sometimes with additional bonus information. 

 

In addition to bringing you current editions of What is it Wednesday 

on the Nature of Lutherlyn blog, 

we will be reposting old editions,

creating a What is it Wednesday archive. 

 

This photo was posted as a What is it Wednesday on

April 7, 2021. 

 

 

 

And the answer is....

 

 

These pretty spring wildflowers are called bluets. 

We haven’t seen any bluets yet at Lutherlyn this year, this is a photo from a previous year – so far we have seen coltsfoot and dandelions, and the spring beauties and bluets should be coming out soon.

These early delicate spring wildflowers are sometimes known as spring ephemerals. They bloom briefly early in the spring, taking advantage of the time when lots of sunlight reaches the ground because there are no (or only very small) leaves on the trees. Late April and early May are a great time to see spring ephemerals.

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