A walk through the park:

Serviceberry, in bloom all over the park

Viburnum

Eastern redbud, just about to open

Spicebush, a dioecious plant, with male and female flowers on separate plants. These are male flowers.

Dandelion

White cedar with female flowering cones

Wild blue phlox

Common henbit

Shepherd’s purse, named after the heart-shaped seed pod

Scientific names and plant families:

Serviceberry or shadbush/Amelanchier canadensis – Rose Family: Rosaceae

Viburnum/Viburnum carlesii – Moschatel Family: Adoxaceae

Eastern redbud/Cercis canadensis – Pea Family: Fabaceae

Spicebush/Lindera benzoin – Laurel Family: Lauraceae

Dandelion/Taraxacum officinale – Aster Family: Asteraceae

White cedar/Thuga occendentalis L. – Cypress Family: Cupressaceae

Wild blue phlox/Phlox divaricata – Phlox Family: Polemoniaceae

Common henbit/Lamium amplexicaule – Mint Family: Lamiaceae

Shepherd’s purse/Capsella bursa-pastoris – Mustard Family: Brassicaceae