Cool Season Grasses

• Cool season grasses prefer the cooler spring temperatures and include common lawn grasses such as Kentucky bluegrass and creeping fescue.
  
  

Forest Wildflowers

• Forest wildflowers such as bloodroot and trout lily emerge in the spring when the absence of the tree canopy allows sunlight to penetrate to the forest floor.
  
  

Wild Edible Plants

• Common wild edible plants, including violet, wintergreen and Labrador tea, begin growth early in the spring when nights are cool and moisture is plentiful.
  
  

Wetland Plants

• Marsh marigold and angelica are among many spring-blooming wetland plants.
  
  

Weeds

• In order to avoid competition, some weed species such as dandelions and garlic mustard germinate during the cool spring months.
  
  

Spring Garden Flowers

• Spring is showcased by the appearance of early-blooming garden flowers such as tulips, daffodils, crocuses and irises, signalling an end to winter.