# Bloom Clock/Keys/New Hampshire/April/All

Bloom Clock Keys for New Hampshire, All flowers in April
Acer rubrum
| Flower clusters Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Acer rubrum (Red Maple) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Large treeFlowers:Red flowers opening well before the leavesFoliage: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 betweenFruit:SamaraSimilar Plants:Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple) Recent Logs Jomegat 00:24, 16 April 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring
Acer saccharinum
| closeup of a flower Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Large tree Recent Logs Jomegat 02:11, 19 March 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring
Acer saccharum
| Illustration Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Large tree Recent Logs Jomegat 00:24, 16 April 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring
Betula
| Catkins on Betula pendula Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Betula (Birch) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Medium-sized treeFlowers:catkinsFoliage:The simple leaves may be toothed or lobedStem:Woody trunk, bark peels off in horizontal stripsFruit:SamaraLife Cycle: perennial Recent Logs --Anna reg 17 April 2010 (Photo) --Anna reg 21:05, 29 April 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Corylus cornuta
| Corylus cornuta foliage Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Corylus cornuta (Beaked hazel) Identifying Characteristics Habit:ShrubFlowers:Male catkins, female stylesFoliage:Rounded oval, coarsely double-toothed, 5-11 cm long and 3 - 8 cm broad, with hairy undersides.Stem:Woody trunk can reach 4 - 8 m tall with stems 10 - 25 cm thick with smooth gray bark.Growing Conditions:Dry woodlands and forest edgesFruit:Nut encapsulated in a husk with a tubular extension 2 - 4 cm long that resembles a beak. Recent Logs --Jomegat 16:52, 25 March 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Crocus
| Flowering plants Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Crocus (Crocus) Identifying Characteristics Subclass plants:Crocus tommasinianus Crocus vernus Recent Logs --Anna reg 18:43, 24 March 2011 (UTC) --Jomegat 15:54, 16 March 2010 (UTC) (first bloom of 2010) (view all logs) |
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Epigaea repens
| Epigaea repens Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Epigaea repens (Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower) Identifying Characteristics Habit:creeping shrubFlowers:The species flowers are pink, fading to nearly white, about 1/2 in. across when expanded, few or many in clusters at ends of branches. Calyx of 5 dry overlapping sepals; corolla salver-shaped, the slender, hairy tube spreading into 5 equal lobes; 10 stamens; 1 pistil with a column-like style and a 5-lobed stigma.Foliage:Alternate, oval, rounded at the base, smooth above, more or less hairy below, evergreen, weather-worn, on short, rusty, hairy petioles. Somewhat leathery.Stem:Spreading over the ground (Epigaea = on the earth); woody, the leafy twigs covered with rusty hairs.Scent:Very fragrantGrowing Conditions:Prefers moist, acidic (hummus) soil, and shade.Life Cycle: perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 23:07, 16 April 2009 (UTC) (first bloom at my house this season). Jomegat 02:08, 30 April 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 22:30, 4 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 23:00, 6 May 2009 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Forsythia x intermedia
| blooming plant Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Forsythia x intermedia (Garden Forsythia) Identifying Characteristics Habit:suckering shrubFlowers:4-petaled, yellowFoliage:Simple, opposite, serrate margins, emerging about 1/2-way through full bloomStem:hollow pith Recent Logs --Jomegat 01:16, 2 April 2010 (UTC) --SB_Johnny 18:26, 2 April 2010 (UTC) --Anna reg 12:01, 12 April 2010 (UTC) --Anna reg 15:15, 25 March 2011 (UTC) --Anna reg 08:01, 18 April 2011 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring
Narcissus
| A Jonquil flower Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Narcissus (Daffodil, Jonquil, Narcissus) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Upright herbaceous plantsFoliage:Basal, straplike, slightly bluishSubclass plants:Narcissus pseudonarcissus Recent Logs 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) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
| flowering plants Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Narcissus pseudonarcissus (Daffodil) Identifying Characteristics Higher taxa:Narcissus Recent Logs Ngravagna 07:01, 18 March 2009 (UTC) Anna reg 11:36, 12 April 2010 (UTC) Archived Logs --Cormaggio 21:26, 17 February 2008 (UTC) Ngravagna 19:46, 5 April 2008 (UTC) Helikophis 17:22, 14 April 2008 (UTC) --Jomegat 00:41, 24 April 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Rhododendron
| Flowers Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Rhododendron (Rhododendrons and Azaleas) Identifying Characteristics Subclass plants:R. calendulaceum, R. catawbiense, R. maximum, R. molle, R. prinophyllum, R. subsp. vireya, R. 'Delaware Valley White', R. 'Girard's Crimson', R. 'Hershey's Red', R. 'PJM', R. 'Pleasant White', R. 'Roseum Elegans', Recent Logs Jomegat 18:28, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 22:52, 6 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:39, 12 May 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:13, 15 July 2009 (UTC) Anna reg 13:41, 10 April 2011 (Photo) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer
Salix
| Salix babylonica 'Pendula' Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Salix (Willow, Sallow, Osier) Identifying Characteristics Habit:tree or shrub, dioeciousFlowers:male and female flowers appearing as catkinsStem:woodyFruit:capsuleSubclass plants:S. discolor, S. gracilistyla 'Melanostachys', S. 'Pendula', S. 'Tortuosa' Recent Logs --Juan 18:57, 22 March 2008 (UTC) --Jomegat 17:13, 21 April 2008 (UTC) --Jomegat 00:16, 1 May 2008 (UTC) --Jomegat 20:42, 10 May 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring
Taraxacum officinale
| Head Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Taraxacum officinale (Common Dandelion) Identifying Characteristics Habit:rosette-forming herbaceous plant with a long taprootFlowers:Head, flowers are all ray-likeFoliage:Basal only, pinnately lobedStem:flower stems are hollow with a milky sapScent:mild, "sunny"Growing Conditions:sunny and partly-shaded, well drained soils, drought intolerantFruit:achene with a silky pappusSimilar Plants:Hypochoeris radicata, Sonchus Recent Logs Jomegat 02:17, 7 April 2010 (UTC) Anna reg 10:13, 17 April 2010 (UTC) Trinity507 16:17, 22 April 2010 (UTC) Trinity507 03:48, 4 May 2010 (UTC) Anna gdf 11:38, 11 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter
Tussilago farfara
| Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot) Identifying Characteristics Flowers:Yellow aster-like rays, very reminiscent of the common dandelion.Foliage:The large, heart-shaped, dentate leaves appear after the flowers.Stem:10-30cm in height and covered with reddish scales resembling an asparagus.Growing Conditions:Roadsides, waste placesLife Cycle: PerennialSimilar Plants:Taraxacum officinale Recent Logs Jomegat 02:18, 7 April 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Ulmus americana
| Ulmus americana, habit Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Ulmus americana (American Elm) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Large treeFlowers:Apetalous flowers borne in clusters of jointed stems. Flowers appear before leaves.Foliage:Doubly toothed margins, pinnately veined with asymmetrical base. Surface has a rough texture.Stem:Trunk has deeply furrowed, dark grey barkFruit:SamarasSimilar Plants:Ulmus rubra (Slippery elm), Celtis spp. (Hackberry) Recent Logs Jomegat 17:00, 22 April 2009 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring