Bracted honeysuckle, Lonicera involucrata. Note the twin yellow flowers on this medium-high shrub and watch for the even more colourful fruits coming later.

    A photogenic favourite, marsh marigold, Caltha palustris, usually has its feet in water at this time of year.

Woodland strawberry, Fragaria vesca, has bright green leaves and is more delicate-looking than the common wild strawberry (F. virginiana) that you see in more open areas.

Arrow-leaved coltsfoot, Petasites frigidus var. sagittatus, a very early-flowering species found in wet ground.

The currants and gooseberries are early-flowering species. This is northern black currant, Ribes hudsonianum.

 American black currant, Ribes americanum, is among the showiest of our black currants with drooping clusters of yellow flowers.  

Moschatel, Adoxa moschatellina, is a low, patch-forming plant with greenish flowers in a tight cluster facing in different directions; it appears in early spring before the leaf canopy develops fully and disappears by summer.

Note: only the American black currant and Moschatel pictures were not taken on May 14^th; however, like the other plants, they were also seen in bloom during this spring clean-up day.