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University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum

ABOUT THIS ALBUM

This is Spring 2012, from April 24, 2012. It includes 56 photos.

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PHOTOS

Spring 2012

Spring of 2012 has started with very early flowering times for most species.

  • American hazelnut, March 12
  • Forsythia March 19
  • Bloodroot March 19
  • Chicadee in aspen flowers March 19
  • Magnolias March 19
  • Bumble bee queen on cherry blossoms March 23
  • Magnolias, March 23
  • Magnolia buds
  • Magnolia buds
  • Magnolia bud, March 23
  • Star magnolia, march 23
  • Redbuds and magnolias March 29
  • Redbud, March 29
  • Flowering Quince March 29
  • Rhododendron March 29
  • Bumble bee queen on Rhododendron
  • Blue cohosh
  • Horse chestnut
  • Virginia bluebells
  • first fern fronds
  • first fern fronds
  • Amelanchier stratus
  • Siberian crabapple buds March 29
  • Magnolia 'Susan'March 29
  • Magnolia 'Elizabeth March 30
  • magnolia 'Elizabeth' March 30
  • April 7 Crabapple Collection
  • April 7 Crabapple Collection
  • 'Donald Wyman' crabapple, April 7
  • Crabapple 'Longenecker'April 7
  • Lilac, April 7
  • Lilac, April 7
  • Longenecker Bench April 10
  • Crabapples April 10
  • April 10
  • Crinkleroot April 12
  • Crabapples and lilacs April 18
  • Lilacs April 18
  • Prairie Trillium in Gallistel Woods
  • partially eaten prairie trillium in Gallistel Woods
  • Belted kingfisher at Teal Pond
  • Blue-winged teal at Pond 2.
  • Red admiral,_Vanessa atalanta_,basking in sunlight.
  • Song sparrow in Curtis Prairie
  • Bishop's cap,_Mitella diphylla_, April 22
  • White oak leaves and pollen April 22
  • Black oak leaves April 22
  • Six-Spotted Tiger beetle April 23
  • American lady,_Vanessa virginiensis_,in the Native Plant Gardens, April 24
  • Bumble bee on Wood Betony,_Pedicularis canadensis_, Native Plant Gardens, April 24
  • Bellwort,_Uvularia grandiflora_, Maple-Basswood garden, April 24
  • Question Mark,_Polygonia interrogantionis_, butterfly basking on stonewall near Visitor Center, April 24.
  • Blue-eyed grass,_Sisyrinchium campestre_, in Native Plant Gardens
  • Chipping sparrow near the Visitor Center
  • Maidenhair fern in the Maple Basswood Garden
  • Large-flowered trillium,_Trillium grandiflorum_, in the Maple Basswood Garden.

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