Some seasons are best for hunting certain species. Some are ephemeral in the spring. Some are easiest to identify or even find when they are fertile. Evergreen plants stand out against a brown background in the fall. Some stand erect above a layer of snow.
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January |
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February |
fertile Sensitive; Equistum hyemale |
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March |
fertile Equisetum arvense |
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April |
emerging fiddleheads |
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May |
Fragile Long Beech Oak Maidenhair Cinnamon |
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June |
Moonworts, Rattlesnake |
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July |
Wood fern spores fertile Adder's Tongue; Grape ferns emerge Marsh ferns in dry vernal pools |
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August |
(undergrowth gets all jungly) |
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September |
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October |
Grape ferns stand out fertile Polypody |
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November
December |
Wood ferns and hybrids Christmas ferns Spleenworts club-mosses |