Tough Plants
Spring is a tough time to be a plant on the forest floor. Each season, our early blooming wildflowers face a race against the clock in order to quickly sprout, flower, grow, store food and set seed---all in between the thaw and the time trees get their leaves. To get the job done, these plants have evolved efficient adaptations to continue their unique life cycle from season to season. The main goal is to complete the process before the tree canopy shades out the much needed sunlight.