Native Wildflowers at Miller Woods
Each spring the woods burst alive with native wildflowers that you will not see very often, except in wooded sites such as Miller Woods. Below is a list of the identified native wildflowers seen throughout Miller Woods in the springtime. The ground is carpeted with these beauties! In the vernal ponds within the woods, several species of frogs and toads can be heard loudly calling throughout the spring and early summer.
In the meadow that surrounds the woods, late summer is the time to view native plants and shrubs such as aster, several species of goldenrod, sumac and gray dogwood. There is no walking path in the meadow, but you can stop on the shoulder of the road and marvel at the beautiful colors of the plants and enjoy the butterflies and other insects feeding on the plants.
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Baneberry, Red | Actaea rubra |
| Baneberry, White | Actaea pachypoda |
| Bloodroot | Sanguinaria canadensis |
| Blue Cohosh | Caulophyllum thalictroides |
| Blue Phlox, Wild | Phlox divaricata |
| Cut-Leaved Toothwort | Dentaria laciniata |
| Dutchman’s Breeches | Dicentra cucullaria |
| Harbinger-of-spring | Erigenia bulbosa |
| Hepatica, Round Lobed | Hepatica americana |
| Hepatica, Sharp Lobed | Hepatica acutiloba |
| Jack-in-the-Pulpit | Arisaema triphyllum |
| Mayapple | Podophyllum peltatum |
| Spring Beauty | Claytonia virginica |
| Squirrel Corn | Dicentra canadensis |
| Starry False Solomon’s-Seal | Smilacina stellata |
| Trillium, Large Flowered | Trillium grandiflorum |
| Trillium, Nodding | Trillium cernuum |
| Trillium, Red (purple) | Trillium erectum |
| Trout Lily, White | Erythronium albidum |
| Trout Lily, Yellow | Erythronium americanum |
| Virginia Waterleaf | Hydrophyllum virginianum |
| Wild Geranium | Geranium maculatum |
| Wild Ginger | Asarum canadense |
| Wild Leek or Ramp | Allium tricoccum |
| Zig-Zag Goldenrod | Solidago flexicaulis |