cohanf , 25 days ago to plants group

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Caltha palustris / Marsh Marigold - we always called them Cowslips, but no connection to the Engllish Primula by that name! I just call them Caltha, my only species locally...lol
They are abundant in seasonally/wet habitats here, both open and wooded. The colour varies only a little (biright yellow to nearly orange,) but flower size and sepal (not actually petals!) shape vary considerably.
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See flower description for previous photo- though in each photo the shape of the sepals varies: more narrow or wider, more less pointed, closer together or more spaced out. In this less close view 4 flowers over a healthy clump of kidney shaped foliage, medium green but still purpled tinged from cool spring nights. Growing out of grass and sedges with the new green just overtaking last year's dry grass.
A view into a fairly densely wooded area, seeing the lower half of modest sized balsam poplars plus some smallish willow trunks- more clumps of those farther back.The ground is littered here adn there with fallen branches and small trunks of the willows- the local species tend to be multi-stemmed shrubs to small trees, and not very reliably erect- trunks often fall. Mixed with other low and just emerging vegetation, the Calthas are scattered liberally throughout the view, with many golden flowers brightening the half shade as the trees leaf out.
Another closer view of Caltha plants in wet woods; around a foot/30cms tall or more- they will get even taller after flowering, especially in shaded areas like this one. Behind the plants is a bit of a tangle of dry willow branches a few spruce boughs and the trunks of an old willow, leaning to the left-at around 6-8inches/20cm these are large for the local species, covered in lichens and moss.