We are lucky in Niagara to have maple forests. Where there are maple forests there are trilliums - sometimes they carpet a mature wood. So many beautiful little ephemerals bloom in spring and then disappear until the next year.
This is one of the early spring bloomers - Trout Lily. It is Erythronium americanum. It's also known as Dogtooth Violet and Yellow Adder's Tongue. It is in the Liliaceae family. I didn't realize that it is an edible plant. At the same time, it seems to be an emetic (makes you throw up), so it is not recommended that one eat a lot of it. I guess I wouldn't add this one to the menu with guests coming.
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