Red Trillium (IMAGE)

Penn State

Red Trillium

Caption

Red trillium is a native spring ephemeral. Spring ephemerals demonstrate the importance of seasonal understory light. This unrelated group of native herbaceous species sprout, flower and die off — all before the overstory canopy fully closes in the summer.

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Erynn Maynard-Bean/Penn State

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