Drizzled all day. As soon as we had gone through the pasture and around a field I headed for the woods. I looked for plants around the base of trees. There's less leaves close to the tree trunks and it's easier to find foliage there. On a cloudy day, the ephemerals are nyctinastic - closing their petals to protect pollen and reproductive organs from cold and rain. No use searching for them. Found the first fronds of cut-leaf toothwort, Virginia waterleaf, cowslip, and lake sedge (it's pretty wet in places). In springtime, the forest floor is the happening place to be.
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