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Featured Galleries: Signs Of Spring

Be on the lookout for emerging buds and new leaves, listen for the sound of frogs and the call of the red-winged blackbird, spot the first blooms of the season including snowdrops and witch hazel, and witness the spring migration of such birds as the sandhill crane and Canada goose.

Discover more signs of spring here!

Tree buds on short branches
Acer miyabei 'Morton' (STATE STREET® Miyabe Maple), bud, flower
Tilia americana var. americana (American Basswood), bud, terminal
Acer freemanii (Freeman's Maple), bud, flower
Fagus sylvatica (European Beech), leaf, new
Acer rubrum (red maple), flowers, spring
Quercus dentata 'Pinnatifida' (Cut-leaved Daimyo Oak), leaf, new
Bur Reed Marsh, Interpretation of Four Seasons: Spring
Peeper, first voice of spring
Animals and birds: Bull frog
Tadpoles in Wonder Pond
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 20 No. 02
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The snowdrop
Crocuses & snowdrops
Cornelian Cherry Dogwood, Cornus mas: Dogwood Family (Cornaceae)
Cornus mas
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 27 No. 04
Treeology, Witch Hazel
Hamamelis vernalis f. carnea
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 25 No. 04
Another Family Member: Ozark Witch Hazel
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 06 No. 02
Daffodil Glade in spring
Narcissus (Tazetta cultivar)
Flowers:                                       Daffodil
Narcissus
Crocus speciosus
A monograph of the genus Crocus
Medicinal plants of Germany [Pl. 276: Crocus sativus]
Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) in flight
Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) walking in grassy field
Birds of The Morton Arboretum
Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) on branch in tree
Male red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) on plant in Puffer Lake
Five Canada geese aside Lake Marmo [?]
Bulletin of Popular Information V.24  No. 05
Magnolia 'Wada's Memory' (Wada's Memory Magnolia), bud, terminal
Magnolia 'George Henry Kern' (George Henry Kern Magnolia), bud, flower
Magnolia 'Elizabeth' (Elizabeth Magnolia), bud, flower
Quercus macrocarpa (bur oak), young leaves
Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak), leaf, new
Acer negundo (boxelder), flowers
Acer rubrum (Red Maple), bud, flower
Quercus alba (White Oak), bud, terminal
Malus 'Louisa' (Louisa Weeping Crabapple), bud, flower
Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Dawn-redwood), bud, lateral
Quercus macrocarpa 'Eckman' (Eckman's Bur Oak), leaf, new
Acer negundo (boxelder), buds
Quercus rubra (Northern Red Oak), leaf, new
Acer saccharinum 'Skinneri' (Skinner's Cut-leaved Silver Maple), bud, terminal
The Spring-Flowering Herbaceous Plants of The Morton Arboretum
Aesculus glabra var. monticola (Oklahoma Buckeye), bud, flower
Malus 'Sentinel' (Sentinel Crabapple), bud, flower
Malus brevipes (Dwarf Nippon Crabapple), bud, flower
Juglans cinerea (Butternut), bud, terminal
Platanus occidentalis (sycamore), twig and lateral bud
Quercus rubra (northern red oak), buds and leaves, spring
Acer tataricum (Tatarian Maple), leaf, new
Quercus 'K. B. Crystal' (K. B. Crystal Oak), leaf, new
Quercus rubra (Northern Red Oak), leaf, new
Aesculus turbinata 'Morton Variegated' (Morton Variegated Japanese Horse-chestnut), leaf, new
Malus baccata (Siberian Crabapple), bud, flower
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 19 No. 04-05
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 19 No. 04-05
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 19 No. 04-05
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 19 No. 04-05
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 19 No. 04-05

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