Just remember, in ten weeks (more or less, depending on weather), there will be harbingers-of-spring (Erigenia bulbosa) poking up through the leaf litter to welcome the vernal equinox.
<—look how tiny!
I know, skunk cabbage blooms earlier. But wouldn’t you rather look at these?
harbinger-of-spring
aka pepper-and-salt
Erigenia bulbosa
Apiaceae
Yesterday I finally got back out to Carderock after a two-week absence, and was delighted to find that rumors of harbinger-of-spring in bloom were true. And there were spring beauties, of course, though not many yet. 
dime shot for scale
Other plants seen:
spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Lauraceae
Erigenia bulbosa
Apiaceae
I started this blog on April Fools’ Day, 2014, noting that I couldn’t remember a colder winter. Well, guess what? 2015’s been pretty damn cold, too. The plants are off to an even slower start this year.
But I did find harbinger-of-spring yesterday (it was my first Flower of the Day feature last year). Not a bad way to start the season. This tiny plant in the carrot family can be very difficult to spot amongst the leaf litter, as it stands only a few inches tall; each cluster of flowers measures only a quarter inch across.
To put that into perspective, note the medium-sized maple leaf lying next to the plant.
Next up, a really strange plant that is, as far as I can tell, the earliest blooming one in the area.
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