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Trillium

Trillium is a genus of about fifty flowering plant species in the family Melanthiaceae. Trillium species are native to temperate regions of North America and Asia, with the greatest diversity of species found in the southern Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern United States.

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Research on Trillium

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Trending: red trillium (Trillium erectum) — 381 observations this week

Red trillium blooming in your local woods is one of spring's most reliable phenological clocks — ...

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Trending: red trillium (Trillium erectum) — 546 observations this week

Red trillium blooming in your local forest is one of spring's most precise ecological clocks — if...

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Trending: red trillium (Trillium erectum) — 381 observations this week

Red trillium blooming in your local woods is one of spring's most reliable phenological clocks — if you're timing a wildflower...

Red Trillium native-plants / phenology

Trending: large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) — 685 observations this week

Large white trillium blooms for only a few fleeting weeks each spring in eastern woodlands — and if you spot one, it likely...

Large White Trillium native-plants / phenology

red trillium (Trillium erectum) observed in Alban, ON P0M 1A0, Canada

Red trillium emerging in the boreal-transition forests of northern Ontario signals the brief window each spring when these...

Red Trillium native-plants / phenology

large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) observed in Leeds and Grenville, CA-ON, CA

Large white trillium is Ontario's provincial flower and a reliable signal of old-growth forest health — spotting it in Leeds...

Large White Trillium native-plants / phenology

Trending: red trillium (Trillium erectum) — 546 observations this week

Red trillium blooming in your local forest is one of spring's most precise ecological clocks — if you note when it opens each...

Red Trillium native-plants / phenology

Trending: large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) — 766 observations this week

If you walk any eastern hardwood forest this week, you're in the middle of peak trillium season — and every photo you submit...

Large White Trillium phenology / native-plants

large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) observed in Melva Lind Interpretive Center, St Peter, MN 56082, USA

Large white trillium takes over a decade to bloom from seed, so spotting one in a local nature center signals that the...

Large White Trillium native-plants / phenology

Trending: red trillium (Trillium erectum) — 421 observations this week

Red trillium blooming in your local woodland right now is one of the clearest signals that spring has fully arrived — and...

Red Trillium phenology / citizen-science

Trending: large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) — 613 observations this week

The trilliums blooming right now in forests near you are an early-warning signal for spring timing shifts — if you start...

Large White Trillium phenology / citizen-science

Trending: large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) — 548 observations this week

Spotting trilliums in your local woods is a sign of old-growth forest health — these flowers take 7-10 years to first bloom...

Large White Trillium phenology / citizen-science

Trending: red trillium (Trillium erectum) — 642 observations this week

Red trillium blooms in the same shady forest understory patches where you might hike or hunt morel mushrooms in spring —...

Red Trillium phenology / citizen-science

Trending: Pacific trillium (Trillium ovatum) — 126 observations this week

Tracking how many people are seeing Pacific trillium in bloom each year helps scientists detect whether spring is arriving...

Pacific trillium phenology / citizen-science

Pacific trillium (Trillium ovatum) observed in Washington, US

Community observations like this one help scientists track where native wildflowers are thriving or disappearing, which can...

Pacific trillium phenology / native-plants

Little Sweet Betsy (Trillium cuneatum) observed in Hilham

Tracking where native wildflowers like Little Sweet Betsy still grow helps conservationists and gardeners know which local...

Little Sweet Betsy native-wildflowers / citizen-science