Forest Plants

This is a wood violet. This flower is the state flower in Wisconsin, Illinois, New Jersey, and, Rhode Island!

The black currant is a shrub with maple-like leaves with toothed edges.

Any guesses how this plant got its name?

In the fall, the bunchberry lives up to its name.

What do these flowers look like to you?

No—It's not something you put on your sandwich

This plant gets its name from the Latin word for liver, hepaticus.

The trillium gets its name from the Latin word for three.

You'll find this plant in dry to medium open woods and clearings.

State flowers were first nominated in 1908.