WVU Core Arboretum

Help us on WVU Day of Giving—follow this link, dayofgiving.wvu.edu/amb/arboretum, click "Give Now," leave Eberly College of Arts and Sciences under "Department or Program," select other under "Fund Designation," and type in Core Arboretum when "Please designate gift below" appears.

WV Pawpaw Festival is tomorrow afternoon, September 28!

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Trout lily (Erythronium americanum) and Dutchman’s britches (Dicentra cucullaria) have begun blooming in the Arboretum! Cutleaf toothwort (Cardamine concatenata), bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), and spring beauty (Claytonia sp.) are starting to be numerous, but not at peak.

Look for harbinger of spring near the intersection of Sheldon Trail and Nuttall Trail.

A few bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and cutleaf toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) plants have begun to bloom, spring beauty (Claytonia sp.) flowers are abundant, but nowhere near peak bloom, and harbinger of spring (Erigenia bulbosa) is still at peak bloom!

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At least one spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) was blooming today! Harbinger of spring (Erigenia bulbosa) is near peak bloom. Look for harbinger of spring near the "woodland wildflowers" sign along Nuttall Trail, and along Sheldon Trail near its intersection with Nuttall Trail.

Harbingers of bloom! Harbinger of spring (Erigenia bulbosa) is starting to bloom and Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) and other spring ephemeral leaves are up along the Sheldon Trail! Just a couple were found today, but soon there will be many!

Mark your calendars for the WVU Department of Biology spring ephemeral wildflower walks and the Mountaineer Audubon spring bird walks! The wildflower walks will happen on April 7, 14, 21, and 28 at 2 pm. The bird walks will be April 23 and 30 and May 7 and 14 at 7:30 am. Free!

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Please consider supporting WVU Core Arboretum with a financial gift today on Giving Tuesday. Your gift will help support future improvements to free Arboretum programming. The giving process is easy! Follow this link: secure.give.wvu.edu/3V398?a=. Thank you!

Please consider supporting WVU Core Arboretum with a financial gift today on Giving Tuesday. Your gift will help support future improvements to free Arboretum programming. The giving process is easy! Follow this link: secure.give.wvu.edu/3V398?a=. Thank you!

Please consider supporting the Arboretum with a financial gift today on WVU's Day of Giving. Follow this link, dayofgiving.wbu.edu/amb/arboretum, click "Give Now,” select other under "Fund Designation," and type in Core Arboretum when "Please designate gift below" appears. Thank you!

Witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) is blooming now at the Arboretum. Some nice specimens of this native, late-blooming shrub can be found near the bridge at the top of Taylor Trail, where it connects to Guthrie Loop Trail.

The WVU Chapter of the Society of American Foresters is hosting a dendrology walk on Monday, November 12th, at WVU Core Arboretum. The group will meet in the lawn area near the Arboretum parking lot at 4:00 PM. Please join us for an educational walk!

Stop by the Arboretum today during the WVU Mountaineer Week Art Crawl from 1-4 pm to make a leaf print refrigerator magnet! We will be set up in the lawn area near the parking lot.

This wheel bug (Arilus cristatus) was found in the lawn area of the Arboretum yesterday. That "beak" is extended and used to pierce small, soft-bodied insects. The wheel bug then liquifies the contents of the other insect with enzymes and sucks the juices out of its prey.

Help us celebrate WVU Arbor Day!

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